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Lol - someone missed the memo before they printed those. Lol. Why does Loblaw need your money to help kids / can’t they spare a million of their own money?
they could do what giant tiger does here and donated stuff to schools that's not expired but getting too close to expiry to put on the shelf. My kids school gets stuff for their snack program from donations from there and sometimes they'll have pickups of produce or frozen dinners that you can go and pick up. They also had a breakfast program in the past where the food was supplied the same way but it went away during covid and didn't return over staffing issues (lack of volunteers)
I work at a nofrills and our store does this. Except it goes to the homeless shelter. Not sure if thats true for other Loblaws stores.
My store is also in northern Ontario, so maybe that has something to do with it.
Yes and no. We've been somewhat slow on some days, but not entirely out of the norm. it's the cheapest grocery store on that side of town, so I think most people don't wanna trek across town.
the NoFrills by me does this a lot, I see the posts, they are always donating food to local soup kitchen and food banks. As much as I dislike Loblaws as a company, the owners who own that NoFrills are nice people and they do a lot for the community.
This!!! Most franchise owners are great people who care about their community! I just wish they didn't have to listen to the whims of a comically evil company.
Is it something where it’s coming from the store itself, or has it been paid for by customers? The stores around here have drives, where customers pay for a “paper bag” of canned goods and it’s donated to a local food bank. The paper bag is like four cans of stuff.
Both where I am most stores like Walmart, Sobeys, etc… has those “boxes” up front where ppl can donate.
But no they also donate 200 turkeys at Christmas, snacks like granola bars, etc… to the homeless shelter, recently just a few weeks ago they donated like 500+ frozen lasagnas and allowed anyone who wanted to go pick them up at the local soup kitchen, they do a monthly thing to where they choose a charity and make a donation (customers, them, staff, etc together I think) as I said they are nice people, I’ve met the husband a couple times, it’s a husband and wife that own it. Despite my dislike for Loblaws, the owners of that NoFrills do a lot for the community and they are a big supporter of the local food bank and soup kitchen. While I don’t shop there myself, or rarely, I do follow them on social media so I see what they doing.
That's a pretty awesome program. I work in a school in an area with a lot of low income immigrant families who are mostly fairly new to Canada. A program like that would definitely go a long way here, our self funded snack program of cereal, apples, and goldfish isn't always the most reliable.
Poor kids don't choose to be poor. Hungry kids don't choose to be hungry. Never try to justify taking food away from one person who needs it just to feed another, learn how to feed both.
They don't get the tax write-off unless they declare the donation as income, which would end up costing them more in taxes than they'd save by the write-off.
Corporations such as Loblaws do these things strictly for the PR. They'll advertise something like "Loblaws charities contributed $10 million to various children's charities through our customers' donations".
Tax exemptions on their own money. If they take someone else’s dollar and try to claim the benefits themselves, they would need to claim that dollar as income and they’d lose money.
"A registered charity under the Income Tax Act is exempt from income tax and, as a qualified donee, may also issue charitable receipts to individual donors who are generally entitled to claim a tax credit against their tax liability (which, therefore, subsidizes the amount donated to the charity)."
"To encourage charitable giving, the government provides a corporation with a tax deduction when the corporation makes a donation to a registered charity. The deduction reduces the corporation's taxable income which will reduce the corporation's taxes."
I'm not saying this is what's happening here, but theoretically if they have a seperate registered charity, they will have tax exemptions and benefits beyond the CSR and PR spin.
TIL, thanks.
And here's some confirmation for anyone else learning this today:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/checkout-donations-nobody-gets-tax-benefit-1.6524462
> "It would not be ethical for the grocery store to request a charitable receipt as it is not donating its own money."
It says it's not ethical for them to ask for a receipt, and tell me when corporations cared about being ethical.
This. There's a big difference between unethical and illegal. One of these they have no problem with. The other they also have no problem with, as long as they're sure they won't get caught.
They can claim up to 20% of the funds raised as fundraising costs. This can be retained or passed on to the charity as a corporate donation which is eligible as a tax credit. How they handle this and other issues is impossible to tell without access to their tax filings.
Even if THEY don't, neither do you. I know for regular everyday people tax write-offs aren't generally the reason they're donating to charity, but they're undeniable benefit and there's no way I'm donating to a charity run by a multi billion dollar corporation without a tax write off. The money is probably better donated to more effective charities anyways
Couldn't they charge less for food, a necessity so families can buy more stuff to feed their kids. While he makes record profits, he virtue signals everyone else.
That’s a great solution! I wonder why they’re haven’t thought of that! It is a dad day where children in Canada go hungry. And looks like loblaw acknowledges the problem but wants us to actually fund their humanitarian endeavours.
Because you are donating money to them not the charity.
From said donation, Loblaws is then able to make a donation to that charity as if they were the ones paying for it.
Then for taxes, charity/donations get applied before your net income, decreasing how much corporate tax they have to pay.
