Growing movement to boycott grocery stores in Canada | Your Morning

A social media campaign has ballooned into a national boycott against grocery chains including Sobeys, Metro and Loblaws.
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[@nicolekw9445]

Ex loblaws distribution center employee here, Loblaws owns Shopper's Drug Mart, Canadian Superstore, TNT, No Frills

[@arwyn1025]

Don’t forget Zehrs.

[@zion9860]

They own the competition.

[@Graeaeae]

I bet our communities would start supporting local grocery stores

[@zion9860]

@@Graeaeae we need more grocery stores from the states to enter the Canadian market. That would bring more competition to the market and eventually lower grocery bills.

[@ytzpilot]

Go to Sobeys or Food Basics or Metro

[@rainorshine7816]

There is NOT enough COMPETITION!! Blame the government!!

[@aman888]

There's no competition because margins are slim and there's money to be made in grocery retailing.

[@truthhurts5158]

Always blame the government Grow your own

[@robm9581]

You realize we are a small population country, we have very little influence over a world market, thats not the govt fault, there has been the same stores in Canada for yrs, they are flat out gougingnus right now

[@Carrie-so3ro]

Our government is NOT STOPPING competition! What are you? Out of your mind? Blaming the government for LACK of competition is CRAZY!! What our governments (Provincial level - since it falls under THEIR jurisdiction to help) CAN do: - is put into place anti-gouging laws (with REALLY, REALLY high financial penalties if found guilty & have REALLY TOUGH, SMART accountants GO IN & LOOK CLOSELY at their books to ENSURE they aren't doing any "CREATIVE ACCOUNTING" & gouging) - THIS would scare them into offering better pricing! - (This would NEVER happen in PC held Provinces though!) - I don't know if there is ANY way it could possibly fall into Federal jurisdiction - maybe?? by some stretch of their jurisdiction in some way?? - only other possibilities - are if the gov. at Prov. level (& possibly at Federal level?) - gave large start-up grants to anybody that would open any "not-for-profit" grocery stores to help people OR - IF the Fed. gov. opened their OWN grocery store chain across the country - "at cost" only - for Canadians - if the Fed. gov. can compete with businesses [& do], to provide entertainment & news [CBC], I don't see why they can't do it with grocery stores - (although EVERY PC Premier & PC "Loyal 😂 Opposition" member at the Fed. level would SCREAM about "anti-competition" - SO much more important than ACTUAL Canadians!) - "Other" commercial grocery stores could then focus on bringing in specialty items from other countries &/or bringing in TOP quality items even specialty ones produced in this country - in FACT - THIS would be a GREAT idea, the more I think about it. - It means that Canadians would get MORE variety as the Fed. grocery stores could supply all regular needs as current stores do - & then commercial competition could focus on bringing Canadians things they DON'T get now - from our own country & abroad, of good or great/top quality - we would ALL win - as even those people you rely on - TO WORK in these stores, to do deliveries, work in your take-outs etc. COULD all afford to eat again in this country - (& then it would only be the issue of rent holding people back, that ALL governments would need to focus on) - (sigh!)

[@nrfnrd]

And the Carbon Tax Scam.

[@zion9860]

I visited Canada a few weeks from the states. I shopped at loblaw and was shocked how expensive grocery is there. I thought groceries stores in Los Angeles are expensive. I feel for you Canadians. Hopefully things will get better.

[@AllRequired]

You want us to vote blue and you want to vote red.

[@zion9860]

@@AllRequired you vote for what?

[@pegwilson5801]

Already crossing the border to shop. Even with the exchange rate doing fine and able to get products yere anymore, President's Choice isn't very good.

[@johncam8420]

We make a 1/3 of your salaries too. Please donate money to Canadians!

[@DW-op7ly]

Yeah? Well I’m debating with Americans who have to get their toothpaste from a locked up cabinet While calling deflation a dirty word as consumer staple prices in a country like China go down these days

[@KeithBalante]

This guy is wrong. It can hurt their revenue much like the Kelloggs boycott forced grocery stores to sell all Kelloggs prices at deep discounts. Imo this needs to longer than a month, but at least people are now working together to force change.

[@KW-sm2rt]

Canada has a handful of grocery stores and a lot of shoppers have no choice but to shop there.

[@bbear1971]

So at least try and make a point at shopping at gt or something. Boycotts only work when everyone participates

[@workstationmark4103]

I am afraid your family pet will go missing with these boycotters

[@robm9581]

We all need to eat, you can only do so much, all the stores are the same, last few yrs they have been gouging us worse then ever, big oil has been doing it for decades and finally the grocery stores have jumped on the band wagon, along with many other types of retailers, d9nt know a solution do u

[@mikearchibald744]

Pretty true, but you can get some things online often cheaper. The point right now is the boycott, so you do what you can. In small towns you may have to pay a little more at a farmers market, but in my city the small independants are now CHEAPER than the big box stores that have volume.

[@KW-sm2rt]

@@mikearchibald744 Excellent! Glad to hear that your city has independents grocers that you can go to. Perhaps for those who don't have a choice in a small town, they can share the cost of going to the nearest city every couple weeks and buy in bulk which should be cheaper?

[@marianam8643]

Already boycotting these stores. I never shop there. The prices are insane. Last time I went to a metro a cauliflower was 7 dollars. I laughed and left.

