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My Grant Stone shoes and boots are made in China. The father and grandfather of the young guy who owns/runs the company both worked for Alden for many years - his grandfather retired last year after 60 (!!) years with them. His products are easily equal or better in quality and consistently better in execution. Country is less important than who's running the place
Then why not make the shoes in the US? I can think of some distressed areas like Appalachia, Mississippi, or S. Texas that could use some manufacturing jobs. I've seen the prices of grant stones. Last I checked they were around $300. That's too high for Made in China shoes. I pay the alden premium to know that I'm supporting US jobs. Seems like a money grab by the owners by getting some cheap labor.
Just my opinion and I could be wrong.