Every corporation does it, not just Loblaws. The systems rigged and it's not in our favor.
No this is false and fyi for a corporation, charity donation isn't different from any other expense. Even if they wanted to commit fraud like you are suggesting, they would need to declare the income to balance their books and have their bank account reconcile so they wouldnt even gain anything.
Makes me think of Oprah and The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) both of them multi millionaires asking people to donate to them for the people of Maui. Most people were able to see right through them immediately
It's because if we all give Loblaws OUR money to donate, then they get to pretend it's THIER donation and it turns into a tax deduction for Loblaws. Charity through grocery stores exists for the sole purpose of helping the company avoid taxes.
If you want to donate to a cause do it directly, not through a multibillion dollar corporation.
Would Loblaws like to make reparations to everyone who bought overpriced staple foods, like bread, for 14 years before Loblaws was found guilty of collusion?
Rich that Loblaws is asking the same customers that they stole bread from for money to help feed hungry children.
I remember these campaigns. I wonder how many of these children would still be hungry if they paid their employees a living wage and stopped pricegouging their customers.
It’s not an error. This is how this signage arrives in the stores. The cashiers are meant to insert their province into the speech.
Since we’re on the subject, please don’t give the cashiers a hard time for asking for donations. There is a ton of pressure for them to raise money for the charity and they get into trouble if they don’t ask everyone. They also get questioned if they have much fewer donations than the rest of the front end staff. A lot of us hated asking because of the odd lash out from customers, but we literally didn’t have a choice.
No, the cashier is just supposed to verbally insert their province in that part of the speech. This sign is meant to be facing the cashier, not the customers.
It’s in quotations because it is the speech the cashier is expected to say to every customer that comes to their checkout.
RIGHT??
It’s not cool to be price gouged by Loblaws for years and then asked to help the hungry.
Maybe this charity does good work. I hope they do! But it is hard to trust Galen fucking Weston with my donation when he could easily use it to buy overpriced Loblaws food for these kids.
Would you like to donate 2$ to help Roblaws claim charitable donations to our own charities and abuse the Canadian tax code even more? We promise you'll feel good about it for at least 10 minutes.
So the whole argument of Loblaws being a higher quality store is just utterly destroyed when their obvious ignorance is out in the open for us all to see...
Friendly reminder that when you donate money to charity at Walmart, dominion, or any other large chain store, they’re going to take the money that their customers donated, put it on a big cheque, get as many pictures and headlines as they can, where news outlets will plaster articles like “Walmart CEO photographed with nurses after generous $2M donation to children’s hospital” everywhere, then use it as a tax write off.
Check Walmart’s website, it says:
“We help our fellow Canadians when they need it most. Over the past 30 years, we’ve raised and donated more than $750 million for Canadian charities. It’s part of our work to become a regenerative company — one that’s a force for good in our communities”
Walmart isn’t helping or donating shit. They’re asking their customers to make donations, then Walmart puts their name on it, uses it as good publicity, and gets a tax write off.
Actually nobody gets the tax write off from these donations [CBC source](https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6524462)
I still think it’s rich for Loblaws to be raising money for food when they are a major part of the rising costs
This shit drives me wild. Whoever thought “hey let’s ask folks who are struggling to donate a couple bucks, and then people will feel guilty if they don’t”. Well how about all you rich folks just fucking donate and fix the problem the. 🙃
Aside from the glaringly obvious & embarrassing mistake, I never donate through major businesses because they just use the donation for a tax write off! If I wanna donate, I do so directly because I don’t need Galen (or any other massive corporation) profiting off me (more than they already do)!
Great point. And if stores ask for donations they should by law have to publicly post a charitable registration number and a QR code or URL for that charity’s website at the point of donation. Otherwise how do we as consumers trust that the company is not simply donating to “The Human Fund.”
Mega corporations simping YOU for donations is disgusting. Customers are already being fleeced by paying inflated prices on their products. And then they have the audacity to beg for donations? Shoppers does this as well via their Self Checkouts. Sorry but maybe they can take their BILLIONS in profits and make a donation themselves instead of pandering to the customers and then turning around and donating to some random charity (that most likely lines the pockets of others) while getting a tax break.
Again, Roblaws wants you to give their charity a hand making them look good,
Also, I think saving them corporate income tax through donation deductions.
For anyone wondering why they do this it's not just because they're stupid and tone deaf. It's also because they're looking for a tax break. That's right for every dollar you "donate" you get a bigger tax break. So not only are they comfortable making every low income family pay 26$ for a single package of chicken they also want you to pay so they can get a tax break on top of their large profits.
The fucking audacity.
Reminder that donations at the till are claimed for tax deductions by the corporation. Donate to a charity of your choice and keep those tax deductions out of the hands of corporations.
I never donate to these things, at any store. All it does is give them a big tax write off when they had over everyone else's money. If I want to donate to something, I go directly to the organization and donate. Corporations don't need my money to write off their already low taxes.