[@CanadaLovesPutin]

Every single account leaving pro-boycott comments - "One comment on this account" 😂

[@Bunny11344]

I saw asparagus at save on for 9.99 ya right

[@OmniUniv]

Welp you must be the wealthier kind that has their own car and house lucky you. Us working class people that live on a budget can’t change sorry that’s a fact of reality

[@eilaollinheimo4573]

I need a car with my disability. My mortgage that I qualified is only 400 dollars and I have low income. You assume a lot.

[@frostflower5555]

$30 for olive oil.

[@maryjeanjones7569]

Loblaws was too expensive 20 years ago. Haven't been back since.

[@jamesryan7684]

It's a store for people who have more money than they need.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@jamesryan7684 LOL. No. Loblaws is no more that than Metro or IGA.

[@MrJohnthefarmer]

@@shauncameron8390 IGA IS Sobeys

[@MarcusDaGrand]

@@shauncameron8390 Metro is also very expensive.

[@markparker7015]

​@Drew-kh6nk those 2 stores are the most expensive of all the Supermarkets.

[@markfair7648]

Food is a perishable product. So buy it only on sale or reduced. Cook large meals and freeze for later. Buy in bulk.

[@nottheone582]

this is a great tip (even though its not the fault of the consumer their money doesn't go as far). I also only shop the outside aisles and stopped buying prepared food, packaged food, etc. just buy whole ingredients and meal prep. I got my price per meal down to ~$1.50 so I spend all in about $40 week on groceries but I stock up for the month in bulk at one time when there's sales

[@markfair7648]

@nottheone582 Well I am a farmer as well but I still have to buy things other than what I grow or raise. Raw whole ingredients is the only way to eat cheap. No pop fruit drinks or bottle water. That will help everyone budget.

[@SnowWhite-hr4ho]

You can't do that living in a condo or apartment no space for a freezer

[@dcrot9109]

going backwards, its time to bake, can, smoke, preserve foods and garden again . like great grandma did

[@markfair7648]

@@dcrot9109 100%

[@teeniequeenie8369]

I say start protesting outside the store.

[@judifeather9983]

Loblaws was our go to grocery store! As of last week we have decided not to shop there anymore! Before we even heard about this! Prices increase every time we visit! The Produce in the store in our area is disgusting! It’s bad enough paying the high price but when you have to through out half the produce you buy because it is already off! Well that’s where we drew the line! I am tired of them taking advantage of the consumer, glad to hear about this movement. We are with you!

[@rainorshine7816]

Absolutely produce is already spoiled when you buy it. Also, they are shrinking sizes and increasing prices, highway robbery

[@bobbipearcey2059]

I have not shopped at SOBEYS …DOMINION….”or” SHOPPERS DRUG MART/LAWTONS… for 8 months …except for 2 days in December/one day to get a Turkey and savoury …and another day before New Years ( ONLY because I couldn’t get what I needed at Costco or Walmart… I have grown all the vegetables that I myself eat in the VERY SMALL space garden in containers … I have cut back considerably on carbs AND MEAT …not ENTIRELY due to cost …but due to WHAT WE ARE BEING POISONED with .. Most of the ingredients in CANADIAN packaged goods have been banned in Norway and Sweden due to health risks

[@theresesilvawalker8407]

I miss some of the loblaws items but i cannot break boycott.

[@euanreid6682]

Yeah i was surprised at how my local Loblaws produce was just terrible.

[@brendaswann7292]

@@rainorshine7816sorry but Grocery stores are not shrinking sizes, the producers / manufacturers are. Attack them, the grocer’s are the end run handlers. Look and learn of the bigger picture. Boy caught the producer, not the end run handler.

[@rainorshine7816]

Buy local when and if possible Support local instead

[@aman888]

And you will be paying more

[@SnowWhite-hr4ho]

They own the food suppliers. We need to bring competition

[@Carrie-so3ro]

@@aman888 If we pay more, it is because these local stores don't get bulk discount pricing like the giant chains do. The more people that switch over (temporarily) - the more the big chains will have to lower prices etc. to woo us back AND we will be giving a big boost to a small store in the interim. (Tell small business though that you have switched over the greed & if THIS store lowers prices when it can bulk buy for the extra customers - the more chance people will stay LONG term with them.)

[@mikearchibald744]

@@aman888 Not anymore. At Sobeys I will get yogurt and pizzas when they go on sale cheap, sometimes ice cream. Everything else I get at small stores. I"m lucky in Moncton because thanks to immigration we have one road that has an asian store, arabic store, family owned independant grocer, indian store, farmers market and an eastern european store. Many products I can get cheaper from overseas than the product in canada at Sobeys. And its MUCH better quality, and exposure to new foods has been fantastic. Couscous I can get dirt cheap and that stuff is great for EVERY meal in five minutes.

[@aman888]

@@mikearchibald744 I'm sure op will be thrilled you're not buying local

[@johnnolan5579]

After talking with several Loblaws store employees, they are every bit as upset as the consumer and are shocked by their company's expectations and demands on them to keep jacking up prices, so Loblaws claim they are providing 'good value' is bogus and shortsighted.

[@sola4393]

What I don't like is the discount for membership while non member are paying for their discount. They need to get rid of that. What happen to GST, aren't they suppose to pass that saving to all consumers not just the selected few. If they aren't passing the saving to all consumers then remove GST let the company go back paying their own tax.

[@thinkgrowhealthy2137]

I naturally boycott them because their prices are not affordable. Food Basics is better.

