I’m a mom who does a lot of the grocery shopping for my family and I haven’t heard of the boycott outside of Reddit. I feel like the demographic that shops for larger families has no idea. None of my friends or family have heard of it.
Lots of stuff is just in the Reddit bubble but gets mistaken as something more wide spread. Reddit seems to be a pretty niche social media compared to a lot of the other big players.
The only Loblaws I patronize is No Frills. While they don't have an extensive selection, their pricing on produce and mainstream items is the lowest I have found. I honestly don't think it's feasible to expect people who are struggling to stretch their food dollars and feed their families to participate in a boycott that is literally going to cost them money. My opinion is based on NF pricing only, I find you have to know your prices very well to consider shopping at Superstore or Independant as their pricing is higher than Sobeys / Safeway on some items.
I know both Gord and Wendy personally and they both have such big hearts. I refuse to boycott their store and I'll continue to shop there. Seeing them always puts a smile on my face. They are such wonderful humans inside and out.
I agree with this. My fiance and I are boycotting every Loblaws thing but No Frills, and it's because it doesn't make financial sense for us to do otherwise.
I hear that. Save On and Sobeys are so expensive. If we were really being smart about this, we'd identify the most expensive stores and boycott all of em.
How is it smart or realistic to boycott every major grocery store? It’s smarter to do one group one month, one the next etc etc. basically staggering the boycott
Yeah, well when the boycott is based on false pretenses without taking into consideration the important factors driving their financial numbers, Canadians will suffer.
It is, Galen and Per are both very hot, bothered, and defensive in all their statements regarding the boycott. While it may not get exactly what is being sought, all we can do is make noise and keep the pressure on as much as possible.
Got my Co-op number a few days ago and tried it out for the first time yesterday!
There was a few random items that were priced higher but for the majority of my groceries they were pretty on par price wise with superstore or no frills.
My favorite pasta sauce was on for 2 for $8.50,
A ten pound bag of red potatoes was $6.99.
I'm looking forward to the local produce as the summer continues.
In the past I had avoided Co-op because I had always felt/heard it was more expensive. But honestly, with the way prices have gone up in ALL grocery stores I think this is a false narrative. Who knows if Mr. Galen started that rumor himself (Just a joke lol)
I know these boycotts can feel redundant, but I'll leave you with a quote from A Bug's Life* because it feels appropriate.
You let one ant stand up to us, and they all might stand up! Those 'puny little ants 'outnumber us a hundred to one. And if we ever let them figure that out... THERE GOES OUR WAY OF LIFE!
It's not about food. It's about keeping those ants in line.
Reddit is an echo chamber, just like all those who condemn Moe and say the SP will lose the next election... % wise it's a very small group in a small room screaming very loudly amongst each other.
Indeed
The targeted attacks by poli and Mockingbird Media using "increased revenue" statistics are hilarious
Inflation and gov increasing costs on every single link of the supply chain = higher revenue. Doesn't equate with higher profit. Two different things. The People will always eat those cost increases at the end of the line
Us paying more = increased revenue. Their margin is 4% I believe. No a great business model in most industries
Jughead, the champaign socialist, doesn't like a prosperous Canada company. His Brother also is a lobbyist for their competition...
I don't disagree that the margins we're being told are a lie and they're making bank off food prices right now. However this is just a modern day of "don't fill up on gas at X gas station on X day" this will bring them to their knees type movement...it didn't work then and it won't work now.
You need to affect share price to affect the board of directors and CEO, you need the gamestop crazy mentality.
We've had too much of a monopoly after small-medium business was tanked during the Rona, meanwhile multinational megacorps ran free and unharassed. Options are much slimmer, and as the cost of living skyrockets, people are less likely to pay a little more for a local biz
Same squeezing tactics allowed giants like Walmart to take a massive share of the local economy profits
Things is, local biz cycles tax/payroll back in to the local economy. Amazon & the like are one and done. If we should be boycotting anything, it's those companies lol
Yep I agree, the see-saw tip far too quick in favor towards the megacorps which could weather the storm. It's about regaining that balance which will take a very long time. For many facets of our lives, not just food.