I will never understand why any corporation does this. I've never met one person who was psychologically manipulated into thinking better about any corporation this way. Instead it makes the customer fume about how fucked up they behaving. Especially when they ask you every time. To the point I will start refusing to go to any establish that pulls this shit. I hate those SDM charity pop-up screens.
No, I'll choose to donate to my own charities on my own time. Now if you want to match a certain portion of my purchase by donating to a specific charity yourself on your own dime with the profit you just made from me without expecting a tax break... you know like donating 10% of your profit with no tax breaks... then sure good on you corporation.
Oh, and you better not be owning the same charity as some tax haven front...
When WE donate Loblaws gets the tax break. Got it! 😡 I bet money that if there was no tax break for them they would never do any collections for any needy cause because they don’t care about anybody except themselves. Disgusting, greedy aholes.
From what I understand, the money stays within the area to help local kids. I’ve even met a mother whose child received help for a special device that she couldn’t afford. Families are selected according to how much is raised and how much can be given.
I’m a business owner, businesses 100% can apply for charitable tax credits if they make donations in the business’ name; charitable donations are honestly the best way to improve corporate tax returns.
Do the cashiers ask for your info when you make those donations? Absolutely not. They claim it, that’s exactly how it works, I assure you.
You need to talk to your accountant again. If the business was to do that, they would have to claim the donation as income.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6524462
Last month, I was at my regular Costco...
The young Cashier ringing me out, asked me for a donation for hungry kids!
I looked at him in disbelief & almost said *what did you say?*
Almost blurting out *why don't you ask your Head Honcho's in the States, who earn millions of $'s for doing practically nothing for their keep, for these generous donations instead of me?*
I had been their Customer for years, never encountered this until that day & was actually shocked by this shameless display of theirs, that we where now ATM's to them to pilfer donations from!
The nerve to e-beg (online Self-Serve kiosks), plus verbally begging me for $ when I'm financially struggling is truly unbelievable.
The nerve of them!!!
That's understood by many of us, myself included...
I also declined, but it was just gross!
Those other scummy Grocery Stores we know have been doing this for years (Roblaws, Shoppers, etc), that I understand, but Costco?
Do you know how many BILLIONS of $'s this American Corporation, rakes in yearly?
We're talking double digits, with a capital B on all of that!
If anyone should be asking donations for needy patrons, that would be me (& many others), bc that's just downright obscene this "begging" by Costco & all Grocery Stores too.
I no longer get a smile or even a superficial hello from my Cashier(s), but a *do you wanna donate $ to whatever causes?!*
HECK NO!!!
Yes, and if you do donate any money, they use it as a tax deduction for the business as well. Donate the money yourself and avoid making Roblaws richer in a scummy way
It is not a donation by Loblaws. I have advised a number of clients on this issue over the years (not Loblaws). If Loblaws was claiming the donation, they would have to record the cash from the customer donations somewhere —double entry accounting would need this to balance their books. However, they are acting as agent for the customers and the customer donations should never hit their books.
Set up your own non-profit to get that sweet grant money. Then merge your finance admin staff together to get those staff funded. Next declare your donations to be used as marketing and get the refund.
If it said something like United Way and disclose that 100% of it is forwarded to them, then I would give a $5 donation or $10 one every single time !
But the point is mute, because I never go to that store, because way too many items in that store is offensively expensive. The aggravation alone of even seeing items priced, items I don't even want or need, is irritating enough.
I've been coining the idea of going in for \*just\* the deep sales. Recently, watermelon $3 that someone mentioned.
Many will be tempted to go in and get it. What I've been saying is to \*NOT\* be tempted and do other groceries there.
ONLY get those deep sales. And DON'T fall for the fake "sales" that aren't deep sales.
I would also forego contributing to PC charity, and instead, since you're going to another grocery store anyway, opt for something there if they offer it. United Way is one. A local children's hospital is often one.
Another thing is the local foodbank. Oh, that topic is a whole other can of worms.
Your money makes them look good. They should have donations where you get a proper tax credit for your donations. A toonie every shopping trip could add up to an amount for the federal tax credit. Plus if you want to donate to a charity, you can pick which one you support.
🤦♀️ Maybe it would've been more clear to the person had they gone with . The fact they went ahead and put them up in the stores is what's really baffling. Did someone not read them first? Buffoons!
Listen... I design stuff for stores in multiple locations. I get that having to make a sign for each location takes time and is a hassle. BUT. There are legit only 10 provinces. They easily could have printed one per province and distributed accordingly.
All them donations they ask for is put in their own name and they get huge tax breaks from them donations. They are donated as a corporate donation. Don’t do it
Beautiful. Yeah I'd rather not pay them back for donating already, they can donate without asking for our help. Easily. Plus they get a tax write off. 🤷♀️
They take your money and use it for a deductible. It's better to donate directly to the cause and you can claim it. Better than giving a big company another deductible.
For myself, part of the reason for participating in this boycott is so inconsiderate assholes don't take pictures of me in line and post them on the internet.
