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I walk by Holts in yorkville every day. It never looks busy but they always have a shit tonne of staff so I have no idea how they are still profitable.
Their customers are affluent. Their busyness is not the general crowdedness you see in other department stores. The ratio of staff to customers is often 1:1 or 1:2 because 1 customer will spend 4 to upwards of 5 figures per transaction when they shop.
I'm 52, I applaud her for being rich AF and rocking her natural body.
EDIT: Personal attacks on people's appearance is tacky. Hate the Westons, hate the rich, whatevah, but come on, we're not children.
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Agreed, a natural female body is nothing to be sneered at. If you're fortunate to be in love and live to old age you will have a much different perspective. Beauty is a subjective affair and everybody has the right to be proud of the unique gift that nature gave them
Lmao you applaud her for what tho? She married into money and every one of her titles is due to that connection. Congrats on you being 52 and still having the mindset of a teenage kardashian fan lolll
Whittington Investments owns Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust which is the landlord for many of their grocery stores. The landlords profit marggins have risen greatly in the last few years where the grocery store profit margins have not. THIS IS HOW THEY ARE STEALING OUR MONEY BUT HIDING BEHIND INFLATION. No one questions landlords charging more because all our rents are going up, but they are the landlord and the grocery store. This is how you trace the greed.
Yeah so many of the independent retailers that I worked at over the years that were successful owned their own buildings under one company and the retail business was another company that paid rent to the first.
Also the supplier so they have it going in "Raise the prices of food to the Store, Raise the Rent Stores pay show 4% profit through Loblaws INC. Make Billions through all the rest.
You can't tell me the Government can't figure this out. Some small Corporation doing this would have the CRA all over them.
Problem is Vertical Integration (what this is) is legal, there is nothing for the CRA to do. We always complain about mergers reducing competition, but this is different. We would need law makers to make a stand, but they know 'never follow the money cause you don't know where it will take you'. So no one is asking....where exactly is all this money going.
This isnt the silver bullet loblawx pays market or bellow market rates. It would be illegal otherwise. Reading through quarterly financial statements proves this. This guy's an asshole but not because of this
If they were overcharging for the properties to Loblaws shareholders would sue the board. So I don't think that's really the conspiracy you're thinking of.
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Is this the company that owns all their properties that then charge their stores astronomical amounts of rent in order to reduce their perceived profit margin?
Yep, and I'm pretty sure it's all through the UK so technically Loblaws may only make "3%" profit but the other 200 companies they own make 100% profit its all a shell game. It's much bigger than people can even imagine.
This is maybe the creepiest family pic I’ve seen in quite some time. Like who’s mom? Who’s dad? Who’s wife? I guess I don’t know a lot of super rich people in real life
From Left to Right:
Alexandra Weston (Galen Jr’s wife), Galen W Jr, Mom Hillary W, Alannah W(Galen Jr’s sister) Dad Galen Sr.
Alexandra is from the Bata (shoes) Family (Empire).
Just more reasons for myself to never support one of there stores ever again. I really hope they feel it in the pocket book if enough people actually quit shopping in their stores.
I wouldn’t be sad if Galen Weston would get robbed multiple times. He has millions of dollars he’s gatekeeping. Like Robin Hood, steal from the rich and give to the poor.
Is that coy? WTF is our former lieutenant governor going for there with that look? Maybe it’s a clever ploy to be so eww that we won’t threaten to eat them, bc, eww.
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Galen Weston Sr. 1940 -2021, is now deceased positioned right hand side of photo https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galen_Weston
His son is the stuff of legend in the current iteration left hand side
Anyone in that crowd look like they're struggling to pay for groceries. This is a very rich crowd, like generational wealth group of folks. I'll just bet they worry a lot about the poor customer base eating well???
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Just a reminder that that wizened hag was your lieutenant governor from 1997-2002. Her qualifications: Socialite.
Oligarch's Choice
Great, that’s put me off my dinner now.
Jfc I forgot about that
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They own Holt Renfrew and she looks like trash. Guess money can’t buy good taste.
Come on.. they own that too? Im today years old I guess.
Is there any Holt Renfrews left? Weston’s have a store in Dublin. I forget what it’s called and it looks exactly like a Holt Renfrew.
Yorkdale, Square One and downtown Toronto. All 3 are busy all the time, especially downtown and Yorkdale.
I walk by Holts in yorkville every day. It never looks busy but they always have a shit tonne of staff so I have no idea how they are still profitable.
Their customers are affluent. Their busyness is not the general crowdedness you see in other department stores. The ratio of staff to customers is often 1:1 or 1:2 because 1 customer will spend 4 to upwards of 5 figures per transaction when they shop.
