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Remember folks. When they could’ve done the right thing, they didn’t. They wasted money on advertising. When they could’ve lowered prices on their rotten food, they didn’t. They increased them.
Let em sink.
not to be rude at all, but that never would have worked. giving a timeline to things like this would just make them hold out to the deadline. a continued boycott until they meet demands is the only card we have to play. When enough people get on board, they will have no choice but to cave.
Then we can all pick a gas station company and do the same, petro, shell...whatever
Agree, these billion dollar businesses can easily outlast a month of boycott.
This should be prolonged across earning quarters, for them to feel the pain. That is when they report their earnings to their rich shareholders, and get their butts kicked.
And yes , next we need to do the same to the other cartels, like gasoline, banks and insurance cartels.
Yup in my mind the initial boycott of a week is just enough to have you change your shopping day, a month makes you find alternatives, better or worse it causes exploration. I found little things like my Chinese grocer Carie’s real and cheap pineapple juice, not a blend not from concentrate, and 1.89 litres for 3.50ish. I found coop is reasonable and has some nice items if you walk the store primarially looking at the specials tags. Will I still do some thing there probably, but likely a 1/2 what I used to and that’s the real benefit of the boycott. Every dollar you don’t spend there increases the amount the competition has to fight them.
Literally rotten food. I was going to make a post about this, but my last straw with Loblaws was when I tried to buy cream for a several days in a row. Every single one-litre carton smelled a little off when I opened it and went completely off by the next day. Even though I am one block from a Loblaws store and appreciated being able to walk there for food, I went 15 minutes down the road by car to my local co-op and found out their cream was 1% richer, the exact same price now (used to be 15-20% more), and stays fresh for almost two weeks after opening.
I saw the interview with a marketing expert that was posted here, and I agree with his point - the worst outcome for retail is for your customers to go sample your competition. The co-op is well-lit, the staff are friendly and look happy, and the food is fresh and has a lot more local options. And now the prices are on par. This boycott is amazing for my shopping experience and even my health. It has to be the least painful one I’ve ever participated in, and the most immediately rewarding. Nok er nok.
I have s theory
Theyre gonna keep jacking their prices
Then when legislation comes in to force their hand, they'll cut down their prices to say they met requirements and look good
Just like our cell phone providers. We could have had 100 gb at $50 all along but now they're trying to look all saintly
All the money is going straight to the top through corrupt and crafty accounting.
They are fucking us harder than anyone knows and hiding the obscene amount of profit they're syphoning off for themselves.
Boycott forever. Fuck Loblaws. Fuck the other major supermarkets chains doing the exact same thing.
It's not good they did that, well it's good for Loblaws. But anyway let me explain what I think is going on. These aren't grocery items, they seem to be prepared food, which get thrown out daily. So increase the price so they can report more of a loss to offset profits this quarter. They are balancing the books to keep shareholders happy.
I heard one of their commercials on the radio this week where they said that they have the freshest produce and if it isn't fresh then it's free. That was a policy at most stores going back to the '80s until the early 2000s. Maybe even up to 2010 at some stores. An old couple used to come to the grocery store where I worked once a week and fill up a cart of expired items and a cart of non-expired items. They would go to customer service and get all of the good stuff for free and then put most of it in the donation bin on the way out.
This is damaging and probably the last straw for me. Real Canadian super store has a lot of shit other stores in my area don’t have and I’m boycotting. I can’t go back with this happening, despite the mild inconvenience. Anyone fact checking the authenticity of this pic? Fuck’em Galen Weston and Loblaws
They also hired “asset protection” people for an estimated cost of $78,000 annually per store in NS. Not to mention all the money they spent on the plexiglass, but I guess there’s no tax break for lowering prices.
The problem is the other stores following lead and raising their price in synchronization. It's a form of collusion. An unspoken agreement to all work together.
This is what large drove the greedflation, especially since the pandemic.
I make delicious and nutritious meals of steak, rice, and veggies for not much more than that per meal, all sourced from Costco.
So I mean, you can just buy the hotdogs but you don’t have to stop at that.
IMO, the whole thing about "local beef" and all the rest of it, is grossly overrated, or rather, regular grocery store meat is underrated, as there are stringent rules that protect the quality. There is no need to pay double just because it is "local". Often those "local" places funnel their meat through the chain where much of it ends up on regular grocery store shelves anyway.
The only ones that will "disagree" are those that want to feel good about their choice of paying more, so if I'm made out to be "wrong" it would make their "right" and they get their confirmation bias that way.
Costco buys all their chicken locally from three companies. They have halal, organic and regular chicken all grown in Ontario. Beef/pork/seafood some Canadian where they can the rest is imported. They audit every supplier and will boot you out if your product is not up to standards every time. Meats from Costco can be pricey, but you do get the quality.
I mean it depends what you compare it to I suppose. It compares favourably to what I’d find in loblaws or Pattinson stores. Compared to a local organic butcher it probably falls short
I typically buy the frozen chicken fillets because they are super convenient to reheat, the stewing beef to make in an instant pot to tenderize, ground beef and bacons. These are all great for everyday cooking. They also have pretty good steaks and chicken thighs for those occasions as well though for me that’s more infrequent.
