Reply To: Grocery that gets rid of all Chometz before Pesach

ubiquitin

2 points:
#1 I don’t think it’s being meikel, just like there is a mitzva to buy from a Yid, it’s a Mitzva to sell to a Yid and not to cheat a Yid etc. The Mitzva to buy from a Yid doesn’t mean that he can force you to buy what you don’t want. Just like you can’t force him to sell you something that he doesn’t want to or for a lower price than he is willing to do. If he is not supplying an important aspect that you require, you don’t need to buy from him. The way business is meant to work is that you give me what I want and I give you what you want.
#2 This isn’t to make myself feel good, this is important to me. Just like for someone else that taste and quality or price are very important to them. For someone who needs Wise brand onion rings because to him (or his kids) Leibers onion rings don’t taste as good or are too expensive, I can say that he is buying a Goyish company over a Jewish one just to make himself feel good. but that would be disrespecting his needs and feelings because to him it is not an option to buy the Leibers onion rings because the slight difference in taste or the few cents in price is very important to him. To others, the taste or cost is much less significant than the improved Kashrus.