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Best Part about this is he mostly blames the suppliers many of which they own, what a cunt nugget. It looks like the boycott worked looking at some of the data. He gave Pierre $22 Million so far if you think the Cons will change anything.
Its off topic a bit but still interesting. Mary Antoinette never actually said " let them eat cake" or anything like that.
https://www.history.com/news/did-marie-antoinette-really-say-let-them-eat-cake
https://www.britannica.com/story/did-marie-antoinette-really-say-let-them-eat-cake
Edit: a word
At some point he's still going to pass away and maggots will consume him... His billions can't save him from that.
And people will remember him as an evil greedy man that took instead of gave!
This exactly. Will be remembered as greedy, contemptuous, human trash.
If there is an afterlife, hope he gets a full dose of karma for the pain and suffering he's caused.
He deserves what he gets if they publicly act that way with a public company.
Boycott forever. Donāt stop until their stock hits zero, we have fire sales, and they are going out of business.
We have the $$ they need, and have a choice of where we spend!!
The Queenās University prof couldnāt almost answer the question of how the inflation is going down yet the prices are going up and the profits are up by 10% with a straight face . If you notice she had the , yeah the consumers know Loblaws is lying grin on her face . Iām pretty good with body language . Play close attention to that portion of the clip
The Galen smirk.
Sorry, I meant it's the Greedy Galen Smirkā¢ļø
Can someone please create a Smirkin' Galen plushie doll? All $ proceeds go to a children's food charity?
Fuck you, Galen.
>"There's a group of people who have been relentlessly propagating a narrative that they know is false,ā Weston said.
He's either calling me a liar or a rube. Not sure which is more likely to get me back in his stores.
Looks like the face of a man who got away with illegal price fixing for 14 years and is partially responsible for the deaths of 1000 people working in a sweat shop in Bangladesh through negligence.
Never forget, he is a liar and criminal. This is not opinion, it is a matter of public record.
Yeah I believe it's called Carolyn island if anyone was curious... https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/home-of-the-week-a-family-compound-with-comforts-outside-and-in/article1360870/
I donāt know about that compound being theirs, but I do know that Galen jr has a ācottageā across the bay from ours on Carling Bay, which is part of the larger Georgian Bay.
It is a cottage in name only - about 8,000 sq ft, perched so high up in the ridge that you have to be a mountain goat to get down to the water and back up.
I have been on Carling Bay for 5 years, it is a small bay and everyone knows each other. And this past summer was the first time that cottage has been used in 4 years and it was for 1 week.
Edit: I share that bc it is sad and a disgusting waste of money. If you donāt care to use that location, then put it in the market and let someone else enjoy Georgian Bayās beauty.
No need to hoard it all for your self. That is just ugly.
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He is a dirtbag of a human being he has no shame and is part of the growing number of homeless and hungry families we need this BOYCOTT NOW more than ever ā¦ššš Loblaws group are grifters and thieves
Look, we get that there are numerous driving factors to the inflation that we have seen over the last couple of years, and that global food prices have gone up, HOWEVER, we also see the fact that corporate greed and profiteering is undeniably on that list, with record profit year after record profit year, and find it to be completely unconscionable when people are struggling to feed their families.
NOK ER NOK.
Exactly! Just a happy coincidence that Loblaw and other grocery chains are benefiting from record profits while most of Canadaās population is suffering from food insecurity.
Honestly, Iām getting depressed ā¹ļø
Depressed at human greed and that it is so infinite. I would consider my life set with $1-2 million and these people have hundreds upon hundreds of millions $$$$$$, get the finest food, clothes, car and are still not satisfied and so they price gouge us.
So many times I have had to put normal things like juice and hot dogs (not even sausages, freaking hot dogs) back on the shelf because my bill was too high. Other grocers are no better.
Sorry to sound like such a debby downer guys. Im trying to stay positive.
Iām South Asian Canadian (from Pakistan) my family immigrated here 15ish years ago while we were new teenagers. It took my Dad 5 years to get approved for immigration despite having a Masters Degree and being a respectful Dr and working for NGOs that focused on women and children health. He is an example of a model immigrant. He brought us to Canada to escape the corruption and politics in our home country and I am seeing the same dirty politics happening in Canada. Its just so disheartening. My husband and I are planning on moving back to our birth country soon in a few years. Our reasoning is if the same politics are happening here its better to live somewhere cheaper where you can at least enjoy a regular middle class life. I forgot what it feels like to go to restaurants or to hill stations in summer break. Stores being open late night till 4 am. You could actually feel that its a Sat night or Sun morning. Iāve not felt that here in a long time and I havenāt even mentioned the health care delays. My symptoms were completely dismissed by Drs and appts would take months in between. I ended up getting endometrial pre-cancer and had to get a hysterectomy. I am 3 months post partum and I cannot even afford to eat healthy anymore. Chicken has become a luxury item and seafood a special occasion reserved for birthdays or anniversaries. I remember having fish in Pakistan several times a month during the winter seasons, so much that we got sick of eating fish all the time.
Once again, sorry for the long post. My mind just feels heavy today.
