FOR EXAMPLE THE "OUR FAMILY" BRAND OF THE MANDARIN ORANGES SAYS RIGHT ON THE CAN" FROM CHINA .
Mandarin Oranges from China? Who'd have thunk? Glenfiddich Scotch from Scotland? Say it aint so.
Once upon a time Minnesota had a Governor, often referred to as Governor Goofy. No, not the wrestler governor, the dentist governor. Governor Goofy had a great plan to revitalize the depressed economy of Northern Minnesota's Iron Range, where he was from. His plan was to build a chopstick factory in Hibbing, Minnnesota ("The pump don't work cause the vandals took the handle") and export chopsticks to Asia.
Apparently Asian consumers also read labels while shopping at Woo Mart. Upon discovering that the chopsticks were made in Hibbing, Minnesota USA, they decided to "buy Asian" and spent a couple of yen more for the "Our Clan" brand, Made In China chopsticks.
In less than two years and after losing millions of dollars the chopstick factory in Hibbing closed; "tangled up in blue."
