Why won't Publix put a Canadian flag on a cake?

[Zorro]

Publix, it seems, will no longer decorate a cake with a Canadian flag. Or any flag that’s not American.

I say “it seems” because the company won’t fully explain a recent series of curious cake events. A quest for answers has landed me with a vanilla quarter sheet cake on my kitchen counter. It bears the words “Welcome, Canadian snowbirds!” in loopy red icing — but no maple leaf.

A note attached says: Can’t do other flags. Just American flag.

Here’s how we got to this suggestively Canadian but not-too-Canadian cake.

https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2025/03/14/publix-cakes-canadian-flag-policy-trump-tariffs/

Seems as if Publix is telling Canadians they're not so welcome in Florida. Might not be too long before they're telling New Yorkers and Californians the same thing.