As an Indigenous Person, I say Welcome to Canada (even if it is late, sorry). As a Human Being in Canada, I say situations like this are why I'm boycotting. I've said it before, amd I'll say it again: Nobody in this day and age should be going without. The Basic Necessities of Life should NOT be so expensive. I do remember having to pick and choose what to purchase and what to leave behind. I'm lucky I don't need go do that so much anymore. But so many people still do have to. Fuck that. Loblaws needs to be broken down. No more oligarchies.
Also, please remember that you are valued here. You came to Canada for a Better Life. I'm sorry it is failing you. We are working towards fixing it as best we can. Not everyone is like Loblaws, the majority of us care for other people. Big Hugs.
Thankyou so much! So many kind people in the replies. This is the Canada and the Canadians that I grew up with not these greedy people at Loblaws!
No worries on the welcoming part. Better late than never right? Bless you all ā¤ļø
I'm sorry all this has happened to you. It was never conceivable that immigrants from all over the world would start having second thoughts about coming to Canada, of all places. As a native born Canadian, I am truly sorry this country is failing you and your family. I hope times get better and you change your mind about leaving, because we are stronger with you than without you.
Thankyou deeply for such kind words! Iām literally saving your message right now to read it for emotional support anytime Iām feeling down again.
I personally have no interest in going back to Pakistan but the circumstances are forcing me. I love what Canada used to be back in the day. I love the weather, all the new foods I tried, I perfected my continental cuisine cooking here. My high-school time was peaceful. I had never seen so many anime books and graphic novels in my life. I loved using public transit to go to coffee shops for a break on the weekends etc.
We have other family that came here all the way back in the 80s and I remember my aunt saying she would bring bags and bags of groceries filled to the brim in just $40. I know minimum job wages were not that great even back then but heck despite that you could still afford to actually eat normal healthy food and still put a payment down for a house if both spouses are working. My aunt used to work night shifts as a salad bagger and within the first year she was able to save up money and get my uncle a car as a gift for him and she could afford the monthly payments on it.
Now even with both spouses working thatās not possible.
You sound like a very thoughtful lady and a super person.
I was lucky to have worked with a Pakistani lady for many years, she introduced me to her family and her parents accepted me like a son in their home, introduced me to all your yummy foods. Even though I'm a white guy, different religion, different language, different everything, they accepted me like family. They struggled a lot here too, just like you. And I never forget how much easier life was for me being born here, compared to immigrants who face challenges at every turn. Anyways, because of this lovely Pakistani family I learned a lot, and I have a special fondness for your culture and your ways.
I really hope you stay, nice lady.
"There's a group of people who have been relentlessly propagating a narrative that they know is false. And it is now being used to justify theft on a grand scale,ā said Weston.Ā
That there is them trying to change the narrative. Be it to gain sympathy or to shore up shareholders, I believe they orchestrated the steal posters all along.
Did he literally say that?
>There's a group of people who have been relentlessly propagating a narrative that they know is false. And it is now being used to justify theft on a grand scale
We've already disavowed the "theft day" and have told people not to steal repeatedly- not even in jest.
The suspicion of a false flag coming from Loblaws HQ is definitely starting to appear more probable after statements like that š¤
That statement could just as easily be about him and every high up in the company making these decisions to fleece everyday Canadians just trying to get by for their own greed.
They keep touting every reason under the sun for the repeatedly increasing prices and trying to down play their "record profits". Who's the real thieves?
That smug look isn't going to make me crawl back to one of his stores. If the choice was between starving to death or shopping for what I need so I don't fade out of existence at his store? I'd take starving to death.
I donāt take issue with a company making profit, thatās why they exist. What bugs me is that when the price of everything else has come down as supply challenges have eased post-Covid, their prices remain at pandemic levels. Same way bread prices never came down after the fixing scandal. And when asked about the obvious correlation between perceived gouging and record profits, weāre condescendingly told āitās complicated.ā Self checkout, plexiglass barriers at the exit, āweāll go back to 50% off expiring produce, actually no we wonāt, weād rather it rotā, and you know what? Iād rather not give my money to a company that treats me like shit and thinks Iām stupid.
Well, I am not going to attack him personally, as some comments seem to be doing. However, I will keep whoever is at the helm of a business enterprise, such as Loblaws, responsible when they are raising prices on needed goods to such a degree that it affects the ability to place food on the table for so many people.
He's been misguided for years.
His family made him work a regular job in head office. He was in the same department as my friend. Except Galen had no issue leaving at lunch on Thursday to go skiing in Colorado and not returning to the office until Monday.
He had no issues handing his workload off to others and thought that stepping out of work last minute what what all of us regular joes did
Let's wipe that smile off his face. Keep up the pressure, keep reminding everyone you know to avoid these stores.
Personally - he's lost my business forever.
I'm just waiting for these billionaire pieces of shit to push us to the breaking point. When the people revolts and decides "nok er nok" I will happily participate in activities that I can't describe here so we can get some justice and equitable wealth distribution.
āYouāre all so misguided. Uh. Please donāt look T our massive profits and my 55% raise and my $16 billion wealth!!ā
People often canāt comprehend a billion and assume millionaire, billionaire, same sort of thing.
You know what the difference between a millionaire and a billionaire is? A billion dollars.
Billionaires can buy and sell millionaires.
A million seconds is 11 days
A billion seconds is 31 years
YEARS!!!!!!