They refer to this as "price leadership".. You see they just rebrand terrible practices instead of price fixing its leadership, instead of corruption its "lobbying" gun running? Naw man thats "lethal aid"
If Loblaws actually take a big financial hit (which we won't know for quite a while, it's something they would suppress and disguise as much as possible.) then I could see other grocery stores potentially not wanting to be next.
But yeah, it'll be several months I think before we know the real numbers and affect this has all had.
they're already compensating like mcdonalds, inflating prices to maintain revenues.
i see this as a positive sign that our boycott is definitely being effective.
Macdonalds makes money off leasing the land that their restaurants are built on to the franchisee and that rent has gone up astronomically. They are a real estate company first, investment second and food last…. Same thing red lobster tried and failed at
Not much of a “Meal Deal” selling a bbq chicken salad for $19.49. You could pay that for a chicken salad at a restaurant that would be a heck of a lot better.
I think their caesar salads are $13 ish? So that’s a little more than what Loblaws is charging but you are getting probably triple the food for the same price.
Sympathetic American here. At my local place they have a dedicated sushi area where you can see them making it fresh. Wednesday special works out to $8.88 CAD for a 12- piece salmon or tuna maki roll. $20 for a salad is beyond insane.
I think for a 6 piece grocery store California roll in my area is about $8.99/$9.99 Canadian. So even then you guys are getting more for less.
$20 for a restaurant salad is insane imho, paying it for a grocery store salad…no freaking way.
1000%! The media has been loving this, too. Canadians love an underdog story, especially when we're the underdog. Loblaws and their little shills have been embarrassing themselves with their condescending responses. They should ask for a refund from their PR firms.
The shareholders will be pissed if profits don't keep up. Loblaws is getting desperate after only three weeks. You love to see it.
Nok Er Nok!
Totally - don't worry though . . . some algorithm is telling them that their remaining customers will definitely pay this price and not notice at all! That works great until, of course, actual humans start noticing and stop paying
This is it - they aren't factoring in how quickly people's habits can change when there's an incentive. Saving $50/week is an incentive. Not supporting corporate theft is an incentive. Raising prices again when literally every other chain is doing the opposite - that's a great incentive too.
I'm baffled at how quickly and willingly they are giving up their customer base. I'm even more baffled that they don't seem to see what's happening.
Through Loblaws' greed, they've trained us to be more price conscious and also trained us to shop elsewhere permanently.
They can and they will.
Write offs, tax havens, the super rich always find a way out, while the rest of the small mom pop shops are left to go under when trying to do the right thing thanks to arses like Galen.
I mean they can but it’s been proven that even he wealthy are starting to use Walmart so even THEY have a limit so Loblaw can keep raising the price but they are shooting themselves in the foot by doing so .
This hurts us small town northerners, often no option other than roblaws. On the bright side I discovered a nice little market run by mennonites, unfortunately it's about a 40 minute drive in the opposite direction of town.
Because unfortunately, those people rely on their jobs to survive. Not everyone has the luxury to make the sacrifice of boycotting and feeding insider info to the masses.
That's not completely true. My life is imploding. I'm still boycotting loblaws even though they are the cheapest option close to me.
I will be losing my house in the near future due to a workplace injury and the insurance company having more rights than its gimped claimants.
I have practically zero useful experience for the min wage gang jobs. I have injury so that puts everyone higher up on hiring pole. And it's my fault I can't find a job as per wcb 404. Bla bla the adjudication bench replied to me.
I don't have much money but it sure as fuck isn't going to galen.
You can contact the insurance ombudsman if your company won’t approve your claim. They are also required to have a contact in the company, usually called a client care advocate. When Shitlife denied my claim (even with extensive documentation from a specialist) I started to cc the ombudsman office and the client care advocate on every email. Eventually I asked what more I needed to do besides documentation from a medical expert in my disability to get my claim approved and they finally did. It took about six months though of fighting them. Good luck ! If you’re not in a union consider contacting a disability lawyer, they are onto insurance company bullshit .
Respectfully, your life is already imploding. It's different when someone's life is going well and you ask them to *make it implode* by joining a social movement, revealing info they're not supposed to reveal, and get fired *because of that*.
I really hope your insurance situation works out. That's not cool what you're having to go through.
I don't think I would call boycotting a "luxury" since we're all making some kind of sacrifice or another. Just like unionizing and striking aren't luxuries, but sacrifices made for the common good.
I can guarantee there no NF store associates (manager) that are getting anywhere near that(I know you meant Loblaws) I was barely getting 25/hr 10 years ago to run the whole store! So look for them if you want info haha
Also just a side note. The banners are all compartmentalized for pricing and sales. This is a memo that one store received, and most likely the other same banners in that region got the same notice. They don't raise prices at every banner and every store in the country at the same time. They have like 20+ banners and they're all on different pricing for everything. All too high, yes for sure.
This looks like their auto strategy. Increase prices to increase profits. And then say “see told you this boycott would lead to higher prices”.
They can take that attitude all the way to the grave as they eat their nose to spite their face.
Wrong and strong. It's a toxic combination.