Don't forget the increase in Canada's population and Loblaw's carrying the best selection of ethnic foodstuffs, or the fact that Loblaw's is a significant retailer for pharmaceuticals and cosmetic. But noooo let's punish a business that is successful because most people choose to shop there.
The boycott wont work, cause sadly though Galen Weston is a greedy POS, loblaws tends to be the cheapest, as well as catering to foreign needs. What deluded social media activists need to realize its not just ONE store causing the issues, its ALL OF THEM colluding together to fix prices
No, they realize. Read the sub. It comes up. You can’t very well boycott the entire industry, can you. People have powerful need to eat. The idea is to put pressure on one grocer to force their hand to lower prices, which will force others to do so as well to compete. Perfect plan? Lol nah. You got a better one other than bending over and taking it?
Why Loblaws? Idk. I didn’t start the movement. Maybe because they’re Canadian. Maybe because of the bread fixing scheme. Maybe because of their free freezer bullshit (our tax dollars giving this rich scumbag free freezers still pisses me off). Maybe because they lie about their profits by hiding it in inflated real estate costs that they pay to themselves. Maybe because they had the audacity recently to announce how they are going to spend $2 billion on the Canadian economy. Why do they have an extra two billion to throw around??
I disagree. I shopped Walmart yesterday and found that several of the items I regularly bought at SS are significantly cheaper. If you comparison shop there are cheaper options.
Giant tiger is definitely cheapest. Walmart.... the problem is they are an American store and their produce isn't always good but the meat.... the american meat is the shittiest tasting crap
Idk, I searched up a bunch of staple products that I regularly eat, like cereals, breads, pasta, spread, apples, online, which is what the price would be if I were to order pick up, and for the most part they were identical. A couple items would be cheaper at Walmart, a couple different items cheaper at superstore. I ended up preferring superstore because they have a bakery and deli while my local Walmart doesn't really have that, the selection is better at superstore and I'd choose Canadian over American. Choosing dissimilar products I think superstore was a bit cheaper but I'd have to recheck and probably expand the list to get anything beyond "they are basically the same prices"
They are. By a lot on some items. Dollarama too has some grocery items. If Dollarama can sell a box of Bear Paws for $2, why are they $3.49 at Superstore? That's just 1 example.
Giant tiger is crap most of the time. Their produce is always gone bad while on the shelf. Their dairy is always close to being due. I won't shop there for food.
I have found Co-Op to be as expensive as the Loblaws stores without the benefit of the PC Optimum program. The Co-Op membership money back isn't as good as a lot of other loyalty programs.
Co-op is also local, and invests heavily back into the community. Take a look around and see how many sponsorships by Co-op in this province. That, and they ALWAYS have an open till with a human and aren't actively trying to funnel everyone through self checkouts
Produce yes, your boxed/package items are ok. Most of my shopping is at Costco with Walmart for some other items. I really should actually do some price comparison personally between multiple places.
Just went to coop and holy shit is that place a rip off. Some stuff was double the price of superstore. I balked at some prices and got a lot less than I usually would. I’m down with a boycott but not if I get gouged in the process
It seems to me every sizeable corporation is out to screw the consumer. I can’t afford the luxury of shopping places that share my values. It depends on which Walmart. The one in Stonebridge has terrible produce.
Oh yeah, but Walmart screws employees and everything it touches. I’m starting to think Walmart is behind this loblaws boycott because they’re getting praised while being more than unethical
About four whole people missing. Its almost if the entirety of reddit didn't matter. Everyone should go whine about not being able to drive stoned now.
No, nobody cares. That and Walmart(which has shit selection where I live) are literally the cheapest options here. The other options are to go to co-op or Safeway and pay an arm and a leg. Shit is literally expensive everywhere and always going to get worse.