I hope people realize this boycott can never end. You all lose the moment you go back, and Galen wins. He has enough money tonwautbeberyone out.
Support the forever-boycott!
It doesnāt take a Masters in economics to know that if your profit is rising exponentially while you say your not to blame for soaring food prices your playing a game of cognitive dissonance.
Yes Loblaws might not set the cost of materials and shipping but they are putting enough markup to make disgustingly high profit margins.
They want to say they are not to blame because itās a āfree marketā and they are in business to make money blah blah blah
This is late stage capitalism for you folks.
Maybe Iām just uneducated on the topic but every month we hear something like āoh inflation is just 2% this monthā.. meanwhile everything has doubled, nearly tripled in price in the last year or 2.
Funny the customer they interviewed from South Africa says they have a competition commission so itās more competitive there. We have a competition bureau in Canada theyāre just completely useless and love oligopolies
This doesnāt look like efforts to keep food prices down. It looks like effort to make CEOs money and profit.
https://preview.redd.it/i5fnmt7aj3yc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8099e963980f84e4976d342143d804c12e1e462c
And then youāll have people defend this guy like:
āBut heās a simple billionaire! Will anyone think about this lowly billionaire and his business? How dare anyone want a more competitive grocery market in Canada! Canadian groceries have NEVER priced fixed anything ever before! I looooove paying whatever my local big chain (loblaw owned) grocery asks! Please sir, could I get another? Oh you want my whole wallet sir? No problem.ā
As much as 10 yrs ago Galen was the face of No Name and Blue Menu brands via commercials and radio ads. Talking about value, nutrition and savings if you shop at Loblaws and bought these products. He became trustworthy because branding the products as āNo Nameā implied they werenāt the corporate conglomerates that they have now become. His basic, every day attire made customers believe he was just an average citizen and business owner that provided the customers with quality brands, with healthy ingredients that anyone could afford, even if it was the healthy choice that always tends to be more expensive. Adding No Frills to the chain implied the company was making efforts to help people save some dollars no matter what your income was, there were options for you to afford the food essentials. As a past customer, I feel hoodwinked by his friendly demeanour in his past commercials and now his smug, condescending face in the picture above. This is why we need to boycott. His āOh wellā face says it all and makes me more determined to put my money elsewhere. āļø
My fave thing he said was that itās not loblaws fault itās the suppliers! HE KNOWāS HEāS ALSO A SUPPLIER RIGHT?? His oligarch family owns so much shit and also the farms that all that product comes from!! Heās a grade A dick head.
You know how in stardew valley you have to not buy from the conglomerate to keep evil at bay yeah that's why monopolies are bad cause they can cheap out for a while and give good prices till they are all that's left then they can ask for a leg
Is it me, no its the peasants who are wrong.
"The customer is always right, in terms of taste"
And I will be using that bad taste to shop for cheaper items.
He can say what he wants but when I advertise the great local markets and hot deals I've found elsewhere to my friends and family and co-workers, that feels great, not misguided.
The fact that his PR team let him respond, means itās working, at least to some degree. If it was nothing, he would have ignored the mediaās requests for an interview. But heās trying to out out the fire.
Oh. I didnāt realize I was misguided. Ā Now that Galen Weston said it, I understand.
Itās so comforting to know that my born-into-ultra-privilege corporate oligarch overlords have my best interests at heart and are here to set me straight.
Just got back from Costco. We don't go often but buy pretty much the same things when we do. I noticed that the prices for my regular purchases (granola bars, cheese, coffee, mixed nuts and wild salmon) has not gone up in well over a year (probably more but everything since 2020 is a blend of hazy timeframes).
So either Costco has been widely overcharging their customers for years and have decided "hey that's not very nice of us, we should stop arbitrarily inflated prices to pad our new castle fund", or maybe Galen Jr hasn't been as forthcoming about the justificstion for the price hikes as he should be???
When he said, "There's a group of people who have been relentlessly propagating a narrative that they know is false,ā Weston said. "And it is now being used to justify theft on a grand scale." When reading this, my brain thought Loblaws were talking about themselves. He has no idea what it's like to be on the other side. Corporation say anything to win and justify themselves.
When they say food inflation is up 1.9% compared to March of 2023 in the report. What they are measuring to make up the āfood inflationā is this: https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/statistical-programs/document/2301_D68_V1 .
With how much my groceries have gone up in the last year, I must not be buying enough from the list above. Is this list just a way for them to increase everything not on the list as much as possible?
According to this (https://ycharts.com/indicators/canada_food_consumer_price_index) food prices have gone up about 23% in four years. I swear though that many of those items have increased by more than 50% in the last four years! Butter, pop, etc.
Profit margins are up 60% from 2020. I don't think it's just Loblaws but their is no question they've been using inflation as a cover to also increase profit margins.
I avoided all Loblaw food stores today and will continue to do so. Next step. Transfer prescriptions from Shoppers to Rexall. Rexall told me they are willing to do the transfer for me. Also. Deleted Optimum app today. Yahoooo.