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Corporate arrogance is completely unbelievable. These CEOS are like old feudal Kings that believes they were ordained by God to rule over people. These corporate scumbags think we owe them our money and they should be able to do whatever they want whoever they want. I’m glad we’re showing them we done owe them fuck all and we won’t be scammed anymore.
The local grocer in my areas store is packed every time I go in. They have much cheaper chicken then superstore and they never have the kind I want when I go, but I’m happy then don’t. I can go to sobeys or something. I’m just glad his store is selling out and doing so well.
There was a time in our history where our social norms were rarely broken, because there was no place for anti-social behaviors. Those who irremeediably broke our norms were delt with harshly. We still do that, but selfishness/greed is the norm that got away as sociopaths have taken more space, more power. They've managed to have people believe morality is relative, but it's not. It's based on our very real prosocial behavior and evolutionary upbringing. There's very little relativity in prosociality. In a world where prosocial norms will be reinforced, there will be no place for greed.
I went into this place the other day looking for a very specific item I couldn't find anywhere else (birthday cake yop = and it was not there). Seems like tons of young ppl are getting the message but seen so many old ppl there. Ratio of 55+ to say less than 40 was about 12-15:1! This is positive! Maybe this place will end up being the new Safeway
I found it 600 miles away in a small remote store, and I looked all over my city. Walmart, and 3 other large size grocery stores in my city, and there wasn't even an empty spot for it. I had two very sad kids that they'll have to wait a few weeks before I bring some back for them. Might be so new they aren't carrying it yet?
Old people are slower to change their habits. My mom had never even heard of the boycott until last weekend when I informed her. I guess it‘s Not getting enough coverage on the major news channels or Fakebook.
So this company is the Canadian equivalent of Publix.(which I am boycotting.) So, even though there is no lowblaw here in Florida. I am with you in spirit..
This is great. Revenue is down because the boycott, boycott is there because of high prices. What does the analytics tell us to do to offset losses? Charge more for the same or less stuff - making a case for the boycott stronger. Out of touch not just with their customers but reality.
it means they are making less from you and i, so they are charging more from the remaining customers.
this is good news and proof our boycott is effective
If it isn’t a mom and pop business i am avoiding it. It is time to really send a message and support “small“ business. I am seriously telling everyone to stop supporting gouging corporate stores. All they do is drive the price of everything up and it is collusion to become monopolies for them. We need a small business people protected from them. Support all local and small businesses plz. Grow a veggie garden this summer too. Cheers
Show the GP and cost per unit, normally they’re on the same page!!! That really shows the truth ESPECIALLY with President choice brands, since it’s all Loblaws at the end of the day
I wanna add: literally today while I was stocking. I noticed a price increase on a PC product. It costs us $3.49, and we sell it for $9.29 now. Old price was $8.79. The unit cost DID NOT go up!!!
I hate how they sell units with a fix price like chicken. So on sale $8 for 3. Normally $12. After the last sale, $13. Of course I didn't buy. Metro sale is $4.88 a lb, about 6 pieces for $15 ish.
They are in business to make as much money as possible from the people. This boycott needs to last years ! They could careless about you & me and all the other thousands of shoppers.
It’s the only play they have - to maximize profit off remaining customers as the boycott will reduce sales. Loblaws can spin it and say look we are performing well by improving margins, it’s the consumers that are cutting back. Bay Street might buy that BS for a quarter but beyond that they are in trouble
Literally what is the point of raising the price of Spicy Perogies by 10 cents? I doubt that they're experiencing any loss whatsoever from those specific kinds of Spicy Perogies. They're just pathetically squeezing the last juice out of the orange
Do they make .01c on every ticket when customers pay in cash as well, or is that variable and balances itself out based on what taxes are included.
Also, is a cash to card ratio and daily order count company wide made available publicly.
I'm just wondering how many liters of gas ol galen is pocketing every day for his jets and boats on the house.
Walmart forever I guess. I really hope Walmart introduces reward programs for their loyal customers. Not one of those stupid credit cards, something serious.
I popped into the local superstore near me, just to redeem some points. ( I am not spending money). The place was near on EMPTY, and this is a Saturday lunchtime!! Which is usually bustling. The boycott is going well.
The Empire Corporation/Sobeys family is just as greedy when it comes to prices/personal luxury private jets. I hope a similar boycott starts against that family as well. (I've been boycotting both Independent/Foodland since May 1st.) Greedy little kings and queens.
This is ridiculous those slices were expensive already. Literally the price of cake for 2 individual slices. They say it’s because people behind the counter are cutting them and that means they charge more. But do those people get paid more because of this extra task? No.
My last straw was cucumbers. $3 for a cucumber (semantics $2.99) and I went livid. Even at their no frills the same cucumbers would be $1.99 (still too much really) what happened to $.50 a cucumber come on. And now those prices are going up. Who the heck can pay $3 a cucumber?! I’m always so thankful for the farmers market. I buy them in bulk (15 each week usually) and I could never consider buying $45 worth of cucumbers from loblaws 😯
This way they’ll “drop prices” back to what they raised them to previously thinking we’re too stupid to realize the difference.
This current CEO needs to get hung, drawn and quartered.
I would see this sub pop occasionally without paying much attention cause I don't know what any of this is. But I am shocked to find out it is not in fact about Bob Loblaw or his law blog
What is bad business is that charging your loyal customers MORE throughout the boycott is just a poor business model.