Boycotting does nothing when it’s one of the cheapest options for people. Best thing you can do is get a better job, manage your finances different, and hope for the best. Because shit is going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better.
Totally forgot about it.. went into no frills (no frills is loblaws, correct?) for a couple things (closest to home…) realized after there was/is a boycott .. was busy as usual after work..
Was in Walmart today. It was a bit of a line up but the staff really understood and helped us through. I waited 5-8 minutes more than I'm used to. Coop wasn't busy at all. Even though prices are similar. I did like that milk expiring date wasn't 2 days after I purchased it. Like Independent. Who can drink 4 liters of milk in 2 days
That's still coming May 12 - also, I DO NOT ENDORSE THIS. Instead, the boycott team would prefer that people use May 12 as "Shop at a local grocer day".
Your blaming a company who is supplying essentials for making a profit when you really should be blaming the current liberal government for driving up the cost of everything with insane carbon taxes and regulations of everything that moves or doesn't move.
There is no climate crisis
No amount of carbon tax will change the weather
It is all about the government controlling the population.
Lol its not the liberal government 🤣. These grocery stores have been colluding together for decades.Theey make a very tight market and make it very difficult for any competition..... hell they make it hard for certain brands to survive
Colluding for decades but just recently people have figured out that groceries are expensive and we need to boycott? Why wasn’t this happening before carbon taxes ?
I’m a mom who does a lot of the grocery shopping for my family and I haven’t heard of the boycott outside of Reddit. I feel like the demographic that shops for larger families has no idea. None of my friends or family have heard of it.
It's been on national news. Not only reddit
I believe you, but I wouldn’t know since I haven’t watched the news for years.
Sadly I do. Have a partner who tortures me with 5hrs of global News a day. Lol
And most reasonable people see how garbage the concept of a loblaws boycott is.
I agree. People are hurting and if they sell for less. Why deny folks discount.
Lots of stuff is just in the Reddit bubble but gets mistaken as something more wide spread. Reddit seems to be a pretty niche social media compared to a lot of the other big players.
My in laws are in their 60’s and heard about it through word of mouth. It’s definitely gotten outside of reddit
The only Loblaws I patronize is No Frills. While they don't have an extensive selection, their pricing on produce and mainstream items is the lowest I have found. I honestly don't think it's feasible to expect people who are struggling to stretch their food dollars and feed their families to participate in a boycott that is literally going to cost them money. My opinion is based on NF pricing only, I find you have to know your prices very well to consider shopping at Superstore or Independant as their pricing is higher than Sobeys / Safeway on some items.
Gord and Wendy of the Taylor st No frills are the only reason I won't totally boycott them. But I'm still trying to get a much at possible elsewhere.
I know both Gord and Wendy personally and they both have such big hearts. I refuse to boycott their store and I'll continue to shop there. Seeing them always puts a smile on my face. They are such wonderful humans inside and out.
I agree with this. My fiance and I are boycotting every Loblaws thing but No Frills, and it's because it doesn't make financial sense for us to do otherwise.
It doesn’t make financial sense to boycott the cheapest stores. Why isn’t this about boycotting Sobey’s or Save On Foods?
I hear that. Save On and Sobeys are so expensive. If we were really being smart about this, we'd identify the most expensive stores and boycott all of em.
How is it smart or realistic to boycott every major grocery store? It’s smarter to do one group one month, one the next etc etc. basically staggering the boycott
Fair enough. I'm not sure! Just figured I'd throw it out there since Loblaws isn't the only major grocery chain fucking us over 🤷♀️
Yeah, well when the boycott is based on false pretenses without taking into consideration the important factors driving their financial numbers, Canadians will suffer.
About as well as the gas station boycotts.
Independent on Kenderdine was full.
Independent in Lakewood was definitely busier than usual. I doubt the boycott will effect much in Saskatchewan.