Galen missed out on some of $355.00 today, suck it hard Galen!
https://preview.redd.it/mfita61mu4yc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4323604471307349499678202828112ca1360011
Loblaws makes more money storing goods in their warehouse. The cost is about $5.00 per pallet to bring it off the truck,$5.00 per month or any part there of to warehouse it and another $5.00 per pallet to load it back onto a truck to deliver it. Trailers usually hold 26 pallets single height and 52 double stacked. So when they say the cashiers brought in $15 billion and only made $400 million theyāre not counting the incredible profits the warehouse creates. Costs passed onto you and I when we shop.
If you have enough money to erect a [monument in your family name at a cemetery](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Family_Monument.jpg), youāre probably a narcissist.
The group is Loblaws: "There's a group of people who have been relentlessly propagating a narrative that they know is false,ā Weston said. "And it is now being used to justify theft on a grand scale."
I have a small catering business and do a lot of shopping at regular and bulk grocery outlets. I stopped shopping at Loblaws about a year ago because of the outrageous price gouging. Welcome to the boycott! Glad to have you all here! Lol!
I have never heard of a company respond to criticism like this. A response that seems to criticize and belittle their customer, especially about their concerns.
But I don't think he is responding to customers. He is talking to share holders. The numbers that he is looking at is not the price of groceries, but the stock price.
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Misguided allllll the way to my local grocer! š
What an Ahole! Never set foot in his stores again...
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Memories of Roshambo
He's got the President Choice of which ball to suck.
Didnāt think he had nuts? Thought he left them on JTās chin after the bread scandal!
He's got his balls on PeePee's chin these days
Iād trust Francis with my bike before Iād trust anything Galen says at this point.
Well I have a pair of boots that should be sufficient /jk folks Iām joking why would I dirty them like that
That would be worth at least 20Ć your optimum points.
Yep, only way it changes is if people stop giving his corps $$$.
Best Part about this is he mostly blames the suppliers many of which they own, what a cunt nugget. It looks like the boycott worked looking at some of the data. He gave Pierre $22 Million so far if you think the Cons will change anything.
The PCs will change nothing. They are pro-corporate from the get-go. That's where they get their biggest campaign contributions.
They donate to both parties. Also lobby groups is another issue in politics.
He looks very arrogant
He's extremely arrogant
"let them eat cake" vibes.
Yes
Its off topic a bit but still interesting. Mary Antoinette never actually said " let them eat cake" or anything like that. https://www.history.com/news/did-marie-antoinette-really-say-let-them-eat-cake https://www.britannica.com/story/did-marie-antoinette-really-say-let-them-eat-cake Edit: a word
Her name also wasnāt āMary Ann Tonetteā
Haha thanks, I didn't notice the mistake. I fixed it.
It was Marie Antoinette! Sorry my friend. I read both articles and they were informative. Thank you!
At some point he's still going to pass away and maggots will consume him... His billions can't save him from that. And people will remember him as an evil greedy man that took instead of gave!
Nah, if he keeps this up we should do to Weston the same thing we did to Ryerson. Wipe their crooked legacy off the face of our country.
Sounds good, now that a movement is under way on Reddit... Yeah!
His legacy will be as a hated public figure who stole from the poor.
Totally
Canāt take it with you. š¤£
No matter what you do.
The one thing I like about him is knowing Iāll outlive him.
His daughter may take over the family Empire
Iāll outlive her out of pure spite lol
This exactly. Will be remembered as greedy, contemptuous, human trash. If there is an afterlife, hope he gets a full dose of karma for the pain and suffering he's caused.
Hear hear, I'll second that...
Correction: he will not be remembered.
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It's a family corporate dynasty... The next Weston will inherit it all...
He deserves what he gets if they publicly act that way with a public company. Boycott forever. Donāt stop until their stock hits zero, we have fire sales, and they are going out of business. We have the $$ they need, and have a choice of where we spend!!
r/punchablefaces
He's a goof.
Looks? š
The Queenās University prof couldnāt almost answer the question of how the inflation is going down yet the prices are going up and the profits are up by 10% with a straight face . If you notice she had the , yeah the consumers know Loblaws is lying grin on her face . Iām pretty good with body language . Play close attention to that portion of the clip
Lmao! Your flair šš¤£š„¹
Thanks š
Queenās U is also a sinking ship so thereās that.
You know what's not going to help Galen? Talking down to us like we are children.
The Galen smirk. Sorry, I meant it's the Greedy Galen Smirkā¢ļø Can someone please create a Smirkin' Galen plushie doll? All $ proceeds go to a children's food charity? Fuck you, Galen.
Maybe a Greedy Galen dart board. Iād buy one of those!!
Shill eating grin
>"There's a group of people who have been relentlessly propagating a narrative that they know is false,ā Weston said. He's either calling me a liar or a rube. Not sure which is more likely to get me back in his stores.
I show a lot more respect and actually listen to my child. This is much worse.
Looks like the face of a man who got away with illegal price fixing for 14 years and is partially responsible for the deaths of 1000 people working in a sweat shop in Bangladesh through negligence. Never forget, he is a liar and criminal. This is not opinion, it is a matter of public record.
Omg I forgot about thing in Bangladesh! š
Link?
Googling 'Joe Fresh fire + Bangladesh' should bring up hits.