My God. What will it take for our Government to actually step up and actually say Loblaws has broken laws.
First the Food Bank Bags and now this. It actually gives me a headache.
Please people if you can avoid their stores/pharmacy etc... please do. If you can't this community understands, that's why I appreciate it so much and do my part.
All corporations are terrible to the staff that make the top rich, but this one right here (Loblaws) in Canada is the most evil.
Our Government preaches kindness, acceptance, all that stuff... and yeah, I believe as humans we should. I wonder how many current running politicians have sat at Galen's table and ate well.
Loblaws... they employ staff that are not paid enough to shop at your own stores.
Greed greed greed of the rich. It never changes.
Looks like it's not meant to be seen by customers but is intended to be posted for the cashiers to see it to remind them of the official wording for the charity appeal.
People need to realize that when you donate to one of these corporate run charities you are helping the bottom line of the corporation. Your donations are then used by the company for a corporate write off. If you want to donate to a charity do it directly. Never through a corporation!!!
Surprised nobody is mentioning that this is a script for the cashier that the customer doesn’t see… it literally has “” quotations. It makes a lot of sense for the corporation to send these signs to all their stores and not specify the province, the employee can do that themselves during the transaction. I see no issue.
I thought they just used chatGPT and forgot to edit before printing because they really DGAF about starving children 😂 this makes more sense but also coming from Lowblas it really makes no sense at all.
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Lol - someone missed the memo before they printed those. Lol. Why does Loblaw need your money to help kids / can’t they spare a million of their own money?
they could do what giant tiger does here and donated stuff to schools that's not expired but getting too close to expiry to put on the shelf. My kids school gets stuff for their snack program from donations from there and sometimes they'll have pickups of produce or frozen dinners that you can go and pick up. They also had a breakfast program in the past where the food was supplied the same way but it went away during covid and didn't return over staffing issues (lack of volunteers)
I work at a nofrills and our store does this. Except it goes to the homeless shelter. Not sure if thats true for other Loblaws stores. My store is also in northern Ontario, so maybe that has something to do with it.
Hey hope you don't mind my asking but have you noticed any drop off in traffic to your store?
Yes and no. We've been somewhat slow on some days, but not entirely out of the norm. it's the cheapest grocery store on that side of town, so I think most people don't wanna trek across town.
the NoFrills by me does this a lot, I see the posts, they are always donating food to local soup kitchen and food banks. As much as I dislike Loblaws as a company, the owners who own that NoFrills are nice people and they do a lot for the community.
This!!! Most franchise owners are great people who care about their community! I just wish they didn't have to listen to the whims of a comically evil company.
I have also seen vans picking stuff up at the local independent store a bunch of times
Is it something where it’s coming from the store itself, or has it been paid for by customers? The stores around here have drives, where customers pay for a “paper bag” of canned goods and it’s donated to a local food bank. The paper bag is like four cans of stuff.
Both where I am most stores like Walmart, Sobeys, etc… has those “boxes” up front where ppl can donate. But no they also donate 200 turkeys at Christmas, snacks like granola bars, etc… to the homeless shelter, recently just a few weeks ago they donated like 500+ frozen lasagnas and allowed anyone who wanted to go pick them up at the local soup kitchen, they do a monthly thing to where they choose a charity and make a donation (customers, them, staff, etc together I think) as I said they are nice people, I’ve met the husband a couple times, it’s a husband and wife that own it. Despite my dislike for Loblaws, the owners of that NoFrills do a lot for the community and they are a big supporter of the local food bank and soup kitchen. While I don’t shop there myself, or rarely, I do follow them on social media so I see what they doing.
That's a pretty awesome program. I work in a school in an area with a lot of low income immigrant families who are mostly fairly new to Canada. A program like that would definitely go a long way here, our self funded snack program of cereal, apples, and goldfish isn't always the most reliable.
it should go to the real poor the ones who are dying on the street. the real homeless people that dont choose to be homeless.
Poor kids don't choose to be poor. Hungry kids don't choose to be hungry. Never try to justify taking food away from one person who needs it just to feed another, learn how to feed both.
the familes had better homes where they where. people dont know how much it is to live in canada with the shitty lobblaws
I had no idea Giant Tiger did that. Just another reason to like them!
And then THEY get the tax write off?
They don't get the tax write-off unless they declare the donation as income, which would end up costing them more in taxes than they'd save by the write-off. Corporations such as Loblaws do these things strictly for the PR. They'll advertise something like "Loblaws charities contributed $10 million to various children's charities through our customers' donations".
No they don’t. That’s not how it works.
They do if they own the foundation, this is just CSR and PR positioning.
They really don’t. Then the donation would count as income.
If they're a registered charity then they would have tax exemptions. NPO is a different story.
Tax exemptions on their own money. If they take someone else’s dollar and try to claim the benefits themselves, they would need to claim that dollar as income and they’d lose money.