[@user-rh2tq1xe1i]

Food basics quality for meat, fruits and veggies on the verge of expiry.

[@VR-zs4ir]

Food Basics' parent company (owner) is Metro - another crook in the industry

[@Oldmanflyfishing]

Put Sobeys in there too, they are just as greedy

[@Carrie-so3ro]

I stopped shopping there a number of years ago. They got an American CEO that came in (before the brand logo changed on their food lines) & it was VERY OBVIOUS! The prices SKYROCKETED & yet the QUALITY fell THROUGH THE FLOOR! I knew INSTANTLY - as I have been to the U.S. many times & SEEN the type of GARBAGE that is passed off as food there - AND at HIGH PRICES TOO!! When I asked an employee, it was confirmed. Of course big shareholders wanted to hire an American & bring American profits & American poor food standards here (since it's bigger profits for them.) They are even worse than Loblaws! (Although Loblaws got rid of the Weston President in the last year & replaced him shortly after the inquiry - & food prices & practises under the new guy are EVEN WORSE! It's like he is punishing us for bringing up the issue to our government. I don't know where he is from.)

[@PMcC44]

In Ottawa, Loblaws and Independent stores are the most expensive grocery stores. Have been for years. Shop anywhere else and you will save money.

[@christophercharles3169]

Good luck with the boycott. Only the well-off shop at Loblaws. I doubt they'll be participating. Loblaws is one of the most expensive grocery chains in Canada.

[@Giovanni-x1]

Good luck with the boycott...prices are the same at all grocery stores. News Flash...Loblaw makes less than 5% margin. We need to boycott government taxes which is the real cause of inflation!

[@lindasocquet5748]

The higher the prices, the more the food waste of the companies increases, so the more food is destroyed - what is not sold will not be consumed. NO ONE dares to talk about this arnacque of food destruction while organisms... starving!

[@Carrie-so3ro]

That is true. The higher they raise their costs to consumers, the less people buy & the more gets wasted - meaning THEY LOSE MONEY in this situation. They can only overprice so far before it ends up hurting them more. I hope they will learn their lesson sooner, rather than later.

[@SireDragonChester]

Yeah that bs. All across Canada. Grocery stores have continued to hike the prices up on everything. Even basic, milk, breed, eggs, juice. All continue to rise. I swear they artificially raising the prices. Walmart/sobeys/Safeway/superstore (lawblaw). They all guilt of jacking the prices up. Why isn’t govt stepping in and doing something about it.

[@concernednewfie]

Loblaws is the third furthest grocery store from my location, that is the only reason I do not go there often. Nothing to do with boycotts.

[@createone100]

I started to get very very disgusted with Superstore when their nearly expired products went from 50% off to just 30% off. It just seemed so greedy and mean-spirited. My opinion of Superstore has only declined since then. We now do a lot of our shopping at Coop where quality is excellent, neatness and cleanliness are top priority, there is no absent or misleading signage, no ‘must buy 3 to get the discount’ nonsense, and there is pleasant and helpful staff. Superstore leaves everything to be desired in these categories. More to the point, they just. don’t. care.

[@Carrie-so3ro]

I don't know about this Coop store. Is that the full name? I want to find out more. You have mentioned many good things about this store but were silent on the costs. How do they compare & any other helpful info., please.

[@createone100]

@@Carrie-so3ro Co-ops are locally owned. The Co-op stores I go to in Regina are all part of Sherwood Co-op. Each town/city with a Co-op will have its own name but always with ‘Co-op’ in the title. There are many, many locally owned co-ops throughout Saskatchewan. Their national ‘parent’ body is Federated Co-op. Co-op stores are unionized. Their prices are competitive for most things. Their employees are decently paid, and their attention to service is far superior to grocery outlets like Superstore, Wal-Mart, Shoppers Drug Mart etc. Their meat, produce, and bakery are far, far better than these stores as well. We wouldn’t buy bread anywhere else.

[@Arkhanno]

There are no affordable food prices in my area. Doesn't matter if I go to the other side of the city. So in order to keep costs down I buy the important things in bulk and make my own food. Wayyy cheaper than the nonsense that is sold in most grocery stores and tastes a lot better too.

[@lindagrossi5213]

I haven’t been to a Loblaws or other major grocery store in over a year. They are criminals! Prices are absurd.

[@Giovanni-x1]

Prices are the same at all grocery stores. News Flash...Loblaw makes less than 5% margin. We need to boycott government taxes which is the real cause of inflation!

[@DeltaDemon1]

I've been keeping track over the past 23 years and every year groceries increase by 5%-20%. The prices have DOUBLED from the same or similar grocery a year and a half ago. A grocery that would've cost me 25$ 1.5 years ago (I live alone) now costs between 45$ and 55$. I checked the items that I bought back then and now and I usually get less food now for double the price. I don't know if it's the grocery companies or what but it is extreme.

[@Carrie-so3ro]

I have found EXACTLY the same - & I keep an eye on the prices that I am paying.

[@No_name860]

It’s called inflation and carbon tax.

[@DeltaDemon1]

@@No_name860 There's been inflation and carbon tax for years with at most a 20% increase but this past year and a half, it's been double the costs instead of 20%. It's MUCH MUCH worse.

[@frostflower5555]

30 dollars for olive oil, why no riots?

[@darkglass3011]

Local grocery stores like my city's China town have way more affordable prices. I always shop at those.