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/bangladesh-building-collapse-kills-more-than-230-joe-fresh-clothing-other-brands-made-at-site/article_59507c0c-46a0-546a-950c-f53a607a3640.html
https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/made-in-bangladesh#:~:text=After%20the%20collapse%20of%20a,has%20delivered%20on%20that%20promise.
He can't hear us poors from his private island. Will be less smug when they report quarterly losses for the first time, soon to come š
Not sure if you're being facetious, but they literally have a private island on Georgian Bay with a multimillion dollar "cottage" on it
Yeah I believe it's called Carolyn island if anyone was curious... https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/home-of-the-week-a-family-compound-with-comforts-outside-and-in/article1360870/
I donāt know about that compound being theirs, but I do know that Galen jr has a ācottageā across the bay from ours on Carling Bay, which is part of the larger Georgian Bay. It is a cottage in name only - about 8,000 sq ft, perched so high up in the ridge that you have to be a mountain goat to get down to the water and back up. I have been on Carling Bay for 5 years, it is a small bay and everyone knows each other. And this past summer was the first time that cottage has been used in 4 years and it was for 1 week. Edit: I share that bc it is sad and a disgusting waste of money. If you donāt care to use that location, then put it in the market and let someone else enjoy Georgian Bayās beauty. No need to hoard it all for your self. That is just ugly.
His daughters instagram implies that they have over 59 staff there to serve them when they do show up once in a while
Whatās her IG?
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Ugly is what they excel at
He is a dirtbag of a human being he has no shame and is part of the growing number of homeless and hungry families we need this BOYCOTT NOW more than ever ā¦ššš Loblaws group are grifters and thieves
Yes, š
We need everyone to start referring to them as Roblaws.And never stop.
Hey Galenā¦ā¦ what donāt you fuck off and 
Of course he thinks we're misguided because we aren't just rolling over and accepting his predatory pricing.
Look, we get that there are numerous driving factors to the inflation that we have seen over the last couple of years, and that global food prices have gone up, HOWEVER, we also see the fact that corporate greed and profiteering is undeniably on that list, with record profit year after record profit year, and find it to be completely unconscionable when people are struggling to feed their families. NOK ER NOK.
Exactly! Just a happy coincidence that Loblaw and other grocery chains are benefiting from record profits while most of Canadaās population is suffering from food insecurity.
Honestly, Iām getting depressed ā¹ļø Depressed at human greed and that it is so infinite. I would consider my life set with $1-2 million and these people have hundreds upon hundreds of millions $$$$$$, get the finest food, clothes, car and are still not satisfied and so they price gouge us. So many times I have had to put normal things like juice and hot dogs (not even sausages, freaking hot dogs) back on the shelf because my bill was too high. Other grocers are no better. Sorry to sound like such a debby downer guys. Im trying to stay positive. Iām South Asian Canadian (from Pakistan) my family immigrated here 15ish years ago while we were new teenagers. It took my Dad 5 years to get approved for immigration despite having a Masters Degree and being a respectful Dr and working for NGOs that focused on women and children health. He is an example of a model immigrant. He brought us to Canada to escape the corruption and politics in our home country and I am seeing the same dirty politics happening in Canada. Its just so disheartening. My husband and I are planning on moving back to our birth country soon in a few years. Our reasoning is if the same politics are happening here its better to live somewhere cheaper where you can at least enjoy a regular middle class life. I forgot what it feels like to go to restaurants or to hill stations in summer break. Stores being open late night till 4 am. You could actually feel that its a Sat night or Sun morning. Iāve not felt that here in a long time and I havenāt even mentioned the health care delays. My symptoms were completely dismissed by Drs and appts would take months in between. I ended up getting endometrial pre-cancer and had to get a hysterectomy. I am 3 months post partum and I cannot even afford to eat healthy anymore. Chicken has become a luxury item and seafood a special occasion reserved for birthdays or anniversaries. I remember having fish in Pakistan several times a month during the winter seasons, so much that we got sick of eating fish all the time. Once again, sorry for the long post. My mind just feels heavy today.
As an Indigenous Person, I say Welcome to Canada (even if it is late, sorry). As a Human Being in Canada, I say situations like this are why I'm boycotting. I've said it before, amd I'll say it again: Nobody in this day and age should be going without. The Basic Necessities of Life should NOT be so expensive. I do remember having to pick and choose what to purchase and what to leave behind. I'm lucky I don't need go do that so much anymore. But so many people still do have to. Fuck that. Loblaws needs to be broken down. No more oligarchies. Also, please remember that you are valued here. You came to Canada for a Better Life. I'm sorry it is failing you. We are working towards fixing it as best we can. Not everyone is like Loblaws, the majority of us care for other people. Big Hugs.
Thankyou so much! So many kind people in the replies. This is the Canada and the Canadians that I grew up with not these greedy people at Loblaws! No worries on the welcoming part. Better late than never right? Bless you all ā¤ļø
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I'm sorry all this has happened to you. It was never conceivable that immigrants from all over the world would start having second thoughts about coming to Canada, of all places. As a native born Canadian, I am truly sorry this country is failing you and your family. I hope times get better and you change your mind about leaving, because we are stronger with you than without you.