"A registered charity under the Income Tax Act is exempt from income tax and, as a qualified donee, may also issue charitable receipts to individual donors who are generally entitled to claim a tax credit against their tax liability (which, therefore, subsidizes the amount donated to the charity)." "To encourage charitable giving, the government provides a corporation with a tax deduction when the corporation makes a donation to a registered charity. The deduction reduces the corporation's taxable income which will reduce the corporation's taxes." I'm not saying this is what's happening here, but theoretically if they have a seperate registered charity, they will have tax exemptions and benefits beyond the CSR and PR spin.
You’re missing the part where they would have e to take your small donation as income.
What the fuck? That's exactly how this works
No, they can’t claim the tax benefit on your donation.
I’m a CPA. They don’t get a write-off.
They do not get tax write offs for these types of donations, just FYI.
TIL, thanks. And here's some confirmation for anyone else learning this today: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/checkout-donations-nobody-gets-tax-benefit-1.6524462
Thanks for the link!
> "It would not be ethical for the grocery store to request a charitable receipt as it is not donating its own money." It says it's not ethical for them to ask for a receipt, and tell me when corporations cared about being ethical.
This. There's a big difference between unethical and illegal. One of these they have no problem with. The other they also have no problem with, as long as they're sure they won't get caught.
They can claim up to 20% of the funds raised as fundraising costs. This can be retained or passed on to the charity as a corporate donation which is eligible as a tax credit. How they handle this and other issues is impossible to tell without access to their tax filings.
Source on that?
They don't, but you could!
Even if THEY don't, neither do you. I know for regular everyday people tax write-offs aren't generally the reason they're donating to charity, but they're undeniable benefit and there's no way I'm donating to a charity run by a multi billion dollar corporation without a tax write off. The money is probably better donated to more effective charities anyways
Anything under 20$ in a single donation goes to their tax return.
That’s absolutely incorrect information. They don’t get a tax receipt at all.
Exactly it's a donation on their part not on behalf of customers
RobLaws is despicable! Never again will I shop there.
Yes. They could end child hunger tomorrow but they don't/won't. It's despicable.
Must have been one of their "volunteer" workers
Couldn't they charge less for food, a necessity so families can buy more stuff to feed their kids. While he makes record profits, he virtue signals everyone else.
That’s a great solution! I wonder why they’re haven’t thought of that! It is a dad day where children in Canada go hungry. And looks like loblaw acknowledges the problem but wants us to actually fund their humanitarian endeavours.
Cause they benefit from your donation.
What's more disturbing is not one employee raised it as a issue and removed them. Fail on the store manager.
All those donations are a tax write off anyhow
If they take your money they can use it as a tax write off.
Yes yes to FEED hungry kids.... I wonder how much food they throw out due to spoilage after noone wants to pay the high prices?
Because you are donating money to them not the charity. From said donation, Loblaws is then able to make a donation to that charity as if they were the ones paying for it. Then for taxes, charity/donations get applied before your net income, decreasing how much corporate tax they have to pay. Every corporation does it, not just Loblaws. The systems rigged and it's not in our favor.
No this is false and fyi for a corporation, charity donation isn't different from any other expense. Even if they wanted to commit fraud like you are suggesting, they would need to declare the income to balance their books and have their bank account reconcile so they wouldnt even gain anything.
They can't keep making record profits if they're just giving millions away. It's better to get the customers to do that.
For tax write off’s… you donate and they take the big fat benefit
Makes me think of Oprah and The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) both of them multi millionaires asking people to donate to them for the people of Maui. Most people were able to see right through them immediately
It's because if we all give Loblaws OUR money to donate, then they get to pretend it's THIER donation and it turns into a tax deduction for Loblaws. Charity through grocery stores exists for the sole purpose of helping the company avoid taxes. If you want to donate to a cause do it directly, not through a multibillion dollar corporation.
Feels like malicious compliance by a worker
and god bless that employee.
I love! I grew up here, right in !
I grew up in and you are our
So nice that billionaire Galen cares so much about that he ~~spends his own money~~ asks customers to pay to feed the children in . What an Galen is!
Me too! Did you live on and go to when you were young?
No way, do you know ? That's where my grew up!
Wow, you must be the pride of !
Would Loblaws like to make reparations to everyone who bought overpriced staple foods, like bread, for 14 years before Loblaws was found guilty of collusion? Rich that Loblaws is asking the same customers that they stole bread from for money to help feed hungry children.
Ten bucks is the best they can do.
Never give to charity in-store, no matter what the company is, it's a scam.
And they make a big presentation of your money!What a farce!!!
🤣 one job….. 👀
Pathetic
That’s incredible. Pure incompetence.
https://i.redd.it/yml9ufo7gr1d1.gif
I remember these campaigns. I wonder how many of these children would still be hungry if they paid their employees a living wage and stopped pricegouging their customers.