[@user-rh2tq1xe1i]

Quality definitely questionable though if we are being honest

[@kcrowther14]

I never shop at Loblaws and there's one down the road from my home

[@trevorgwelch7412]

If you don't like the high cost of food at Loblaws boycott the store . Next boycott airlines .... hotels , gas stations , movie theatres

[@eilaollinheimo4573]

Wish we could boycott some taxes... I want to boycott government member expenses. But we are not given the choice..

[@trevorgwelch7412]

@@eilaollinheimo4573 Yes good idea . 🇨🇦💃🏄‍♂️

[@lizziegirl5124]

Yes. Stay home more often people. I'm sick of hearing your whining in public.

[@lindaostrom570]

movie theatres? they still have those?

[@lizziegirl5124]

@@lindaostrom570 don't be a fool.

[@indram5384]

Yes!! It's ridiculous how high food prices are getting higher and higher our government needs to take action.

[@johnandrews3434]

Hey, go after the George Wesson Limited that owns Loblaws. This holding company controls other businesses too.

[@MM180.9]

Settle this and demand to see the cost of a bag of groceries without the fluff, and see how that 5 cents becomes 20 dollars, then put Galen Weston on the stand again. Growing his business is ruining Canada 😢

[@AllRequired]

No, he's not the problem here. Jagmeet Singh is.

[@robm9581]

​@@AllRequiredlol didn't know the NDP ran a grocery store, or any of the political parties, do u recall when oil was less then $50 per barrel a couple yrs ago, well gas prices didn't drop, even though when oil was sky rocketing during the Harper yrs, big oil blamed the oil price for increases at the pump, but u want to blame a govt for corporate greed, wake up

[@Carrie-so3ro]

@@AllRequired The grocery giants are the problem.

[@karma-4854]

​@@AllRequiredexactly right!

[@theresesilvawalker8407]

The Weston Family IS the problem. Did none if you watch Galwn and that other guy smirking and snickering when called into Parliament to explain their corporate gouging? You can watch- footage is online. The most perverted display of entitled greedy loserdom ever.

[@Debthouse]

What is the issue with Member-Only pricing? PC Optimum memberships do not cost anything (unlike Costco).

[@Carrie-so3ro]

It is so you register with them your demographics etc. & they can see what you look at from their on-line grocery stores & buy (either in person or on-line) They can then use this to track data - how much you spend, how often, what you buy. This data would cost them a lot of money otherwise & they wouldn't have NEARLY as big a database to look at You win by getting a bit of a lower price on SOME items & THEY win by having all of this data

[@user-rh2tq1xe1i]

Costco selection is very limited as well.

[@InterestedCitizen]

Boycotting sounds great in theory but then where will we get our food since we are not all self-sufficient farmers or cooks?

[@lornarichardson5655]

Europe is showing they are not happy with putting their farmers out of business. Grocery stores don't grow food. NO FARMER NO FOOD=NO FUTURE

[@shauncameron8390]

Pretty much the average city-dweller.

[@suepentland6880]

There are other stores out there. I have been shopping at them for a couple of years

[@franfehrluvtrevor]

@@InterestedCitizen If the people who can shop elsewhere boycott it will still hurt loblaws bottom lone nonetheless.

[@InterestedCitizen]

@@franfehrluvtrevor I'd like to believe that but it would take millions of people to accomplish that. It's not going to happen.

[@xander1620]

I’m boycotting them for the entire summer and shopping at my local farmers market instead. Might even make the switch for good.

[@lindamorton2066]

I boycott Loblaws and all stores under their umbrella! I will drive several miles away to go to another store.

[@PaulaBoylan]

Shop at farmers markets and local butcher shops. Plant a few easy to grow greens as an introduction to growing more delicious organic veggies. Make friends with local egg producers. Bake bread. Meal plan. Buy what you need in bulk when it's on sale and learn to store it properly. One step at a time and we take back our power from the big corporations.

[@hughjass1044]

Why only Loblaws? In fact, why Loblaws at all? I get way better prices at No Frills and Superstore than I do at Safeway and Sobeys. If you're going to boycott anyone, boycott Empire.

[@rainorshine7816]

Loblaws owns all of these

[@railfandepotproductions]

​@@rainorshine7816wait loblaws owns safeway and sobeys?

[@Carrie-so3ro]

@@rainorshine7816 They DON'T own Sobeys for sure. That is a SEPARATE chain - one of the 3.

[@gormenfreeman499]

Dairy queen is owned by Berkshire hathaway run by Warren Buffet. If you want to understand how this works watch some of his annual meetings.

[@railfandepotproductions]

@@rainorshine7816 proof?

[@georgehiotis]

Support your local market. Don't give your funds to trash.

[@user-rh2tq1xe1i]

Local market prices are not cheaper

[@sharonwaddell693]

I live near a small family owned produce store that also has a good dairy and a modest meat section, ( grass fed beef). They also have spices, condiments and a small canned goods section. It easy to accomplish 75 % of my food shopping there. Their produce section is considerably less expensive than the big chains. They also have grains and rice, although not in bulk. They give seniors 10% off every other Wednesday.

[@Kayuu7]

Power to the People !!

[@pascalbro7524]

3:11 how is that not considered a monopoly?

[@No_name860]

Oligopoly

[@FrankGordonA]

Canadians love monopolies. We have monopolies in our airlines, our telecommunications, our banks, beer, and our grocery stores. We don't need free market capitalism - Papa Trudeau takes care of us here.

[@1982kinger]

Its the government not stores!!!