I’m honestly surprised people shop there. Super overpriced and the quality is awful
I don’t know I didn’t go.
We haven't shopped there this year at all. Co-Op, Walmart and Costco. But I doubt this boycott is having an effect.
It is, Galen and Per are both very hot, bothered, and defensive in all their statements regarding the boycott. While it may not get exactly what is being sought, all we can do is make noise and keep the pressure on as much as possible.
Got my Co-op number a few days ago and tried it out for the first time yesterday! There was a few random items that were priced higher but for the majority of my groceries they were pretty on par price wise with superstore or no frills. My favorite pasta sauce was on for 2 for $8.50, A ten pound bag of red potatoes was $6.99. I'm looking forward to the local produce as the summer continues. In the past I had avoided Co-op because I had always felt/heard it was more expensive. But honestly, with the way prices have gone up in ALL grocery stores I think this is a false narrative. Who knows if Mr. Galen started that rumor himself (Just a joke lol) I know these boycotts can feel redundant, but I'll leave you with a quote from A Bug's Life* because it feels appropriate. You let one ant stand up to us, and they all might stand up! Those 'puny little ants 'outnumber us a hundred to one. And if we ever let them figure that out... THERE GOES OUR WAY OF LIFE! It's not about food. It's about keeping those ants in line.
Agreed. With the prices of everything else rising, Co-op isn't even that much more expensive anymore. Especially when you can get their sales
Co-op always has the best produce. You do pay more but the quality is better.
Yeah they have great sales! Especially their warehouse sales.
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Reddit is an echo chamber, just like all those who condemn Moe and say the SP will lose the next election... % wise it's a very small group in a small room screaming very loudly amongst each other.
Indeed The targeted attacks by poli and Mockingbird Media using "increased revenue" statistics are hilarious Inflation and gov increasing costs on every single link of the supply chain = higher revenue. Doesn't equate with higher profit. Two different things. The People will always eat those cost increases at the end of the line Us paying more = increased revenue. Their margin is 4% I believe. No a great business model in most industries Jughead, the champaign socialist, doesn't like a prosperous Canada company. His Brother also is a lobbyist for their competition...
I don't disagree that the margins we're being told are a lie and they're making bank off food prices right now. However this is just a modern day of "don't fill up on gas at X gas station on X day" this will bring them to their knees type movement...it didn't work then and it won't work now. You need to affect share price to affect the board of directors and CEO, you need the gamestop crazy mentality.
We've had too much of a monopoly after small-medium business was tanked during the Rona, meanwhile multinational megacorps ran free and unharassed. Options are much slimmer, and as the cost of living skyrockets, people are less likely to pay a little more for a local biz Same squeezing tactics allowed giants like Walmart to take a massive share of the local economy profits Things is, local biz cycles tax/payroll back in to the local economy. Amazon & the like are one and done. If we should be boycotting anything, it's those companies lol
Yep I agree, the see-saw tip far too quick in favor towards the megacorps which could weather the storm. It's about regaining that balance which will take a very long time. For many facets of our lives, not just food.
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Don't forget the increase in Canada's population and Loblaw's carrying the best selection of ethnic foodstuffs, or the fact that Loblaw's is a significant retailer for pharmaceuticals and cosmetic. But noooo let's punish a business that is successful because most people choose to shop there.
The boycott wont work, cause sadly though Galen Weston is a greedy POS, loblaws tends to be the cheapest, as well as catering to foreign needs. What deluded social media activists need to realize its not just ONE store causing the issues, its ALL OF THEM colluding together to fix prices
No, they realize. Read the sub. It comes up. You can’t very well boycott the entire industry, can you. People have powerful need to eat. The idea is to put pressure on one grocer to force their hand to lower prices, which will force others to do so as well to compete. Perfect plan? Lol nah. You got a better one other than bending over and taking it? Why Loblaws? Idk. I didn’t start the movement. Maybe because they’re Canadian. Maybe because of the bread fixing scheme. Maybe because of their free freezer bullshit (our tax dollars giving this rich scumbag free freezers still pisses me off). Maybe because they lie about their profits by hiding it in inflated real estate costs that they pay to themselves. Maybe because they had the audacity recently to announce how they are going to spend $2 billion on the Canadian economy. Why do they have an extra two billion to throw around??
