Canadian consumers gear up for Loblaw boycott as petition for investigation gains traction
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- Canadian consumers fed up with the high cost of groceries are gearing up to send a message with their wallets.
A planned boycott of Loblaw and its affiliated stores is gaining traction, while a petition calling for an investigation into the company for alleged profiteering is nearing 100,000 signatures.
Global’s Abigail Bimman reports on the frustration and the planned action.
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Remember the bread price fixing. Loblaws was involved.
Remember PP has Loblaw lobbyist on his team they pay her and we the taxpayer pay her remember that when you Vote
@@momtur4875 Who is her?
@momtur4875.....wore blackface? Remember Trudeau committed a federal offense and tried influencing the attorney General then fired her? Remember the emergency act? Free Aga Khan gifts. Admires China and allowed election interference. I could go on and on...far worse criminal activities. Remember that when you vote.......2025 common sense will crush the authoritarian Trudeau/Singh deal with the devil
Well that was Westons and Canada Bread. I think Westons was still owned by Loblaws at the time. Westons struck a deal that if they admitted to price fixing first they would be able to keep their government bread contracts. Canada Bread is banned from competing for government Bread contracts for 10 years.
"Through George Weston Limited and various holding companies, the Canadian branch of the Weston family currently owns or controls over 200 companies, including the Loblaws supermarket chain and the Shoppers Drug Mart."
Food prices have risen 30% to 50% in two years. That's significantly more than the rate of inflation.
I'm sure those high fuel costs and carbon tax help a lot. . . . .
Carbon tax plus GST on that tax, on the producers, delivery drivers transferred on to the consumers than your carbon tax, then inflation so ya 30-50% increase sounds about right … how’s that vote for Trudeau treating you??
When butter was 3$ lb and now at 8$ , that is no where near 30-50%
Ppl need to do some calculating
Has no one noticed that a lot of businesses like superstore , dollar stores and others are owned by foreigners?? That’s part of the problem with inflation, not just turdo
@@sherilynstarzko8116 so now you want to blame foreigners ?? That’s kind of a slippery slope that puts you in some very bad company
And what came in 2 years ago??? Carbon Tax!!!
Can you please also investigate the ABSOLUTE SCAM of items not weighing as much as advertised (sometimes under by as much as 30% including the packaging)?
called shrinkflation
True
That’s been happening for yrs , 4 yrs ago a I paid 1.87 for 2 apricots at superstore
All stores have been gouging us for decades
Carry a measuring scale and a stick.
I'm in. Lets DO THIS Canada! In solidarity! ❤🇨🇦❤️
Fyi they own shoppers drug mart too
THIS is journalism that defends & supports ordinary Canadians!
We're tired of being gouged for the basic food we need to survive.
I'm boycotting Loblaws this month--I've already switched pharmacies to a smaller independent pharmacist near me, & I'm spending every penny of my grocery bill in May somewhere other than Loblaws.
When we Canadians stick together, we are POWERFUL! Do everything you can to send a message to Galen Weston that we're sick of paying for his luxuries!
Global is literally why we are here.
This isn't news its social media
Youre literally partaking in the destruction of this country. . . .
Do you know the real root problem that Global did not mention? It's capitalism. Yes market capitalism is the disease that spawns the many symptoms like profiteering, inflation, inequality and food insecurity. That's the root problem we need to be united against and to build a better system.
With Jason Hickel and Less is More, there are options.
With Peter Joseph and "A Viable Society" or Zeitgeist films there are options.
With Michael Tellinger and Ubuntu Contributionism and the One Small Town initiative, there are even more real, working options.
Which do you prefer? Because just yelling at the wind and trying to boycott is not going to solve the root problem, I'm sorry.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Global News has the blood of journalists on their hands.
" all levels of government to blame for this not just food stores.
You are so right. I blame government spending for most of the price increases. From the carbon tax to cerb. Whats so complicated about tax and spend do people not understand?
@@michaelfordyce7292 too many new immigrants, higher minimum wages and wars 👍
I don't shop at any loblaws or affiliated stores for years. I have chosen not to shop at any of these stores since the bread price fixing scandal years ago. It's not difficult to maneuver around this group of retail stores. There are plenty of other choices.
What are some other options for shoppers?
During the pandemic prices of groceries did rise. I acquired out of necessity, a well stocked pantry, that we use on a regular basis. I shop loss leaders regularly to keep my pantry stocked. This keeps costs down. I shop independently owned grocery stores as well as Metro,Sobeys, FreshCo, Food basics, Giant tiger. In the summer months I shop at farmers markets. There is a list online, (Farmers' Markets Ontario). There are many in the city limits. I have a vegetable garden in the summer. We have cut down our meat consumption considerably. We eat vegetarian meals 3 to 4 days per week. I bake my own bread regularly. I have managed to whittle my grocery cost to usually less than one hundred dollars per week.
@yuwuf3722 local shops, and ethnic varieties store's. They usually even have lower prices
I don't like the gouging but you can't find prices lower than Superstore. I tried everywhere. Who cares about bread, it is so cheap it hardly matters. I always buy bread at 30% off because they always have some. Walmart has no sales and they give no points. I save about $200 per month just on optimum points. I have $250 in points now and next week I will have about $300 and get a free shopping of $300. Costco is good for nothing. You have to pay for a membership and then get 1 % back with a credit card they have for you. Canadian Tire gives 3% back in points when you buy groceries, but not at Walmart or Costco, only Superstore and other grocery stores. You get 10cents back per litre of gas at superstore. That is cheaper than Costco gas and Costco always has lineups for gas and the store is always jam packed with people.