[@johnnolan5579]

That's what Pierre Polie-ester wants you to believe. It's corporate greed fool! Galen Weston is a conservative and contributes to the conservative party. Wake up! Polie-ester's chief advisor was hired by Loblaws to lobby the government.

[@railfandepotproductions]

Stop defending plain greed

[@curtislow1506]

High price is due to carbon tax and mass inflation due to the government printing money. Record profits happen when 2 million more people are buying food.

[@johnnolan5579]

And just what do you do with you carbon tax rebate? Stop with the anti carbon tax b.s. Read the facts!!

[@JasonK.-cy2tl]

This is the funniest thing I've ever heard. If you boycott grocery stores, where will you get your food?

[@pcphoenix123]

You dont boycott all of them at once, only one or two. That way it hurts them but you can still do your groceries

[@ytzpilot]

If everyone can rotate between Loblaws and Sobeys and Metro over monthly periods it does effect their distribution

[@SwobyJ]

Other grocery stores.

[@tonyfulford3175]

Exactly. People have no clue as to who is responsible for the high prices. Blackface and Jagmeet want you to believe it's the grocery stores fault. It is NOT ! Inflation is ALL the governments fault !

[@janisblack2183]

Giant Tiger has groceries. Bulk Store has dry goods. Don’t go to Walmart either they are American owned and are NOT cheap. We need Canadian owned stores to learn not to have a choke hold on us like backstreet bullies. Walmart is like supporting organized crime. They purposely squeeze out the local family owned private businesses by undercutting them for a short while until they go broke and then raise the price again to make hundreds of billions every year and have infiltrated most of the free world. It’s never enough for them.

[@PaulainBrampton]

Apple factory sold out to new home build. No more homemade Canadian apple pie.

[@o1ecypher]

Solution, For every dollar the big grocery stores earn in profit, a percentage of each dollar should go towards reducing the prices for the things that matter. let's vote for that a country's poverty is largely due to the hoarding of wealth by a few. if a country only prints and issues a limited amount of money the more rich people hoard that wealth it makes the worker ever more poorer. since the 80s the charts and graphs show that the CEOS are paying the worker less and hoarding more of the companies wealth to themselves. when it should be in the pockets of those who work.

[@Carrie-so3ro]

The % should go to ALL things - as what might matter to you may not matter to someone else ie. baby products matter to some & not others, prepared foods MATTER to some (the disabled & seniors) & not others, "foreign" foods matter to some & not others, special dietary items matter to those with specific conditions & less to others - see what I mean??

[@o1ecypher]

@@Carrie-so3ro i agree

[@DyesubDave]

I have somewhat of a philosophy when I shop for groceries. I usually shop at NoFrills as it's the closest to me and I generally ONLY buy items that are on sale or are at a decent price. Unless I specifically need an item for something I'm making I'll just do without it until it goes on sale. If ground beef isn't on sale then I'm not buying it. There are usually a few items on sale and my meals work around those items. I also buy multiple of the items that are on sale so hopefully the next time I need said item it's close to being on sale again. I like the idea of boycotting these stores however as others have mentioned we all need to eat. I don't drive so I'm somewhat limited to where I can easily shop for food. I honestly think that if everybody started buying mostly items that were on sale the stores would also have to start dropping their prices. Obviously that works much better for fresh foods or foods with shorter expiry dates. The problem is that many people who make a decent wage don't care about the prices and just buy what they need regardless. Also buying only items that are on sale promotes getting a bit more CREATIVE with meals. 😉

[@lizziegirl5124]

I don't know why people are so picky with food these days. Most of us 90s babies grew up with the only on sale items and making neat stuff in the pan with whatever you had.

[@FreedaPeeple-in2mn]

Loblaws owns Atlantic Superstore, Dominion, Loblaws, Maxi, No Frills, Provigo Le Marché, Valu-Mart, Real Canadian Superstore, Wholesale Club, Your Independent Grocer, Shopper's Drug Mart, TNT, and Zehrs. The stores that "compete" with Loblaws are OWNED by Loblaws.

[@Triggeredsociety]

Loblaws is way better then Sobeys Sobeys is the Highest Prices and poorest quality of products the conditions of Sobeys products on queen st Halifax Nova Scotia is so poor and the prices are 1$ and 5$ and 8$ higher on stuff the superstore

[@Carrie-so3ro]

That happened when they brought in an American President/CEO? a number of years ago. The change was so drastic I knew immediately - & had it confirmed by one of their employees. I stopped shopping there shortly after due to the changes in price going drastically up & quality going drastically down - trying to imitate how things are in the U.S.

[@Triggeredsociety]

@@Carrie-so3ro it's also gone extremely woke there too I was harrassed by a trans woman who works there, one day I was at checkout and the employee was looking to chat I wasn't having a good day and just wanted to go home 🏡 well the trans person literally called customer service trying to imply I was shoplifting because I wasn't giving the person enough attention 😳 Sobeys on Queen st has gone to hell all Sobeys is hell but queen st is a special type of hell

[@TroyQwert]

My full support for boycott. 💪

[@PWingert1966]

I'm on disability. I don't have to boycott grocery stores because I only get 11,000 a year so I am forced to live on what I can get from the food bank. I haven't set foot in a grocery store except to get a treat for my birthday every year for the last 15 years. Those treats were bought using gift cards supplied by the food bank to allow me ot buy stuff in the grocery store.