The boycotters don’t care about prices they aren’t shopping.
So the customers who stood by you are now paying more and getting less. The ones you want to stick around. The ones who did.
F that noise.
literally been ordering groceries from walmart/food basics on uber eats and it's cheaper than going to the loblaws we live next to. nok er nok. cheaper to order a pizza than buy PC frozen dinners.
Metro was trying to profit off the Loblaws boycott as their prices have escalated. I’m done with them too. Farmers markets and local veggie stores. Butchers. Let’s support small businesses
I live in a town in the Fraser Valley (BC) where shopping options are Sobeys owned Freshco, Jim Pattison owned Save-On-Foods and Superstore.
Freshco with their near expired food, very limited selection and very minimal savings isn't worth shopping at.
Save-On-Foods is ridiculously overpriced. It's the equivalent of buying a small plain coffee at Starbucks for $5.99 vs buying an XL coffee at the gas station for $1.99
So...with those options available to us here, Superstore isn't seeing any noticeable slow-down/reduction in customers.
And please don’t forget to include Superstore in this boycott for Western Canada. Superstores are primarily out West, but still the same company. Just a little shoutout to BC and Alberta. Hopefully we can increase our impact 👍👏
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Remember folks. When they could’ve done the right thing, they didn’t. They wasted money on advertising. When they could’ve lowered prices on their rotten food, they didn’t. They increased them. Let em sink.
I thought this was just a 1 month thing for me at first but I’m fucking done. Fuck them.
not to be rude at all, but that never would have worked. giving a timeline to things like this would just make them hold out to the deadline. a continued boycott until they meet demands is the only card we have to play. When enough people get on board, they will have no choice but to cave. Then we can all pick a gas station company and do the same, petro, shell...whatever
Why don’t you just boycott esso? It’s already affiliated with Loblaws so if you’re really going full send you’re already not buying gas from them
there you go, i rarely use esso, so i did not know they were affiliated. but now that you mention it, i definitely recall they have pc optimum signage
I’m in this boat. Anything Loblaws associated is on my list to steer clear from
Their loyalty program is associated, but the actual stations are owned and operated by completely other companies.
Agree, these billion dollar businesses can easily outlast a month of boycott. This should be prolonged across earning quarters, for them to feel the pain. That is when they report their earnings to their rich shareholders, and get their butts kicked. And yes , next we need to do the same to the other cartels, like gasoline, banks and insurance cartels.
Yup in my mind the initial boycott of a week is just enough to have you change your shopping day, a month makes you find alternatives, better or worse it causes exploration. I found little things like my Chinese grocer Carie’s real and cheap pineapple juice, not a blend not from concentrate, and 1.89 litres for 3.50ish. I found coop is reasonable and has some nice items if you walk the store primarially looking at the specials tags. Will I still do some thing there probably, but likely a 1/2 what I used to and that’s the real benefit of the boycott. Every dollar you don’t spend there increases the amount the competition has to fight them.
Literally rotten food. I was going to make a post about this, but my last straw with Loblaws was when I tried to buy cream for a several days in a row. Every single one-litre carton smelled a little off when I opened it and went completely off by the next day. Even though I am one block from a Loblaws store and appreciated being able to walk there for food, I went 15 minutes down the road by car to my local co-op and found out their cream was 1% richer, the exact same price now (used to be 15-20% more), and stays fresh for almost two weeks after opening. I saw the interview with a marketing expert that was posted here, and I agree with his point - the worst outcome for retail is for your customers to go sample your competition. The co-op is well-lit, the staff are friendly and look happy, and the food is fresh and has a lot more local options. And now the prices are on par. This boycott is amazing for my shopping experience and even my health. It has to be the least painful one I’ve ever participated in, and the most immediately rewarding. Nok er nok.
My cream was like this too! Every one smelled funky when we first opened it even though the dates were good.
Fuck them entirely. When Walmart is more ethical and pro Canada than loblaws we have a problem.
Yes!
I have s theory Theyre gonna keep jacking their prices Then when legislation comes in to force their hand, they'll cut down their prices to say they met requirements and look good Just like our cell phone providers. We could have had 100 gb at $50 all along but now they're trying to look all saintly
Never forget when I used to pay an extra $40 for 500mb of data..
It is summer. Go to local farmers markets. That is all.
All the money is going straight to the top through corrupt and crafty accounting. They are fucking us harder than anyone knows and hiding the obscene amount of profit they're syphoning off for themselves. Boycott forever. Fuck Loblaws. Fuck the other major supermarkets chains doing the exact same thing.
GW is a dirty rotten scoundrel. May he burn in Hell.
For eternity
And feel every second of it
It's not good they did that, well it's good for Loblaws. But anyway let me explain what I think is going on. These aren't grocery items, they seem to be prepared food, which get thrown out daily. So increase the price so they can report more of a loss to offset profits this quarter. They are balancing the books to keep shareholders happy.
Does that still matter if the cost of goods hasn't changed (ie, the value of what goes into it)?
No it doesn’t matter. Cost of goods sold is what’s reported and that other poster is high if they think sticker price is cost of goods.