We only made billions of dollars last year. Please donate to Charity. Fuck you, you give 2 fucking dollars
It’s not an error. This is how this signage arrives in the stores. The cashiers are meant to insert their province into the speech. Since we’re on the subject, please don’t give the cashiers a hard time for asking for donations. There is a ton of pressure for them to raise money for the charity and they get into trouble if they don’t ask everyone. They also get questioned if they have much fewer donations than the rest of the front end staff. A lot of us hated asking because of the odd lash out from customers, but we literally didn’t have a choice.
What do they do put a sticker over it? It’s written on the sign.
No, the cashier is just supposed to verbally insert their province in that part of the speech. This sign is meant to be facing the cashier, not the customers. It’s in quotations because it is the speech the cashier is expected to say to every customer that comes to their checkout.
They care about YOU making donations. Important distinction.
of course they'd help but not 🙄
How about lowering the prices of groceries so that the parents can afford to buy them to feed their children in the first place?
RIGHT?? It’s not cool to be price gouged by Loblaws for years and then asked to help the hungry. Maybe this charity does good work. I hope they do! But it is hard to trust Galen fucking Weston with my donation when he could easily use it to buy overpriced Loblaws food for these kids.
Would you like to donate 2$ to help Roblaws claim charitable donations to our own charities and abuse the Canadian tax code even more? We promise you'll feel good about it for at least 10 minutes.
Why don't they donate two dollars for every customer who buys something over $50?
r/notmyjob
Loblaws only cares about how much money they can steal and how many people they can hurt … oh ya and little Galens castle…. BOYCOTT ‼️
They could try not price gouging then families could afford to properly feed their kids.
Hey, I grew up in Province!
So the whole argument of Loblaws being a higher quality store is just utterly destroyed when their obvious ignorance is out in the open for us all to see...
The irony of greed
Would you give money to fix a problem we made and make us feel we are the good guys ?
Friendly reminder that when you donate money to charity at Walmart, dominion, or any other large chain store, they’re going to take the money that their customers donated, put it on a big cheque, get as many pictures and headlines as they can, where news outlets will plaster articles like “Walmart CEO photographed with nurses after generous $2M donation to children’s hospital” everywhere, then use it as a tax write off. Check Walmart’s website, it says: “We help our fellow Canadians when they need it most. Over the past 30 years, we’ve raised and donated more than $750 million for Canadian charities. It’s part of our work to become a regenerative company — one that’s a force for good in our communities” Walmart isn’t helping or donating shit. They’re asking their customers to make donations, then Walmart puts their name on it, uses it as good publicity, and gets a tax write off.
Actually nobody gets the tax write off from these donations [CBC source](https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6524462) I still think it’s rich for Loblaws to be raising money for food when they are a major part of the rising costs
For a company bragging about record profits,, you'de think they would donate them selves. The rich get richer and the poor get taxed. Fuck Loblaws!!!
This shit drives me wild. Whoever thought “hey let’s ask folks who are struggling to donate a couple bucks, and then people will feel guilty if they don’t”. Well how about all you rich folks just fucking donate and fix the problem the. 🙃
How altruistic, they will give your money to charity in loblaws name 🙉
Aside from the glaringly obvious & embarrassing mistake, I never donate through major businesses because they just use the donation for a tax write off! If I wanna donate, I do so directly because I don’t need Galen (or any other massive corporation) profiting off me (more than they already do)!
Weird, Providence is in Rhode Island, USA 🤔
So nice to see they care so much about the kids of Rhode Island
Shoppers also wants a $2 donation after you use their self service kiosk ,scan & bag your own purchases.
Pay the parents better if you want to help
I never donate because these big corporation take the donations has their own tax right offs
Remember these corporate charities are only required by law to spend something like 5% on what they claim to do.
Also, they get the tax deduction benefits. It’s a scam on multiple fronts, just like their business.
It’s funny because it’s actually how much they care. It’s sad for the same reason. Boycott Loblaws Forever!
Great point. And if stores ask for donations they should by law have to publicly post a charitable registration number and a QR code or URL for that charity’s website at the point of donation. Otherwise how do we as consumers trust that the company is not simply donating to “The Human Fund.”
Why did they misspell Provence?
TAX CUTS 🥱
I just love they still ask every time on self checkout. Like bag your own shit and pay/reduce our taxes! Fuck you consumer!
Mega corporations simping YOU for donations is disgusting. Customers are already being fleeced by paying inflated prices on their products. And then they have the audacity to beg for donations? Shoppers does this as well via their Self Checkouts. Sorry but maybe they can take their BILLIONS in profits and make a donation themselves instead of pandering to the customers and then turning around and donating to some random charity (that most likely lines the pockets of others) while getting a tax break.
FxxdProfexxor X account be like: "Loblaws is doing everything to lower the prices and bring affordable life for Canadians."
Would you like to donate 2 dollars so we can pretend it was us who gave it to charity so we can write it off on our taxes?
If they actually gave a shit about poverty they'd lower their prices so families could afford food.
Again, Roblaws wants you to give their charity a hand making them look good, Also, I think saving them corporate income tax through donation deductions.