[@d.e.c1609]

Boycott EVERYTHING! NOT just groceries!

[@john.a.gonsalves3731]

been shopping this weekend and what I saw was several shoppers were just walking out with items, and no one said a word, even saw this in Loblaws

[@HerveVillechaize22]

I've been one stop shopping at Walmart for years. Really has no impact on me.

[@roadsideservice2406]

Way way ahead of you. I’ve been boycotting weasel Weston and Costco for years.

[@jamesryan7684]

What's wrong with Costco?

[@aman888]

So where do you shop?

[@sofakingkool]

@@aman888 His Moms Fridge

[@BowtieJDP]

Where are we supposed to go? Coop, Sobeys, and Safeway are double the prices of superstore.

[@joept333]

Loblaws is definitely gouging. There's many things i compare in price. I buy pop corners at loblaws and it is 5.69 a bag whereas walmart is 3.89. Why is walmart able to sell the same for more than 30% less and still profit. Loblaws is definitely taking advantage.

[@danylatulippe]

2 reasons: 1) Walmart's buying power is way higher than Loblaws even if Loblaws it quite big which allows them to obtain goods at a lower price. 2) Walmart usually takes the leftovers when buying perishable goods. Loblaws take the best items, then comes the middle tiers such as Maxi, then comes Walmart and No Name with their "Perfectly Imperfect" brand. I have often seen moldy and downright uneatable goods in Walmart's shelfs. As for the meat, Loblaws usually have an on-staff butcher, which is not the case for Walmart. So the meat selection is usually different in cuts and in quality. Also, Walmart works on volume to lower their "per-item" markup. Walmart markup to an average of about 1.2% to 1.5%, while the last financial reports from Loblaws indicate an average of 3% to 4%, which is still very low. Most of the grocery high prices come from one source: the government imposing taxes (such as the carbon tax), laws and regulations on the farm industry, transport, transformation, and the grocery stores (including business hours in many case).

[@Carrie-so3ro]

@@danylatulippe Walmart is paying the SAME government taxes as Loblaws, so THAT is NOT an excuse! Also you just said that Walmart markup is NO MORE THAN 1.5% - whereas LOBLAWS MARKUP - STARTS!!! - AT DOUBLE that TOP figure!! Let me REPEAT - from YOUR very own figures - STARTS at DOUBLE the top-line MARKUP! - all the way to ALMOST 4 TIMES the markup - according to YOUR figures! You have JUST PROVED the case of it being NOTHING but PURE - PRICE GOUGING! - do you see THIS, ladies & gentlemen? That "small" figure for every item? & especially on the more expensive items - over ALL of their stores & in the quantities sold?? Our government needs to get a copy of this!!

[@gordturnbull4835]

Loblaws should have been dealt with long ago when they coordinated with Weston and others to force Canadians to over pay for bread. "Roblaws"

[@Carrie-so3ro]

They have done the same with milk. Loblaws, Superstore, Food Basics, Metro (I don't know about the Sobey's chain) - ALL had different prices for the milk I buy about 1 1/2 years ago. Then COINCIDENTALLY - every one of them (both their higher cost & lower cost stores) & (at least) 2 chains - raised the milk prices A LOT! - AND ALL to the EXACT SAME PRICE - to the PENNY!

[@eilaollinheimo4573]

While their Superstore is one of the cheapest. It makes no sense when you are free to buy your food in any store. It is just political smear campaign. In the end it is the small grocers who suffer because their margins are so tight they can not reduce their prices to match the cheaper prices of these big grocery stores.

[@Seventizz]

Why is our partially government funded media pushing a boycott on Canadian business? If prices are the issue - why do they never bring up more expensive supermarkets like Sobeys, Whole Foods, Longos, and Metro?

[@MeMyPCandI]

They are boycotting grocery stores by going to the Food Banks!!

[@AngryCanadian1971]

HOW is paying $10 for bologna a great deal?

[@zion9860]

They hope all the immigrants will buy it.

[@sharonmoore8558]

I got a huge pkg for $5..learn how to shop

[@robm9581]

Lol I don't buy it anymore as good ham is the same price, u need to shop with sales etc, sometimes u have to pay top dollar but not usually

[@JohnDoe1999-lg7mh]

There is no value in paying more for the exact same product. $2.00+ for the exact same Cracker Barrel Cheese is one example.

[@williamhuang7369]

They should. Corporate greed has driven up prices, CEO salaries while both workers and customers suffer. All politicians regardless of party or spectrum they’re going needs to end this!

[@marcdanieltheriault3955]

CORPORATE GREED COMBINED WITH 8 YEARS OF JUSTINFLATION

[@danylatulippe]

Take the CEO's salary and divide it by the number of employees... You'll quickly see that it equates to less than 1¢ per hour per employee. Those numbers may seem big to the common folk, but when you look at the big picture, they are really just pocket change for the corporation as a whole.

[@railfandepotproductions]

​​@@marcdanieltheriault3955he did not invent inflation

[@Carrie-so3ro]

@@marcdanieltheriault3955 Inflation under Trudeau - is INFLATION from trying to help people through COVID! - YOU know, that global-wide phenomenon (that CONSEQUENTLY - is AFFECTING economies ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE). Don't get sucked into the propaganda! You should know better & use your brain! Trudeau is Not responsible for Covid - only in trying to help people survive it . (While there are MANY things I am not happy about with Trudeau - I APPLAUD him - LOUD & VIGOUROUSLY on his handling of COVID!)