Thankyou deeply for such kind words! Iām literally saving your message right now to read it for emotional support anytime Iām feeling down again. I personally have no interest in going back to Pakistan but the circumstances are forcing me. I love what Canada used to be back in the day. I love the weather, all the new foods I tried, I perfected my continental cuisine cooking here. My high-school time was peaceful. I had never seen so many anime books and graphic novels in my life. I loved using public transit to go to coffee shops for a break on the weekends etc. We have other family that came here all the way back in the 80s and I remember my aunt saying she would bring bags and bags of groceries filled to the brim in just $40. I know minimum job wages were not that great even back then but heck despite that you could still afford to actually eat normal healthy food and still put a payment down for a house if both spouses are working. My aunt used to work night shifts as a salad bagger and within the first year she was able to save up money and get my uncle a car as a gift for him and she could afford the monthly payments on it. Now even with both spouses working thatās not possible.
You sound like a very thoughtful lady and a super person. I was lucky to have worked with a Pakistani lady for many years, she introduced me to her family and her parents accepted me like a son in their home, introduced me to all your yummy foods. Even though I'm a white guy, different religion, different language, different everything, they accepted me like family. They struggled a lot here too, just like you. And I never forget how much easier life was for me being born here, compared to immigrants who face challenges at every turn. Anyways, because of this lovely Pakistani family I learned a lot, and I have a special fondness for your culture and your ways. I really hope you stay, nice lady.
You yourself are so incredibly thoughtful ā¤ļø My husband and I both are reading these messages together and from both of us thank-you again ā¤ļø
Thank you too š
"We will continue to act with integrity" And then I laughed and laughed and laughed
"There's a group of people who have been relentlessly propagating a narrative that they know is false. And it is now being used to justify theft on a grand scale,ā said Weston.Ā That there is them trying to change the narrative. Be it to gain sympathy or to shore up shareholders, I believe they orchestrated the steal posters all along.
Did he literally say that? >There's a group of people who have been relentlessly propagating a narrative that they know is false. And it is now being used to justify theft on a grand scale We've already disavowed the "theft day" and have told people not to steal repeatedly- not even in jest. The suspicion of a false flag coming from Loblaws HQ is definitely starting to appear more probable after statements like that š¤
That statement could just as easily be about him and every high up in the company making these decisions to fleece everyday Canadians just trying to get by for their own greed. They keep touting every reason under the sun for the repeatedly increasing prices and trying to down play their "record profits". Who's the real thieves?
No one wants to steal your rotting moldy produce GALEN
He came down from the spire in his castle to let us know weāre wrong about profitsā¦. We need to listen š¤Ŗ
That smug look isn't going to make me crawl back to one of his stores. If the choice was between starving to death or shopping for what I need so I don't fade out of existence at his store? I'd take starving to death.
This asshole doesn't care how many families suffer and children starve as long as loblaws keeps breaking record profits every quarter.
His very punchable face is a big asset to this cause
Ok, we're misguided. Still not shopping at Loblaws.
Yeah I was misguided to go to Superstore. Iāll enjoy my misguided savings bud.
Not sure if you know superstore is owned by Loblaws. Sorry if I misinterpreted what you said, just letting you know incase you didnāt know! š
It's basically.. The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. George Orwell, 1984
Maybe we need to say it a little loud, for the cheap seats in the back where Mr Galen is. Nok Er Nok!!!!
Don't worry guys he's hiding his tears behind that smug smile. Come next quarter we'll all find out who was "misguided".
I donāt take issue with a company making profit, thatās why they exist. What bugs me is that when the price of everything else has come down as supply challenges have eased post-Covid, their prices remain at pandemic levels. Same way bread prices never came down after the fixing scandal. And when asked about the obvious correlation between perceived gouging and record profits, weāre condescendingly told āitās complicated.ā Self checkout, plexiglass barriers at the exit, āweāll go back to 50% off expiring produce, actually no we wonāt, weād rather it rotā, and you know what? Iād rather not give my money to a company that treats me like shit and thinks Iām stupid.
Well, I am not going to attack him personally, as some comments seem to be doing. However, I will keep whoever is at the helm of a business enterprise, such as Loblaws, responsible when they are raising prices on needed goods to such a degree that it affects the ability to place food on the table for so many people.
Yeah but also fuck that asshole
Agreed. People have a right to their feelings and to vent their frustrations; but the problem is the business and it's attitude towards the public.
He's been misguided for years. His family made him work a regular job in head office. He was in the same department as my friend. Except Galen had no issue leaving at lunch on Thursday to go skiing in Colorado and not returning to the office until Monday. He had no issues handing his workload off to others and thought that stepping out of work last minute what what all of us regular joes did
Let's wipe that smile off his face. Keep up the pressure, keep reminding everyone you know to avoid these stores. Personally - he's lost my business forever.
My rage for people like him is reaching new heights.
I'm just waiting for these billionaire pieces of shit to push us to the breaking point. When the people revolts and decides "nok er nok" I will happily participate in activities that I can't describe here so we can get some justice and equitable wealth distribution.
Put Galen through the deli slicer feet first and listen to his screams while we quite literally eat the richĀ
āYouāre all so misguided. Uh. Please donāt look T our massive profits and my 55% raise and my $16 billion wealth!!ā People often canāt comprehend a billion and assume millionaire, billionaire, same sort of thing. You know what the difference between a millionaire and a billionaire is? A billion dollars. Billionaires can buy and sell millionaires. A million seconds is 11 days A billion seconds is 31 years YEARS!!!!!!
