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[-] athos77@kbin.social 22 points 6 months ago

Good - keep it up!

[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

I personally would like to hear Bob Loblaw's take on the situation..

[-] Unleaded8163@fedia.io 9 points 6 months ago

Perhaps he could make a post in his law blog.

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Low blow Bob Loblaw

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

Good to see from Canadians.

[-] Icalasari@fedia.io 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Wish it was seeing more success where I work. Then again, I have batshit coworkers calling the boycott "Dumb", that Loblaws "Is the cheapest place", and think a successful boycott would "Cost jobs" (we're fucking union no it won't), so maybe it is being effective and I just hear the negativity from coworkers able to buy stock shares because of working here out of boredom rather than need

[-] voluble@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 months ago

Lol. Out of curiosity, are you hearing this from management, or from staff on the floor?

If prices are so high that a store inspires a unified national boycott, jobs loss (if it happens) can actually be blamed directly on the prices!

[-] Icalasari@fedia.io 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Staff on floor. Who are also unionized. It's like, shut up you elderly bag you clearly are not doing this because you have to and as such can afford the stock buy in program and not need to choose between eating and rent

At least some other coworkers are sane and agree with the boycott

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 months ago

Lol, loblaws is cheapest. Your coworkers need to check out other grocers. We have some Asian and Indian grocers, and prices on produce , and staple items (potatoes, rice, lentils, etc) is always half of what our Superstore charges.

[-] Kichae@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago

I mean, that's fine if you live in a place that has those kinds of amenities. In some places, Loblaws is cheapest.

Canada has many food deserts.

[-] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 months ago

I do all my product sampling in Loblaws, then go elsewhere to buy it if it tastes good.

[-] kandykarter@lemmy.ca 16 points 6 months ago

I do all my shoplifting and self-checkout fraud there. SUPER affordable.

[-] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago

Even with those precautions, I wouldn't characterize it as SUPER affordable. At least closer to a fair trade

[-] Icalasari@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago

Tip: When the carts lock up, stomp on the bottom part between the back wheels to make it do a wheelie. Locks are only on the front

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago

“We don’t have a contract with our customers. They can choose to shop elsewhere tomorrow if they don’t like the offer that we’re giving,” he said.

Interesting choice of words. I spend over $500 a shopping trip, and am a PC Express member (which means I have a contract with them).

I haven’t been shopping with them already for a few weeks because of some issues I experienced at my local store. I don’t blame the store either; I directly blame management at head office who have been methodically stripping power away from local managers over the past four years.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago

Yes! Every month should be "steal (business) from Loblaws" month.

[-] buzz86us@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Fuck Loblaws they left my country 30 years ago and didn't demolish the building

[-] WamGams@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago

I am a member of a co-op. I strongly believe in the mission, however, it is not affordable for families. Maybe if we prioritized less speciality foods and had more members we could bring costs down, but it is truly a struggle in balancing supporting the community and staying open.

My co-op tries to balance this by incentivizing donating to the local food banks, both in product and monetary donations, but it is a real struggle.

All that being said, since the price fixing began, health food is no longer that much more expensive.

[-] Kichae@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago

Member co-op grocery stores used to be cheaper than the private, corporate stores, but they came with that barrier to entry that kept many people away. And the corporate stores continued to build capital, so they could afford better locations, more convenient parking, etc. Now, co-ops are niche, and need to operate as specialty stores because they were squeezed out of the market.

We could have affordable grocery co-ops again, but it would take a lot of blood, sweat, and tears at this point.

[-] balootgaloot@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

While we're at it, let's add more housing co-ops.

[-] Beaver@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago

I will not buy from loblaws anymore. The small stores is where it’s at.

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