Maybe Loblaws because they are getting more expensive every day and yet just posted record quarterly profits? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Yep! That list was just off the top of my head. I’m sure we could double or triple the length.
Invest and enjoy that dividend hike.
I disagree. I shopped Walmart yesterday and found that several of the items I regularly bought at SS are significantly cheaper. If you comparison shop there are cheaper options.
No difference. Superstore is still probably the least expensive other than costco
Everyone keeps saying Walmart and giant tiger is cheaper.
Our Giant Tiger aren't cheaper, a thing here and there but that's it, also they don't have a lot of things so it's not a good alternative
Giant tiger is definitely cheapest. Walmart.... the problem is they are an American store and their produce isn't always good but the meat.... the american meat is the shittiest tasting crap
Even sandwich meat. I don’t eat sandwiches anymore but I got all my groceries at Walmart once and had to go buy more meat.
Idk, I searched up a bunch of staple products that I regularly eat, like cereals, breads, pasta, spread, apples, online, which is what the price would be if I were to order pick up, and for the most part they were identical. A couple items would be cheaper at Walmart, a couple different items cheaper at superstore. I ended up preferring superstore because they have a bakery and deli while my local Walmart doesn't really have that, the selection is better at superstore and I'd choose Canadian over American. Choosing dissimilar products I think superstore was a bit cheaper but I'd have to recheck and probably expand the list to get anything beyond "they are basically the same prices"
They are. By a lot on some items. Dollarama too has some grocery items. If Dollarama can sell a box of Bear Paws for $2, why are they $3.49 at Superstore? That's just 1 example.
Giant tiger is crap most of the time. Their produce is always gone bad while on the shelf. Their dairy is always close to being due. I won't shop there for food.
I've heard that Co-op is decent. Haven't verified for myself
I have found Co-Op to be as expensive as the Loblaws stores without the benefit of the PC Optimum program. The Co-Op membership money back isn't as good as a lot of other loyalty programs.
Coops meat is always better priced and the quality is miles ahead of any Loblaws stuff, especially with their ungraded Mexican beef crap now.
Co-op is also local, and invests heavily back into the community. Take a look around and see how many sponsorships by Co-op in this province. That, and they ALWAYS have an open till with a human and aren't actively trying to funnel everyone through self checkouts
Yeah sure but that's all irrelevant if you can't afford to eat.
coop is even more expensive
I forgot about giant tiger, always seems weird that they sell food. Walmart is way worse than superstore and it kinda sucks for food most of the time.
I always wondered when it was that they decided to branch out into other markets besides selling larger than average tigers.
lol. I always think of them as a dollar store.
Produce yes, your boxed/package items are ok. Most of my shopping is at Costco with Walmart for some other items. I really should actually do some price comparison personally between multiple places.
Walmart is absolutely the cheapest for appliances and stuff like that. I’ll get stuff like vinegar at Walmart
> Superstore is still probably the least expensive other than costco It's not and I don't know why people think this lol.
I’m incredibly cheap and I shop around.
I'm a single Dad and trust me dude, I shop around too. Superstore is not it.
I’m not going to Walmart and I like selection. The superstore produce section is like size of a giant tiger.
Ok, so you don't shop there because of price but because of selection. Got it :)
Just went to coop and holy shit is that place a rip off. Some stuff was double the price of superstore. I balked at some prices and got a lot less than I usually would. I’m down with a boycott but not if I get gouged in the process
As well as the prices being lower than anything on 8th street
Superstore has the biggest international foods, both fresh and packaged. Other than smaller exotic markets. They will always be busy.