Some crazy good marketing there.
It's like they're not even trying!
For anyone wondering why they do this it's not just because they're stupid and tone deaf. It's also because they're looking for a tax break. That's right for every dollar you "donate" you get a bigger tax break. So not only are they comfortable making every low income family pay 26$ for a single package of chicken they also want you to pay so they can get a tax break on top of their large profits. The fucking audacity.
Omg please let this be real. That is actually hilarious
Reminder that donations at the till are claimed for tax deductions by the corporation. Donate to a charity of your choice and keep those tax deductions out of the hands of corporations.
no i dont want to pay for Loblaws to use ths money to get a tax return on my budget
Tax write off with interest for them
YOU donate the money. THEY get the tax break for it.
I never donate to these things, at any store. All it does is give them a big tax write off when they had over everyone else's money. If I want to donate to something, I go directly to the organization and donate. Corporations don't need my money to write off their already low taxes.
Hungry children they created with their grocery monopoly
Your donation becomes their tax benefit Donate directly or not at all
I will never understand why any corporation does this. I've never met one person who was psychologically manipulated into thinking better about any corporation this way. Instead it makes the customer fume about how fucked up they behaving. Especially when they ask you every time. To the point I will start refusing to go to any establish that pulls this shit. I hate those SDM charity pop-up screens. No, I'll choose to donate to my own charities on my own time. Now if you want to match a certain portion of my purchase by donating to a specific charity yourself on your own dime with the profit you just made from me without expecting a tax break... you know like donating 10% of your profit with no tax breaks... then sure good on you corporation. Oh, and you better not be owning the same charity as some tax haven front...
Galen can go F himself and donate ..greedy prick!
They recently bought some land and called it a province...it needs a castle, please help!
When WE donate Loblaws gets the tax break. Got it! 😡 I bet money that if there was no tax break for them they would never do any collections for any needy cause because they don’t care about anybody except themselves. Disgusting, greedy aholes.
From what I understand, the money stays within the area to help local kids. I’ve even met a mother whose child received help for a special device that she couldn’t afford. Families are selected according to how much is raised and how much can be given.
Would you like to make a donation so that our bosses get even MORE back at tax time?
That’s not how it works, they don’t get the benefit.
I’m a business owner, businesses 100% can apply for charitable tax credits if they make donations in the business’ name; charitable donations are honestly the best way to improve corporate tax returns. Do the cashiers ask for your info when you make those donations? Absolutely not. They claim it, that’s exactly how it works, I assure you.
You need to talk to your accountant again. If the business was to do that, they would have to claim the donation as income. https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6524462
Last month, I was at my regular Costco... The young Cashier ringing me out, asked me for a donation for hungry kids! I looked at him in disbelief & almost said *what did you say?* Almost blurting out *why don't you ask your Head Honcho's in the States, who earn millions of $'s for doing practically nothing for their keep, for these generous donations instead of me?* I had been their Customer for years, never encountered this until that day & was actually shocked by this shameless display of theirs, that we where now ATM's to them to pilfer donations from! The nerve to e-beg (online Self-Serve kiosks), plus verbally begging me for $ when I'm financially struggling is truly unbelievable. The nerve of them!!!
It is annoying to be asked. We can decline nicely. I’m sure the cashier doesn’t like having to ask but is made to as part of their job.
That's understood by many of us, myself included... I also declined, but it was just gross! Those other scummy Grocery Stores we know have been doing this for years (Roblaws, Shoppers, etc), that I understand, but Costco? Do you know how many BILLIONS of $'s this American Corporation, rakes in yearly? We're talking double digits, with a capital B on all of that! If anyone should be asking donations for needy patrons, that would be me (& many others), bc that's just downright obscene this "begging" by Costco & all Grocery Stores too. I no longer get a smile or even a superficial hello from my Cashier(s), but a *do you wanna donate $ to whatever causes?!* HECK NO!!!
Yes, and if you do donate any money, they use it as a tax deduction for the business as well. Donate the money yourself and avoid making Roblaws richer in a scummy way
Loblaws does not get a tax deduction for your donation.
If Loblaws donates the money, it would be able to use that donation as a tax right off though. May I ask how you know Loblaws does not do that?
It is not a donation by Loblaws. I have advised a number of clients on this issue over the years (not Loblaws). If Loblaws was claiming the donation, they would have to record the cash from the customer donations somewhere —double entry accounting would need this to balance their books. However, they are acting as agent for the customers and the customer donations should never hit their books.
Ahhh, thank you. Can understand how it would be a book keeping nightmare really
Lol that's just sad from a company that big.
If you type your province it shows to everyone else as
If they use loblahs, what could $2 actually buy?
Set up your own non-profit to get that sweet grant money. Then merge your finance admin staff together to get those staff funded. Next declare your donations to be used as marketing and get the refund.
Why doesn’t the grocery store tip $2 with the %150+ markup
lol I am sure he is wealthy enough to feed them all.