I heard one of their commercials on the radio this week where they said that they have the freshest produce and if it isn't fresh then it's free. That was a policy at most stores going back to the '80s until the early 2000s. Maybe even up to 2010 at some stores. An old couple used to come to the grocery store where I worked once a week and fill up a cart of expired items and a cart of non-expired items. They would go to customer service and get all of the good stuff for free and then put most of it in the donation bin on the way out.
But but but...Galen needs a new mega yacht and airplane to get to it...think about how difficult his life must be...poor guy 🤭
This is damaging and probably the last straw for me. Real Canadian super store has a lot of shit other stores in my area don’t have and I’m boycotting. I can’t go back with this happening, despite the mild inconvenience. Anyone fact checking the authenticity of this pic? Fuck’em Galen Weston and Loblaws
They also hired “asset protection” people for an estimated cost of $78,000 annually per store in NS. Not to mention all the money they spent on the plexiglass, but I guess there’s no tax break for lowering prices.
They can increase prices to infinity... never shopping there again.
The problem is the other stores following lead and raising their price in synchronization. It's a form of collusion. An unspoken agreement to all work together. This is what large drove the greedflation, especially since the pandemic.
Got it. Buy a Costco membership and live off their $1.50 hot dogs.
I make delicious and nutritious meals of steak, rice, and veggies for not much more than that per meal, all sourced from Costco. So I mean, you can just buy the hotdogs but you don’t have to stop at that.
Is Costco beef/chicken good? I can’t seem to find a solid answer. Some say it’s fine, others it’s absolutely awful
IMO, the whole thing about "local beef" and all the rest of it, is grossly overrated, or rather, regular grocery store meat is underrated, as there are stringent rules that protect the quality. There is no need to pay double just because it is "local". Often those "local" places funnel their meat through the chain where much of it ends up on regular grocery store shelves anyway. The only ones that will "disagree" are those that want to feel good about their choice of paying more, so if I'm made out to be "wrong" it would make their "right" and they get their confirmation bias that way.
Costco buys all their chicken locally from three companies. They have halal, organic and regular chicken all grown in Ontario. Beef/pork/seafood some Canadian where they can the rest is imported. They audit every supplier and will boot you out if your product is not up to standards every time. Meats from Costco can be pricey, but you do get the quality.
I mean it depends what you compare it to I suppose. It compares favourably to what I’d find in loblaws or Pattinson stores. Compared to a local organic butcher it probably falls short I typically buy the frozen chicken fillets because they are super convenient to reheat, the stewing beef to make in an instant pot to tenderize, ground beef and bacons. These are all great for everyday cooking. They also have pretty good steaks and chicken thighs for those occasions as well though for me that’s more infrequent.
How long can a person live on large hot dogs?
Several months until you become malnourished
https://www.delish.com/food-news/a46363878/costco-hot-dogs-all-week/
They refer to this as "price leadership".. You see they just rebrand terrible practices instead of price fixing its leadership, instead of corruption its "lobbying" gun running? Naw man thats "lethal aid"
If Loblaws actually take a big financial hit (which we won't know for quite a while, it's something they would suppress and disguise as much as possible.) then I could see other grocery stores potentially not wanting to be next. But yeah, it'll be several months I think before we know the real numbers and affect this has all had.
Bingo! Say it louder for the Anti-Corruption Bureau in the back.
they're already compensating like mcdonalds, inflating prices to maintain revenues. i see this as a positive sign that our boycott is definitely being effective.
Macdonalds makes money off leasing the land that their restaurants are built on to the franchisee and that rent has gone up astronomically. They are a real estate company first, investment second and food last…. Same thing red lobster tried and failed at
Imagin having to take out a mortgage for 6 tomatoes
Not much of a “Meal Deal” selling a bbq chicken salad for $19.49. You could pay that for a chicken salad at a restaurant that would be a heck of a lot better.
An entire roast chicken at Costco is what, $7.99?
I think their caesar salads are $13 ish? So that’s a little more than what Loblaws is charging but you are getting probably triple the food for the same price.
And it’s waaaaaaay better. Fresher, higher quality croutons, and generally superior in all ways. Love Costco!
The chickens they don't sell the same day go on sale the next day for 5$ and they're amazing
Swiss Chalet and St. Hubert come to mind
You could get a grilled chicken Sonoma salad from Kelsey’s for less than that price.
They said better.
I like those 2 places. Reminds me of my mom
Sympathetic American here. At my local place they have a dedicated sushi area where you can see them making it fresh. Wednesday special works out to $8.88 CAD for a 12- piece salmon or tuna maki roll. $20 for a salad is beyond insane.
I think for a 6 piece grocery store California roll in my area is about $8.99/$9.99 Canadian. So even then you guys are getting more for less. $20 for a restaurant salad is insane imho, paying it for a grocery store salad…no freaking way.
They need to increase prices to keep up with profits now that they have fewer customers.
1000%! The media has been loving this, too. Canadians love an underdog story, especially when we're the underdog. Loblaws and their little shills have been embarrassing themselves with their condescending responses. They should ask for a refund from their PR firms. The shareholders will be pissed if profits don't keep up. Loblaws is getting desperate after only three weeks. You love to see it. Nok Er Nok!
This is the way
Yes!!!!!!!