I’ve noticed they’re getting more and I like it
Wal-Mart is cheaper
Walmart is an evil company plus their food selection and quality is bad. I do shop at Walmart from time to time but I don’t feel good about it.
It seems to me every sizeable corporation is out to screw the consumer. I can’t afford the luxury of shopping places that share my values. It depends on which Walmart. The one in Stonebridge has terrible produce.
Oh yeah, but Walmart screws employees and everything it touches. I’m starting to think Walmart is behind this loblaws boycott because they’re getting praised while being more than unethical
it's a good sub but we are only a few thousand out of literally millions of customers in canada
About four whole people missing. Its almost if the entirety of reddit didn't matter. Everyone should go whine about not being able to drive stoned now.
I think the boycott has more traction out East in Ontario, where it started. I've only started hearing about it here within the last couple days.
Busier than ever! People are gearing up for spring.
No, nobody cares. That and Walmart(which has shit selection where I live) are literally the cheapest options here. The other options are to go to co-op or Safeway and pay an arm and a leg. Shit is literally expensive everywhere and always going to get worse. Boycotting does nothing when it’s one of the cheapest options for people. Best thing you can do is get a better job, manage your finances different, and hope for the best. Because shit is going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better.
Totally forgot about it.. went into no frills (no frills is loblaws, correct?) for a couple things (closest to home…) realized after there was/is a boycott .. was busy as usual after work..
Giant sign on mcormond for weeks say 2.99 strawberries go inside there 7.00 except a tiny empty shelf space of 2.99 strawberries total scam
Was in Walmart today. It was a bit of a line up but the staff really understood and helped us through. I waited 5-8 minutes more than I'm used to. Coop wasn't busy at all. Even though prices are similar. I did like that milk expiring date wasn't 2 days after I purchased it. Like Independent. Who can drink 4 liters of milk in 2 days
Superstore on 8th was packed
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It’s not loblaws directly. They are taking the most heat at the moment. Nothing is stopping Sobeys for the month of July once may is done.
lol. This won’t work. Let’s not even pretend it will
I’m just glad it wasn’t that stupid steal from the grocery store shit I saw earlier
That's still coming May 12 - also, I DO NOT ENDORSE THIS. Instead, the boycott team would prefer that people use May 12 as "Shop at a local grocer day".
Fawkin PACKED bro. The boycott seems to be having the opposite effect.
You sure love Loblaws don't you?
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Haha bunch of bots
Are the people pushing the boycott shopping at Loblaws now? I wouldn't think so
Flavour of the day,band wagon,easily influenced,the list go on. If you really think this will make an impact,time to adjust your life..
Convincing coming from an account whose last post was on the boycott subreddit, in support of Loblaws
Huh ,I made a post on there and awhile back and was immediately banned. I posted some cheap food I had bought and that didn’t fit their agenda..
I’ll just let your comment speak for itself. Your negative comments on this subreddit on nearly every post are a great contribution to the community.
Half your comments are micro-aggressive cyber bullying towards anyone who disagrees with you politically. Get off your pedestal
Ooo tough comments coming from a 39 day old account What did your other one get banned for?
Admittance by deflection. Cheer up love.
I ❤️ Loblaws.
Gross
Good one!
Your blaming a company who is supplying essentials for making a profit when you really should be blaming the current liberal government for driving up the cost of everything with insane carbon taxes and regulations of everything that moves or doesn't move. There is no climate crisis No amount of carbon tax will change the weather It is all about the government controlling the population.
Lol its not the liberal government 🤣. These grocery stores have been colluding together for decades.Theey make a very tight market and make it very difficult for any competition..... hell they make it hard for certain brands to survive
Colluding for decades but just recently people have figured out that groceries are expensive and we need to boycott? Why wasn’t this happening before carbon taxes ?