[@Carrie-so3ro]

@@danylatulippe I guess if it is only pocket change to the corporation - they can hand (most) of it to those employees & plenty more then - AND cut grocery prices at the same time - since they aren't making more than pocket change either I guess.

[@JimRevell-ny4hw]

Troubling that this young brat on social media has to much to say , loblaws will be happy , there will be less stealing from there stores ?

[@axelljaxx3007]

They use to do this back in the 70s when they tried hiking the prices, ppl would just boycotte them and it worked.

[@360-Guy]

I hope each and every Canadian boycotts Loblaws in May send them a very strong message

[@markkawecki7582]

I do most of my shopping at Walmart, they have reasonable prices on most things I buy, it’s unfortunate for the people who only have a Loblaws in their area and would be difficult to go elsewhere.

[@FreedaPeeple-in2mn]

We need the same kind of awareness and protest activity against the insane immigration policies of our government, which are a HUGE factor in the food situation.

[@christinemacmacleod4880]

Shop you local farmers market if you can. I don’t think the prices are hugely different BUT the money goes into producers pockets as opposed to the corporate middle man.

[@kelf1111]

Get rid of members pricing??? It’s free to be a member and you can save too. What a stupid thing to suggest. You want to have lower prices? Be a free member. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@gregbell3559]

I already have been. Ide rather line the pockets of private mom and pop stores

[@normaguevara1510]

Walmart is worse..everything goes up in price EVERY week..are people scared to boycott Walmart....

[@dantruong2582]

Sure, boycott Loblaws and get our food where? Girl, wants us to send money to US via Costco, Walmart, and Empire?? Local Farmers? They already sent there best produce to the big groceries and I end up spending more then at just going to superstore.

[@Jason.W.]

When it's consolidated to this degree, where else are we supposed to shop? It might be more important to pressure the firm to increase their mix of lower end chain stores, have more no frills, or T&T, especially downtown. Why is every Loblaws store a fancy Loblaws downtown?

[@brendakerney699]

Support our local farmers if i have to pay them prices

[@patrickc8190]

where do we sign up !

[@fsimon5230]

Being a U.S. company i had stayed away from Walmart , due to the awful rise in prices from our grocery stores, I now shop at Walmart as they have much better prices. Produce and bakery items have been just horrible, and yet they charge exhorbent prices at the grocery stores

[@Clover12346]

This extortion of the Canadian people is disgusting. I can’t afford food and fresh vegetables. 16 dollars for a bag of grapes and 3 dollars for an avocado. While loblaws is making all this profit. I am a retired person I cannot pay these prices. I now make every effort not to go to the grocery store.

[@jesse33cdn]

People won’t boycott gas…you think they’ll boycott food? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@chavonjames8941]

The thing is that there’s not much local-small owed gas stations. There IS many small local farmers and food markets (whether local or inter) that can compete w big chain grocery stores

[@jesse33cdn]

@@chavonjames8941 my point is that the citizenry are so apathetic and divide that it’s impossible to create TRUE Change. I wish this wasn’t so, ….but there it is!

[@Giovanni-x1]

Prices are the same at all grocery stores. News Flash...Loblaw makes less than 5% margin. We need to boycott government taxes which is the real cause of inflation!

[@DMG64]

People are forgetting that Loblaws is an experience. Shiny well kept seemingly more expensive is oppressive.

[@slotreality]

Gosh, you did not mention the worst of its kind, shoppers Thug Mart.

[@InterestedCitizen]

I like that - Thug-Mart😊

[@gregbell3559]

Try London Drugs I stopped shopping there 25 years ago

[@rajmauna]

You can see many comments below, some are ex-employees themselves. this will hurt more than the top corporate thinks. nobody needs loyalty points - consumers need lower prices - a $23 million salary package for top management? equals higher prices for groceries... Don't underestimate an angry crowd. The real question is, Why is the price so high? (it cant be inflation if you can offer a $23M salary package) $18M for taking another employee from another company? what is that amount, wow! tsk!

[@Justanameandnumber]

Why are we paying high costs for stale food?

[@Mike-kj4gx]

The amount of members boycotting is not enough when loblaws controls market share.

[@genevievesirois3338]

ex loblaw client I won t go there anymore for life !! I used to spend at least $300 a week in that grocery store. I won't even go to Maxi because they are part of the same company. When something is on special, it's often past its expiry date

[@No_name860]

The problem is that they are one of three major corporations that own all the groceries stores, there is no way to hurt them because they have almost no competition. I bet Jagshithead won’t tell you that part.

[@bryanforsyth1986]

I haven't shopped at a Lawblaws store since 2020. And I don't plan to anytime soon.

[@dtseitz]

The guy made a comment that boycotts can’t work because people’s habits are ingrained. I’ve boycotted Loblaws and all of its subsidiary companies for a year and a half now. It’s not hard. Just do it. Know your alternative options and exercise them

[@dcrot9109]

grocery store items all increased by 1 dollar in one week. Well every week the price increases and every package is getting smaller and smaller.. can be damn sure the farmer isn't getting any of those dollars

[@Carrie-so3ro]

There is 1 item I was going to buy someone as a gift. It was an item I had bought a few times because I found it very nice & special. I had bought it special at Superstore, just about 2 months previous for me at Christmas for approx. $8.00 - which was the regular (NOT sale) price. Two months later when I went to buy THE SAME ITEM at Superstore - it was up to $12.00!! That was a $4.00 increase! - which is insane! Not a 50 cent increase or a .75 increase but $4.00! I certainly didn't buy it & had to look for something else. This greed & disrespect for customers is going to cost THEM in the long-run.