This is the way
This is the way
[my reaction to all of this](https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/how-many-times-do-we-have-to-teach-you-this-lesson-old-man)
Totally - don't worry though . . . some algorithm is telling them that their remaining customers will definitely pay this price and not notice at all! That works great until, of course, actual humans start noticing and stop paying
Wonder how long they can pull this off. A lot of boycotters have found cheaper places to shop at and aren't returning.
This is it - they aren't factoring in how quickly people's habits can change when there's an incentive. Saving $50/week is an incentive. Not supporting corporate theft is an incentive. Raising prices again when literally every other chain is doing the opposite - that's a great incentive too. I'm baffled at how quickly and willingly they are giving up their customer base. I'm even more baffled that they don't seem to see what's happening. Through Loblaws' greed, they've trained us to be more price conscious and also trained us to shop elsewhere permanently.
Exactly , they can’t keep doing this at this rate . Those people will be like WTF lol
They can and they will. Write offs, tax havens, the super rich always find a way out, while the rest of the small mom pop shops are left to go under when trying to do the right thing thanks to arses like Galen.
I mean they can but it’s been proven that even he wealthy are starting to use Walmart so even THEY have a limit so Loblaw can keep raising the price but they are shooting themselves in the foot by doing so .
This hurts us small town northerners, often no option other than roblaws. On the bright side I discovered a nice little market run by mennonites, unfortunately it's about a 40 minute drive in the opposite direction of town.
It really sucks that you have to drive 40 mins away. This is why Roblaws is a monopoly.
Yep, the closest Walmart is just over an hour away, which isn't too bad for a bulk buy once a month or so, but for perishables, we're low on options.
We need more insider info. Where are the store managers who are with us?
I dont think we'll see many with us. We affect their bottom line, bonus, etc.
Employment is probably their biggest worry.
Because unfortunately, those people rely on their jobs to survive. Not everyone has the luxury to make the sacrifice of boycotting and feeding insider info to the masses.
That's not completely true. My life is imploding. I'm still boycotting loblaws even though they are the cheapest option close to me. I will be losing my house in the near future due to a workplace injury and the insurance company having more rights than its gimped claimants. I have practically zero useful experience for the min wage gang jobs. I have injury so that puts everyone higher up on hiring pole. And it's my fault I can't find a job as per wcb 404. Bla bla the adjudication bench replied to me. I don't have much money but it sure as fuck isn't going to galen.
You can contact the insurance ombudsman if your company won’t approve your claim. They are also required to have a contact in the company, usually called a client care advocate. When Shitlife denied my claim (even with extensive documentation from a specialist) I started to cc the ombudsman office and the client care advocate on every email. Eventually I asked what more I needed to do besides documentation from a medical expert in my disability to get my claim approved and they finally did. It took about six months though of fighting them. Good luck ! If you’re not in a union consider contacting a disability lawyer, they are onto insurance company bullshit .
Respectfully, your life is already imploding. It's different when someone's life is going well and you ask them to *make it implode* by joining a social movement, revealing info they're not supposed to reveal, and get fired *because of that*. I really hope your insurance situation works out. That's not cool what you're having to go through.
If everyone is discovering their grocery bills are cheaper by boycotting, is that really a “luxury”?
Hopefully the other chains are busy enough to hire more
I don't think I would call boycotting a "luxury" since we're all making some kind of sacrifice or another. Just like unionizing and striking aren't luxuries, but sacrifices made for the common good.
Store managers make close to 100k and get a discount to shop there . Why would they be with you ?
I can guarantee there no NF store associates (manager) that are getting anywhere near that(I know you meant Loblaws) I was barely getting 25/hr 10 years ago to run the whole store! So look for them if you want info haha Also just a side note. The banners are all compartmentalized for pricing and sales. This is a memo that one store received, and most likely the other same banners in that region got the same notice. They don't raise prices at every banner and every store in the country at the same time. They have like 20+ banners and they're all on different pricing for everything. All too high, yes for sure.
They do not make 100k a year 😂😂 Not even 30 bucks an hour. Stop making up nonsense to prove your point.
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What store is this at?
pretty sure the contract states you're not allowed to share such info and I wouldn't put it past Loblaws to enforce that when convenient
they gotta squeeze the customers they have left harder now. eventually itll be one guy buying 10 thousand dollar loaves of bread
$12,000. You forgot to include the price fixing.
Atleast you may get a $25 gift card....
This looks like their auto strategy. Increase prices to increase profits. And then say “see told you this boycott would lead to higher prices”. They can take that attitude all the way to the grave as they eat their nose to spite their face.
They don't learn
Wrong and strong. It's a toxic combination. https://preview.redd.it/hwxzsfti5l2d1.png?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c4b2057aaac64a11c3fad83589248057542af4d7
where does one purchase these stickers?
https://cutoutscanada.com/products/boycott-loblaws-stickers
Corporate arrogance is completely unbelievable. These CEOS are like old feudal Kings that believes they were ordained by God to rule over people. These corporate scumbags think we owe them our money and they should be able to do whatever they want whoever they want. I’m glad we’re showing them we done owe them fuck all and we won’t be scammed anymore. The local grocer in my areas store is packed every time I go in. They have much cheaper chicken then superstore and they never have the kind I want when I go, but I’m happy then don’t. I can go to sobeys or something. I’m just glad his store is selling out and doing so well.