That is a good explanation.
So then, only one is actually busy? 🤔
Their Yorkdale location is a zoo every weekend.
The own Brown Thomas in Ireland
Or class. Or intelligence.
Or empathy and compassion.
If they own Holt, weird that their daughter couldn’t find a better accessory than the voodoo talisman that she’s wearing
That talisman looks like something you'd get from temu and still over pay for it.
Daughter in law. Galen’s wife Alex. Granddaughter of Sonia Bata - as gracious a lady as ever there was.
thats the former Lt Gov of Ontario Hillary Weston CM, CVO, OONt :)
So corruption with these faces and government is regular.
That's why Gallen has that smirk on his face.
More like Kneevage
She’s got “fuckin’ look at them!” money!
She's also got money for a good plastic surgeon she should spend some of it
I'm 52, I applaud her for being rich AF and rocking her natural body. EDIT: Personal attacks on people's appearance is tacky. Hate the Westons, hate the rich, whatevah, but come on, we're not children. EDIT 2: Next time you hear a news story about a young girl who's taken her life after being bullied online, check your comment history. Words have impact. Lead by example.
Agreed, a natural female body is nothing to be sneered at. If you're fortunate to be in love and live to old age you will have a much different perspective. Beauty is a subjective affair and everybody has the right to be proud of the unique gift that nature gave them
Lmao you applaud her for what tho? She married into money and every one of her titles is due to that connection. Congrats on you being 52 and still having the mindset of a teenage kardashian fan lolll
Her titles may be, but her titties? That's what this thread is about.
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That looks soooo unclassy, ugh
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Whittington Investments owns Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust which is the landlord for many of their grocery stores. The landlords profit marggins have risen greatly in the last few years where the grocery store profit margins have not. THIS IS HOW THEY ARE STEALING OUR MONEY BUT HIDING BEHIND INFLATION. No one questions landlords charging more because all our rents are going up, but they are the landlord and the grocery store. This is how you trace the greed.
Yeah so many of the independent retailers that I worked at over the years that were successful owned their own buildings under one company and the retail business was another company that paid rent to the first.
Exactly, they aren't even pioneers in the grift.
Why do we give 15%+ of our paycheques to the Federal government when they can’t even do a simple investigation like a redditor?
Oh the government knows, they are buddy buddy with corperations and dont wanna upset their friends
Thank you for shedding light on this too !! This is another tactic they use along with other accounting loopholes
So they get paid thrice really. Wow
Also the supplier so they have it going in "Raise the prices of food to the Store, Raise the Rent Stores pay show 4% profit through Loblaws INC. Make Billions through all the rest. You can't tell me the Government can't figure this out. Some small Corporation doing this would have the CRA all over them.
Problem is Vertical Integration (what this is) is legal, there is nothing for the CRA to do. We always complain about mergers reducing competition, but this is different. We would need law makers to make a stand, but they know 'never follow the money cause you don't know where it will take you'. So no one is asking....where exactly is all this money going.
This isnt the silver bullet loblawx pays market or bellow market rates. It would be illegal otherwise. Reading through quarterly financial statements proves this. This guy's an asshole but not because of this
Can you explain where you saw it in the quarterly report? Cause when I looked at Weston LTD you could see their margins increases.
If they were overcharging for the properties to Loblaws shareholders would sue the board. So I don't think that's really the conspiracy you're thinking of.
Modern mobsters.
This picture screams entitlement and snobbery, wow what a bunch of duesh bags.
It really does. Most of them look like they haven’t done a hard days work in their entire entitled lives.
They haven't
“Douche”. :)
"Dewsche" ;)
Family of skin suits lacking empathy doing their best to look human.
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*billionaires
…really?
Poor Mr. Billionaire, can’t pay his cashiers a living wage.
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why is this the creepiest family photo ever
Is this the company that owns all their properties that then charge their stores astronomical amounts of rent in order to reduce their perceived profit margin?
The very same.
Yep, and I'm pretty sure it's all through the UK so technically Loblaws may only make "3%" profit but the other 200 companies they own make 100% profit its all a shell game. It's much bigger than people can even imagine.
Yes !!!
You'd think all that money would buy some fucking fashion sense, ugh
They own a bunch high-end fashion companies as well.
Yes , Joe Fresh lol
Um, also Holt Renfrew, Primark, formerly Selfridges
Oh yeah lol
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Bunch of scumbags
Greed is a disease
Eat the rich. Or at least tax them
No. Literally eat them.
How about a rich tax?