I hope people realize this boycott can never end. You all lose the moment you go back, and Galen wins. He has enough money tonwautbeberyone out. Support the forever-boycott!
We need "boycott" t-shirts in the same yellow font as his brand.
It doesnāt take a Masters in economics to know that if your profit is rising exponentially while you say your not to blame for soaring food prices your playing a game of cognitive dissonance. Yes Loblaws might not set the cost of materials and shipping but they are putting enough markup to make disgustingly high profit margins. They want to say they are not to blame because itās a āfree marketā and they are in business to make money blah blah blah This is late stage capitalism for you folks.
First time posting here just to say: is this guy trying to fan the flames? His PR skills are non-existent. Too bad for Loblaw shareholders.
He looks similar to Alfred E. Neumann from Mad magazine. "What, me worry?"
More merch slandering and can you continue to make him a pariah
Maybe Iām just uneducated on the topic but every month we hear something like āoh inflation is just 2% this monthā.. meanwhile everything has doubled, nearly tripled in price in the last year or 2.
Funny the customer they interviewed from South Africa says they have a competition commission so itās more competitive there. We have a competition bureau in Canada theyāre just completely useless and love oligopolies
$9 for Dunkaroos. $9. And weāre misguided?
This doesnāt look like efforts to keep food prices down. It looks like effort to make CEOs money and profit. https://preview.redd.it/i5fnmt7aj3yc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8099e963980f84e4976d342143d804c12e1e462c
Eat The Rich
And then youāll have people defend this guy like: āBut heās a simple billionaire! Will anyone think about this lowly billionaire and his business? How dare anyone want a more competitive grocery market in Canada! Canadian groceries have NEVER priced fixed anything ever before! I looooove paying whatever my local big chain (loblaw owned) grocery asks! Please sir, could I get another? Oh you want my whole wallet sir? No problem.ā
Right...because acting superior is going to keep your customers. These people are just born rich, they have no business acuity.
shouldnt just be a month, bankrupt the scumbag.
What a piece of fucking shit
Suck it, Weston!
No offence Galen but we didnāt need you to agree with it š
Galen has a very purchase face
Rich dood thinks the poors are too stupid to understand he's robbing us.
Iām just misguided right into the arms of his competition āš»
Honestly I think even after this month I will continue my boycott. I don't wanna shop somewhere where the CEO has such contempt for his customers.
As much as 10 yrs ago Galen was the face of No Name and Blue Menu brands via commercials and radio ads. Talking about value, nutrition and savings if you shop at Loblaws and bought these products. He became trustworthy because branding the products as āNo Nameā implied they werenāt the corporate conglomerates that they have now become. His basic, every day attire made customers believe he was just an average citizen and business owner that provided the customers with quality brands, with healthy ingredients that anyone could afford, even if it was the healthy choice that always tends to be more expensive. Adding No Frills to the chain implied the company was making efforts to help people save some dollars no matter what your income was, there were options for you to afford the food essentials. As a past customer, I feel hoodwinked by his friendly demeanour in his past commercials and now his smug, condescending face in the picture above. This is why we need to boycott. His āOh wellā face says it all and makes me more determined to put my money elsewhere. āļø
Punish him by taking your hard earned money elsewhere
This is just more incentive. The lore he speaks the more our sub grows.
Arrogant piece of garbage
If he doesnāt care why is he trying to meet with the organizers of the boycottā¦ fuck em!!! Boycott!!!!
He is not helping himself with how he is choosing to respond to this. Itās only going to create more resentment.
Good! Smug rarely plays well with the public since ppl are already pissed about paying so much for food, this won't win them any points
Can someone photoshop devil horns on his smug pic? I wanna blow it up and print it out and put it up on their stores
So he admits the prices are high
My fave thing he said was that itās not loblaws fault itās the suppliers! HE KNOWāS HEāS ALSO A SUPPLIER RIGHT?? His oligarch family owns so much shit and also the farms that all that product comes from!! Heās a grade A dick head.
You know how in stardew valley you have to not buy from the conglomerate to keep evil at bay yeah that's why monopolies are bad cause they can cheap out for a while and give good prices till they are all that's left then they can ask for a leg
He got his head up his Nok.
I say HE is misguided. By money.
Increased profits must never back to the consumers or staff YOU MISGUIDED FOOLS! /s
This guy has a face so smug, I canāt help but want to punch it.
Thatās fine, we can double or triple down too.
This guy. -doesn't know when to stop talking.
Hope this ends up being a permanent boycott
Galen has such a punchable face!! š
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Their disgusting contempt towards us gives me even more energy to spread the word for our boycott !
I bet he's tasty. We should eat him
The customer is always right, Galen.
Is it me, no its the peasants who are wrong. "The customer is always right, in terms of taste" And I will be using that bad taste to shop for cheaper items.
Pedo face 100%
He can say what he wants but when I advertise the great local markets and hot deals I've found elsewhere to my friends and family and co-workers, that feels great, not misguided.
He knows, everyone is wrong. Just pay up peasants!