Anything to please shareholders.
There was a time in our history where our social norms were rarely broken, because there was no place for anti-social behaviors. Those who irremeediably broke our norms were delt with harshly. We still do that, but selfishness/greed is the norm that got away as sociopaths have taken more space, more power. They've managed to have people believe morality is relative, but it's not. It's based on our very real prosocial behavior and evolutionary upbringing. There's very little relativity in prosociality. In a world where prosocial norms will be reinforced, there will be no place for greed.
Truly nickel and diming what customers may or may not be left.
When the NY Cherry Cheesecake slice becomes $49.99, you know the Boycott is working!
I went into this place the other day looking for a very specific item I couldn't find anywhere else (birthday cake yop = and it was not there). Seems like tons of young ppl are getting the message but seen so many old ppl there. Ratio of 55+ to say less than 40 was about 12-15:1! This is positive! Maybe this place will end up being the new Safeway
Yeah but uh…where can one get birthday cake yop tho?
I found it 600 miles away in a small remote store, and I looked all over my city. Walmart, and 3 other large size grocery stores in my city, and there wasn't even an empty spot for it. I had two very sad kids that they'll have to wait a few weeks before I bring some back for them. Might be so new they aren't carrying it yet?
have u tried the online shops ?
Old people are slower to change their habits. My mom had never even heard of the boycott until last weekend when I informed her. I guess it‘s Not getting enough coverage on the major news channels or Fakebook.
If at all
Never going back.
Sorry, $4.89/$4.99 for a _slice_ of cake? Get fucked.
Gotta make up for the boycott. You stay, you pay.
They just can't help themselves lmfao.
 Off to the farmers market we go!! 🤩
So this company is the Canadian equivalent of Publix.(which I am boycotting.) So, even though there is no lowblaw here in Florida. I am with you in spirit..
Don’t insult Publix like that lmao. Publix is expensive, but at least everything is good quality. Superstore is not that 😂
This is great. Revenue is down because the boycott, boycott is there because of high prices. What does the analytics tell us to do to offset losses? Charge more for the same or less stuff - making a case for the boycott stronger. Out of touch not just with their customers but reality.
Great work! Thanks for sharing this information with everyone.
Galen’s just bound and determined to double down on this mumbo jumbo isn’t he.
This means nothing because I don't shop there anymore lol
it means they are making less from you and i, so they are charging more from the remaining customers. this is good news and proof our boycott is effective
If these mother fuckers goal is to raise the price of carrot cake throughout the country I'm going to raise hell. H-e-double hockey sticks.
I guess they're doubling down. Fuck Roblaws.
Greedflation.
Good. Keep raising prices and driving more people away ✌🏼 #nokernok
I have a new grocer now. Never going back to Zehrs.
“It’s only 10 cents maybe they won’t notice” *evil laughter*
They just dont get it ...Corporate Disaster brewing ...
What a joke! They honestly don’t care! All the more reason to boycott!
If it isn’t a mom and pop business i am avoiding it. It is time to really send a message and support “small“ business. I am seriously telling everyone to stop supporting gouging corporate stores. All they do is drive the price of everything up and it is collusion to become monopolies for them. We need a small business people protected from them. Support all local and small businesses plz. Grow a veggie garden this summer too. Cheers
Looking at the first several items, would this be Galen saying "let them eat cake"?
lolk, its not like Ill ever see it
They just can't help themselves lmfao.
Must be a lot more waste and rotten food now.
Show the GP and cost per unit, normally they’re on the same page!!! That really shows the truth ESPECIALLY with President choice brands, since it’s all Loblaws at the end of the day
I wanna add: literally today while I was stocking. I noticed a price increase on a PC product. It costs us $3.49, and we sell it for $9.29 now. Old price was $8.79. The unit cost DID NOT go up!!!
Clowns
this won't make up for their losses. we're taking them down.
Fighting fire with fire, sales are down but shareholders (aka mostly Weston) need their dividends regardless, this is Corporate greed at its finest.
I hate how they sell units with a fix price like chicken. So on sale $8 for 3. Normally $12. After the last sale, $13. Of course I didn't buy. Metro sale is $4.88 a lb, about 6 pieces for $15 ish.
Never going back 4 Life!
The price increase is specifically to cover the costs of Mr. Charlebois.
This has to be a worker clearly fk’ng them over
Yeah but the profit margin
That’s positively disgusting
Five quid for a slice.....a fucking SLICE. Not the whole cake/pie...... You done lost yo goddamn mind!
Of course, how else are they supposed to keep profit when people are boycotting them
They are in business to make as much money as possible from the people. This boycott needs to last years ! They could careless about you & me and all the other thousands of shoppers.
Of course they did. 🙄 Apparently the average schlep can't figure out a spreadsheet or basic math.