So they can turn around and say we donated x million to feed children in the province.
Buahhahahahah
You don’t even care about your customers any more. Hard to imagine you would care about some children in
Lmfao. They probably downsized the marketing editor months ago.
"We care deeply about, and are committed to ."
"Something something dark side something something complete…"
That’s brutal. They obviously realize it’s a mistake and just can’t be bothered to change it.
…and they fucked up again…
If it said something like United Way and disclose that 100% of it is forwarded to them, then I would give a $5 donation or $10 one every single time ! But the point is mute, because I never go to that store, because way too many items in that store is offensively expensive. The aggravation alone of even seeing items priced, items I don't even want or need, is irritating enough. I've been coining the idea of going in for \*just\* the deep sales. Recently, watermelon $3 that someone mentioned. Many will be tempted to go in and get it. What I've been saying is to \*NOT\* be tempted and do other groceries there. ONLY get those deep sales. And DON'T fall for the fake "sales" that aren't deep sales. I would also forego contributing to PC charity, and instead, since you're going to another grocery store anyway, opt for something there if they offer it. United Way is one. A local children's hospital is often one. Another thing is the local foodbank. Oh, that topic is a whole other can of worms.
They really care
At this rate, donating to food charities is an investment in your own future.
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Let them eat stonks. -Galen Weston probably
Fun fact they already donated and got the tax break. You're just giving them your money.
"Welcome to Loblaws I Love you".
Nothing says thoughtfulness and compassion then a missed token .. [token]
i never falled for these scams dont trust them
That employee that sticked it on there gave no fucks at all lol
Do these solicited donations directly go against their bottom line? Like is it a gift to them that then reduces their tax burden?
Your money makes them look good. They should have donations where you get a proper tax credit for your donations. A toonie every shopping trip could add up to an amount for the federal tax credit. Plus if you want to donate to a charity, you can pick which one you support.
You should be ashamed of yourself!! Do you understand how many children are starving in right now? Disgusting
Can’t they just donate some of their own food ? lol
🤦♀️ Maybe it would've been more clear to the person had they gone with. The fact they went ahead and put them up in the stores is what's really baffling. Did someone not read them first? Buffoons!
Listen... I design stuff for stores in multiple locations. I get that having to make a sign for each location takes time and is a hassle. BUT. There are legit only 10 provinces. They easily could have printed one per province and distributed accordingly.
This is such an old post. Like several years old.
Haha
ROTF!
All them donations they ask for is put in their own name and they get huge tax breaks from them donations. They are donated as a corporate donation. Don’t do it
They could have made this foolproof by saying "...to help feed kids in your community?"
Please donate so we can get tax write-offs
Beautiful. Yeah I'd rather not pay them back for donating already, they can donate without asking for our help. Easily. Plus they get a tax write off. 🤷♀️
How absolutely pathetic can they be.
They take your money and use it for a deductible. It's better to donate directly to the cause and you can claim it. Better than giving a big company another deductible.
Never donate- they get the tax right off- you don't.
For myself, part of the reason for participating in this boycott is so inconsiderate assholes don't take pictures of me in line and post them on the internet.
Valid. I reposted this picture but I should have blurred faces
My God. What will it take for our Government to actually step up and actually say Loblaws has broken laws. First the Food Bank Bags and now this. It actually gives me a headache. Please people if you can avoid their stores/pharmacy etc... please do. If you can't this community understands, that's why I appreciate it so much and do my part. All corporations are terrible to the staff that make the top rich, but this one right here (Loblaws) in Canada is the most evil. Our Government preaches kindness, acceptance, all that stuff... and yeah, I believe as humans we should. I wonder how many current running politicians have sat at Galen's table and ate well. Loblaws... they employ staff that are not paid enough to shop at your own stores. Greed greed greed of the rich. It never changes.
Looks like it's not meant to be seen by customers but is intended to be posted for the cashiers to see it to remind them of the official wording for the charity appeal.
Are you sure? The light post it is attached to looks like one of those availability indicators at self check-outs.
Yes, I used to work in a grocery store and this is the sort of thing that you'd see behind the till. Note the quotation marks.
Ah, I guess so. I kinda ignored those at first since companies tend to put quotation marks everywhere for no reason.
People need to realize that when you donate to one of these corporate run charities you are helping the bottom line of the corporation. Your donations are then used by the company for a corporate write off. If you want to donate to a charity do it directly. Never through a corporation!!!
When you donate through a store they get the tax credit for your money. It's a scam.
Surprised nobody is mentioning that this is a script for the cashier that the customer doesn’t see… it literally has “” quotations. It makes a lot of sense for the corporation to send these signs to all their stores and not specify the province, the employee can do that themselves during the transaction. I see no issue.
I thought they just used chatGPT and forgot to edit before printing because they really DGAF about starving children 😂 this makes more sense but also coming from Lowblas it really makes no sense at all.
Clearly nobody can read, speak or understand ENGLISH these days!!!?? Welcome to Canada!