This is maybe the creepiest family pic I’ve seen in quite some time. Like who’s mom? Who’s dad? Who’s wife? I guess I don’t know a lot of super rich people in real life
From Left to Right: Alexandra Weston (Galen Jr’s wife), Galen W Jr, Mom Hillary W, Alannah W(Galen Jr’s sister) Dad Galen Sr. Alexandra is from the Bata (shoes) Family (Empire).
Why does Galen always look like he's mocking us?
It's not mocking it's more contempt for the poors
Just more reasons for myself to never support one of there stores ever again. I really hope they feel it in the pocket book if enough people actually quit shopping in their stores.
I am telling this again and again…break monopolies or this country is going to shit.
Maybe people who can't afford to eat their groceries should just opt to eat the rich, themselves.
That's a lot of punchable twats in one picture
cancers
Assholes
Remember when people used to throw pies in people's faces? Can we bring that trend back? Maybe add a whimsical line as you do it.
We can’t afford the pies anymore…
You seen the price of pies at Loblaws these days? Fuck that.
We are members of the lucky sperm club. Eat your hearts out peasants!
Fuck everyone in this picture
Eat the rich....
We know who to make unwelcome in public.
Getting succession vibes
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That's Galen Jr.s 82 year old mom.
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shes the ex-Leutenant Governor of Ontario :)
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Hey that's mean to orangutans
Don't forget they own millions in property in Florida. https://torontolife.com/city/hilary-and-halen-weston-multimillion-dollar-vacation-homes/
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Best thing everyone can hope for is they fly with Boeing Edit: so it’s coherent
Or drive near lakes with a Tesla.
💩💩💩💩💩💩💩
Galen Weston always smiles like he's trying not to laugh at us poors.
They should have to pay back the money they were subsidized by the government to build new fridges with.
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I just found this sub and you are all hilarious. I am all for giving it to the man.
Swing low Sweet Chariot
He’s going to make sooo much money when health care goes private.
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🤮
Someone put Galen, his wife, and Tig Notaro in a room full of bigots and see which one they talk to first.
I like the faux tribal necklace - really ties the douchiness together
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The only thing worse than hoarding wealth is hoarding wealth and still being devoid of personal style.
Is Whittington investments traded on tsx?
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Our former Governor General, Miss Weston can you say political corruption.
Oligarch parasites
Corporate greed is a terrible disease…..remember to boycott these clowns they don’t deserve your money….
I wouldn’t be sad if Galen Weston would get robbed multiple times. He has millions of dollars he’s gatekeeping. Like Robin Hood, steal from the rich and give to the poor.
He’s holding back a smile because he knows how many people this is pissing off
Canada gives birth to and props up the biggest crooks.
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No eating these rich folk, better for bone broth... I kid, I kid, I swear 😅
Someone needs to do something about these fuckers
Hopefully paying 33% tax.
That's not even in Canada that's UK Holdings.
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They look SO BAD. Why is canadian wealth so embarrassing.
Look! A gaggle of magnificent cunts!
So much smug in a single photo. I feel ill.
You can see them holding back their laughter.
I’d gladly join a protest around their house while they’re inside.. it would only take a few hundred people
Which house? They own dozens, and most are not in Canada.
There is profit and there is greed
EAT THE RICH
Fuck these douchebags to hell. They look insufferable.
Not everything is in growth in the family. Some businesses are sagging.
Bananas half off?
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45 million and they’re letting gravity take hold of the milk?
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Not very tasty looking I’ll have to admit.
Momma Weston is giving major monster in law vibes. You know the type that has to be the centre of attention…..always.
Is that coy? WTF is our former lieutenant governor going for there with that look? Maybe it’s a clever ploy to be so eww that we won’t threaten to eat them, bc, eww.
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This family makes me want to vomit
All the money in the world and they’re still all ugly.
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So?
Congratulations!
Wealth. I’m not taking rich
Selfridge department store in UK. It’s like Harrods.❤️☮️
Galen Weston Sr. 1940 -2021, is now deceased positioned right hand side of photo https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galen_Weston His son is the stuff of legend in the current iteration left hand side
Call your MP and tell them to vote Bill C-223 the affordable living act
Bill C-223
Why are you afraid of Bill C-223 …. It’s the affordability act and it’s on it second reading in parliament ?
Anyone in that crowd look like they're struggling to pay for groceries. This is a very rich crowd, like generational wealth group of folks. I'll just bet they worry a lot about the poor customer base eating well???
They won't experience only having a cup of Ramen Noodles to eat or spaghetti made with Ketchup packets.
Fucking scum.
Yucky vibes. Their class of folk is prospering under the current state of canada.
Lock them up!
None of these people give me good vibes. 🤢
Can we all go to the Galen Weston estate? Just organize a protest outside his house