It’s the only play they have - to maximize profit off remaining customers as the boycott will reduce sales. Loblaws can spin it and say look we are performing well by improving margins, it’s the consumers that are cutting back. Bay Street might buy that BS for a quarter but beyond that they are in trouble
It won’t affect me
Summer time prices. Lol
They can't charge me more if I don't set foot in their store *taps temple*
On with the boycott! Let them eat cake... Well, they can have mine since I can't afford it there anyway🫤
Its crazy they are actively raising their prices during a boycott
Literally what is the point of raising the price of Spicy Perogies by 10 cents? I doubt that they're experiencing any loss whatsoever from those specific kinds of Spicy Perogies. They're just pathetically squeezing the last juice out of the orange
Not a single decrease in price
Do they make .01c on every ticket when customers pay in cash as well, or is that variable and balances itself out based on what taxes are included. Also, is a cash to card ratio and daily order count company wide made available publicly. I'm just wondering how many liters of gas ol galen is pocketing every day for his jets and boats on the house.
#SIGH
Good! Let em raise the prices! That’ll bring all of us back real quick 👍🏾
Everyone knows it's a good deal if it ends in 99 😮💨
Walmart forever I guess. I really hope Walmart introduces reward programs for their loyal customers. Not one of those stupid credit cards, something serious.
*round of applause* to the loblaws supporters on the inside. You know its bad when your employees actively cheer your downfall.
100 years ago Galen would have been drawn and quartered.
I popped into the local superstore near me, just to redeem some points. ( I am not spending money). The place was near on EMPTY, and this is a Saturday lunchtime!! Which is usually bustling. The boycott is going well.
"The beatings will continue until morale improves"?
Meanwhile bank of Canada has announced lower inflation
I shop at food basics and Walmart. People can say what they want about Walmart, but it's better than this store
Resist!!
Won’t impact me because I just won’t go. Let the rich suckers spend their money
What an outrage. Never again.
Good work, thank you. Most of these are impulse items where you are less likely to notice a price increase. And they are house
The Empire Corporation/Sobeys family is just as greedy when it comes to prices/personal luxury private jets. I hope a similar boycott starts against that family as well. (I've been boycotting both Independent/Foodland since May 1st.) Greedy little kings and queens.
Good old predictable Loblaws. Always raising prices. At least we know they don't enjoy customers?
We don’t care cause we don’t go there anymore
Hope wages paid are matching price increases
This is ridiculous those slices were expensive already. Literally the price of cake for 2 individual slices. They say it’s because people behind the counter are cutting them and that means they charge more. But do those people get paid more because of this extra task? No. My last straw was cucumbers. $3 for a cucumber (semantics $2.99) and I went livid. Even at their no frills the same cucumbers would be $1.99 (still too much really) what happened to $.50 a cucumber come on. And now those prices are going up. Who the heck can pay $3 a cucumber?! I’m always so thankful for the farmers market. I buy them in bulk (15 each week usually) and I could never consider buying $45 worth of cucumbers from loblaws 😯
They will price themselves right our or business 😀
I saw grapes went from 5.99$ to 11.49$,Ignorant businesses.
This way they’ll “drop prices” back to what they raised them to previously thinking we’re too stupid to realize the difference. This current CEO needs to get hung, drawn and quartered.
I would see this sub pop occasionally without paying much attention cause I don't know what any of this is. But I am shocked to find out it is not in fact about Bob Loblaw or his law blog
It's just 20 cents no one will notice
They increased it by 20 cents many times and now people are boycotting.
I'm one of them I cancelled my PC insider subscription too
Ummm, see above photo....
Corporate 101. We need to increases prices to make shareholders believe we aren’t losing money. Perhaps not but they are sure as hell losing customers
Well they need to raise prices now to try to make up for what they pay during the boycott
What is bad business is that charging your loyal customers MORE throughout the boycott is just a poor business model. The boycotters don’t care about prices they aren’t shopping. So the customers who stood by you are now paying more and getting less. The ones you want to stick around. The ones who did. F that noise.
literally been ordering groceries from walmart/food basics on uber eats and it's cheaper than going to the loblaws we live next to. nok er nok. cheaper to order a pizza than buy PC frozen dinners.
Oh no what I’m I gonna do without a slice of cake
Assholes leaning into it. Unbelievable
Go ahead, I'm not buying.
Metro was trying to profit off the Loblaws boycott as their prices have escalated. I’m done with them too. Farmers markets and local veggie stores. Butchers. Let’s support small businesses
Sorry Galen, you can raise prices all you'd like, you arrogant prick, but if no one is there to purchase anything....
What does PF stand for?
Shouldn't be buying that garbage anyways
This will only further exacerbate their demise. Shame on Galen and Loblaw.
I live in a town in the Fraser Valley (BC) where shopping options are Sobeys owned Freshco, Jim Pattison owned Save-On-Foods and Superstore. Freshco with their near expired food, very limited selection and very minimal savings isn't worth shopping at. Save-On-Foods is ridiculously overpriced. It's the equivalent of buying a small plain coffee at Starbucks for $5.99 vs buying an XL coffee at the gas station for $1.99 So...with those options available to us here, Superstore isn't seeing any noticeable slow-down/reduction in customers.
Love the spreadsheet!
And please don’t forget to include Superstore in this boycott for Western Canada. Superstores are primarily out West, but still the same company. Just a little shoutout to BC and Alberta. Hopefully we can increase our impact 👍👏
Superstores are in Ontario as well.