[@dcrot9109]

3 weeks ago at a independent store a unit of Loblaw Companies Limited, a in store prepared pizza to cook at home was 8.00, the next week it was 9.00 and this week it was 10.00. has not been shrunk yet which is amazing . did not buy any pizza just noticed the price on that item.

[@scotthayes7777]

If everyone or most people buys months of pasta, rice, whole grains, frozen vegetables, and canned proteins. Then stop shopping prices will drop.

[@AllRequired]

Jeez, can you come up with something I haven't already heard?

[@danylatulippe]

Do you provide the storage? I sure won't keep my groceries in the living room for the sake of boycotting a chain that has almost no power over the price because the government drives everything up by overspending and imposing crazy laws and regulations (and don't get me started on the carbon tax) on the food industry.

[@Carrie-so3ro]

@@danylatulippe Oh you are so lost in all the fake rhetoric - from a certain someone who is chomping at the bit & willing to say ANYTHING (even FALSE) to get himself elected PM. Don't get TAKEN IN! Use your brain - ALL THE WAY THROUGH - & then do a little investigation & listen to someone who IS NOT running to become the NEXT PM (already! - which is IN FACT ILLEGAL! - WOW, can't wait to see what he will do if elected!)

[@destroyingangel9838]

When people loose everything, they loose it.

[@the_lost_navigator]

Folger's Coffee was 975grams five years ago - today the tin states 815grams - yet the price has doubled. How many tins fit inside the trunk of Loblaws' CEO's Rolls Royce?

[@margueritelahaye7457]

Where I live, the closest store is the No Frills (a Loblaws affiliate). The Metro is half a block farther away, but its fruits and vegetables are even more expensive than those at No Frills. The city's two Food Basics stores frequently have good prices on produce, but I can't get to either one without 10 more minutes of driving. I'd rather avoid adding to travel time, because gas prices in my area of Ontario jumped overnight by .14/litre.

[@Carrie-so3ro]

If the prices & produce is better/different that you would like - maybe you could get together with a neighbour/friend or two & do a shop at the same time using only 1 car (& then split the gas). You don't need to actually shop together, just for the same maximum amount of time & meet up at the end in a designated spot with all of your groceries for the ride home. It might even prove to be a nice social thing. Just a thought.

[@TheGreatestHandle]

The 'we sell your data to the highest biter card'. no thanks.

[@TroyQwert]

Why apples from the same wholesale supplier have different prices in Loblaws and NoFrills? I love them apples...

[@ajourney50]

Some of us live in small towns, where Loblaws is the only game in town. And shopping local has always been beyond my means. Some of us can't drive long distances to get our food, and have nowhere to store it if we could. The lack of competition in is our has always been a problem.

[@Carrie-so3ro]

I feel for you & wish you had better options. I guess no other store opens if there are not enough people to support 2 places. Could there be any grocery stores OUTSIDE of your area that deliver (& that don't cost a fortune? I know this sounds like a dream to me too, but maybe worth exploring if some small grocer opened in a nearby town & is willing to do deliveries to expand his/her business to your area, especially if they have a website & you can get interest from other people in your community for them to make it worth it for them to deliver to all of you, even if only 1 - 2 x per week. Doesn't hurt to explore the possibility & ask any found. Never hurts to ask.) When you say you can't drive long distances, is it possible to be in a car while someone else drives? Would it be possible to find some people that would be willing to share a ride with you into a neighbouring town while they did their shopping (or anything else) there too? Is it possible to grow any vegetables? Even small containers of them where you live? My grandmother used to grow a few vegetables in pots on her balcony & neighbours may even be able to trade. Do you have any property? If you do but can't grow anything yourself, maybe make a deal to allow others in your community to grow vegetables on your land - & split the vegetables with them when they are ripe - maybe a school group or church group (that may even give their portion to a food bank etc.?) Lastly, if you have no other options, hopefully efforts in cities to make a difference in how these chains treat us WILL work - & will also get passed on to you. Here's hoping. 💞

[@paulkreeft2091]

Boycott paying federal carbon tax!

[@johnnolan5579]

And what do you do with carbon tax rebate? Most people get more in their rebate than they pay out in carbon tax.

[@No_name860]

@@johnnolan5579🤣🤣🤣

[@johnnolan5579]

@@No_name860 Do your research dear.

[@DougieBoy]

There are other big time grocery companies other then Loblaws. Wal-Mart has a massive grocery section for instant, Sobey's (on the east coast), etc. If your gonna boycott, you have to boycott ALL the big grocery stores and go to smaller food stores.

[@2663ful]

I use to buy the $5 boxes. Now go to mom & pop grocery stores to buy clearance items on veggies & fruits

[@nottheone582]

interesting to compare Loblaws vs Sobeys. Loblaws 5 year stock price increase is ~140% vs Sobeys relatively flat ~1.5%. who do we think is doing something unethical here?

[@aman888]

There's no correlation between stock price growth and ethics.

[@joscelynvos5473]

Ok, so we go and boycott them, then what? Get our groceries from an even more expensive store that cares just as little for you. I mean, you can try if you want. Could end up being one hell of a long fasting period.

[@Andrea-64]

I've thought about this. Tell me when, I'm on board.