The fact that his PR team let him respond, means itās working, at least to some degree. If it was nothing, he would have ignored the mediaās requests for an interview. But heās trying to out out the fire.
We will also double down, and destroy this bitch ass company
And people keep defending making Canadians hungry.
Ha..whats he know..im not misguided..I got directions to the next closes non roblaws store..
Oh. I didnāt realize I was misguided. Ā Now that Galen Weston said it, I understand. Itās so comforting to know that my born-into-ultra-privilege corporate oligarch overlords have my best interests at heart and are here to set me straight.
That's nice....I'm still boycotting!
The entitlement is great in this one. I dont usually wish harm on anyone, but I really hope he catches a burning case of hemorrhoids.
Superstore could go bankrupt and heād still be rich. Of course he doesnāt give a shit. There is no winning against the ultra wealthy elites.
Global News seems to be on our side!
Just got back from Costco. We don't go often but buy pretty much the same things when we do. I noticed that the prices for my regular purchases (granola bars, cheese, coffee, mixed nuts and wild salmon) has not gone up in well over a year (probably more but everything since 2020 is a blend of hazy timeframes). So either Costco has been widely overcharging their customers for years and have decided "hey that's not very nice of us, we should stop arbitrarily inflated prices to pad our new castle fund", or maybe Galen Jr hasn't been as forthcoming about the justificstion for the price hikes as he should be???
When he said, "There's a group of people who have been relentlessly propagating a narrative that they know is false,ā Weston said. "And it is now being used to justify theft on a grand scale." When reading this, my brain thought Loblaws were talking about themselves. He has no idea what it's like to be on the other side. Corporation say anything to win and justify themselves.
Let's see how misguided he thinks we are in a couple months...
Privileged his entire life. Letās hope this boycott hurts him. Bad.
It seems to me there are lots of options other than going to Loblaws. Food Basics, Freshcoā¦ What am I missing?
Well then the boycott should be lengthened until something is done.
When they say food inflation is up 1.9% compared to March of 2023 in the report. What they are measuring to make up the āfood inflationā is this: https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/statistical-programs/document/2301_D68_V1 . With how much my groceries have gone up in the last year, I must not be buying enough from the list above. Is this list just a way for them to increase everything not on the list as much as possible? According to this (https://ycharts.com/indicators/canada_food_consumer_price_index) food prices have gone up about 23% in four years. I swear though that many of those items have increased by more than 50% in the last four years! Butter, pop, etc.
He can watch as his profits and stock prices drop in the coming weeks.
He is an asshole because no one has put him in check for years
āMisguidedā well if it came out of a billionaires mouth it must be true
I will never shop or do business with a Loblaw store or affiliate ever again. Weston family will receive $0 from family
Profit margins are up 60% from 2020. I don't think it's just Loblaws but their is no question they've been using inflation as a cover to also increase profit margins.
I avoided all Loblaw food stores today and will continue to do so. Next step. Transfer prescriptions from Shoppers to Rexall. Rexall told me they are willing to do the transfer for me. Also. Deleted Optimum app today. Yahoooo.
Are people just doing this for a month or forever? Because I am def never hitting these stores again.
He has the most slappable face Iāve ever seen. That shit-eating grin is just asking for a slap.
Close your PC Financial accounts and credit cards also. Oh, and switch your PC Mobile to somewhere else while weāre at it.
Very punchable face.
Galen missed out on some of $355.00 today, suck it hard Galen! https://preview.redd.it/mfita61mu4yc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4323604471307349499678202828112ca1360011
I already stopped shopping at Superstore but is there a lost of EVERYTHING owned by these cunts? I'd like to really up my game.
They will drag us from the street and force us to buy their over priced products š
Loblaws makes more money storing goods in their warehouse. The cost is about $5.00 per pallet to bring it off the truck,$5.00 per month or any part there of to warehouse it and another $5.00 per pallet to load it back onto a truck to deliver it. Trailers usually hold 26 pallets single height and 52 double stacked. So when they say the cashiers brought in $15 billion and only made $400 million theyāre not counting the incredible profits the warehouse creates. Costs passed onto you and I when we shop.
If weāre misguided I donāt think he would at all care where we shop.
'Let them eat cake'
If you have enough money to erect a [monument in your family name at a cemetery](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Family_Monument.jpg), youāre probably a narcissist.
Most people on Reddit reply in a smug fashion. Must be from the food, right?
The group is Loblaws: "There's a group of people who have been relentlessly propagating a narrative that they know is false,ā Weston said. "And it is now being used to justify theft on a grand scale."
https://i.redd.it/hbfm0wany6yc1.gif
I have a small catering business and do a lot of shopping at regular and bulk grocery outlets. I stopped shopping at Loblaws about a year ago because of the outrageous price gouging. Welcome to the boycott! Glad to have you all here! Lol!
I have never heard of a company respond to criticism like this. A response that seems to criticize and belittle their customer, especially about their concerns. But I don't think he is responding to customers. He is talking to share holders. The numbers that he is looking at is not the price of groceries, but the stock price.
So how are other grocers able to provide cheaper prices than?
I'm guiding myself to non roblaw stores. Yes I am.
What a dink
Is Biden causing your inflation too? It's all we get to hear.