Panier Bleu is shutting down

Le Panier Bleu, a website meant to make Quebec products available for sale, is shutting down, refunding buyers and sellers. This followed the announcement that Amazon had agreed to label Quebec products on its site.

“In the spring of 2023, it was revealed that a mere 600 out of 100,000 available products were actually from Quebec” says the CBC report. Le Panier Bleu also soaked up several million government dollars. Seems like it’s the smaller sellers that will be stung by this decision.