@@jpv-yw2okSobeys expensive and compliments products are garbage
I haven't shopped at Loblaws since they boosted about their 'HUGE PROFITS'. That was last year. Consumers have more power than they realize. Use it
I stopped shopping their stores a few years ago when I noticed that they promoted American fruit and veg over our local produce.
I recall a time in Canadian history where monopolies were frowned upon... now it is the age of Mordor... one ring to rule all.
I'm the best Monito! Ya heard?
I smoke in Canada 2
Global you need to start using the word Corruption!!! because it's everywhere today!!! and maybe report on the few families that own them all in Canada!!!
Globals corrupt
This Not The United States 🇺🇸 The Word Corruption Is Banned In Canada 🇨🇦 And Australia 🇦🇺
Not be racist but our country is corrupt from some certain foreign peoples
They need to start using the word Capitalism! That's the root problem. Corruption comes from a capitalist structure, as does profiteering, as does inequality and so many other problems. But I know corporate media will not call out capitalism, but that doesn't mean the public can't get more informed.
Take a look at reliable sources like JT with Second Thought, Peter Joseph with Culture in Decline or Zeitgeist films, or Arjang with World Beyond Capitalism and Michael Tellinger with Ubuntu Contributionism.
@@byronchavarria4954in Canada corruption is banned and worded as gvmt regulated
I used to buy old fruits and veggies that used to be 50% off so i can save a few pennies, today the fruits are in worse condition and only 30% off, SHAME on Loblaws and Management, i seldom visit Loblaws nowadays. Oh, in the good old days those old fruits were dumped in the garbage!😮
Very sad that we have come to this, Loblaws needs to lower prices immediately.
Same here is Australia, we currently have a senate inquiry regarding extortion and corruption by the top two supermarkets Woolworths and Coles!
Just visited No Frills Supermarket in my area a couple of weeks ago,boy was I in for a shock. They have increased prices on everything not by a few pennies but by a few quarters.I just could not believe.Even their slogan on their weekly flyers "Canada's most trusted grocery store for slow prices" has disappeared. WOW
I've also noticed the Flashfoods fridge is loaded with food, and with alot of meat. We ain't buying the hyped up costs, so it goes for 50% off before BBD. Nothing wrong with getting meat at half price, but u gotta jump on it, blink and it's gone. Alot of times my grocery shopping list consist of what's available via Flashfoods. It's pretty sickening the sticker shock of food now. There's alot of FFS out loud when I'm walking the aisles..
As a Senior I am fed up. All the stores are out of control. Walmart, Metro, Real Canadian Super Store, etc.
yes, walmart is NO longer a cheaper place, the food prices there are crazy!
@@ThrivingCreativeMindsNot to mention they inject their meats with phosphate to weigh more and eggs are months past due.
They are cheating the weights of their products as well.
@@krofnoops Injections of phosphates.
@@ryanb3908 Injecting water in chicken as well
Story lacks some basic research
1 - Same-store profit growth
2 - Cost of goods sold growth
3 - Interest expense growth (retailer and suppliers)
4 - SG&A expenses growth (retailer and suppliers)
5 - Tax rate growth (retailer and suppliers)
6 - Survey measuring consumer's efforts to actually shop at competitors
Without this data the report is not objective journalism, it is simply an amplifier of the "blame the last visible mile" pamphlet.
I'm not in any way defending Loblaws, consumers as a group are better off comparing prices between competitors. I'm just asking for objective data-driven journalism
And you'll never get it because true journalists no longer exist.
Every grocery store in Canada the prices are up, this is crazy.
Yeah. . It's almost like everything is being ruined by government policy. . . . Who would have thought
"Doing what it can", the standard response of greedy corporations. Eff you!
Wasn’t the federal government supposed to do something about this before last Thanksgiving…?
They just recently put measures forward in the new budget, so yes they are now doing something.
@@ekimeno3061
I'm sick of the people who want GOVERNMENT to Fix Everything - then pitch that the GOVERNMENT are dictators.
We The Consumers have POWER.
Boycott Loblaws This month and pick another one next month.
Same for the gas stations!
Yeah they raised the carbon tax and are going to take more taxes from doctors.
That should help
@@MikeCeritto Bank of Canada disputes the idea that pollution pricing has had a noticeable effect on inflation. Makes sense considering our inflation is inline with other countries that don't have the 'carbon tax'. Plus it was in place for YEARS before all this price gouging started. If you're going to be making claims like this you'd better do your research buddy
@ekimeno3061
Lol.
They raised the carbon taxes and taxed the doctors from 50 percent to 66 percent.
What is wrong with that statement?
It's not wrong.
And when PP gets in with a Majority and gets rid of the tax, we will see who did their research.
We need to let in competition
No bring back farmers markets we don't need corporate anything
@@KyLesCaster most farmers are owned by the large corporations that's why the farmers markets are so expensive
Do both, the more diverse the better.
! As a community everyone has to pull together!!! Shop at local farmers markets, buy in bulk and split it with your neighbours or grow your own and split it with your friends and neighbours. One way to protest is to do your shopping and ask for a discount, if they don’t give you a reasonable discount then leave the cart there groceries and all. If enough people do it they will listen.
I’m seeing increases in everything: rent, utilities, GAS, groceries, eating out, dental expenses, child care expenses, and so on.
It’s not just a Loblaws issue, the government screwed up our purchasing power and cost of living.
The Government doesn't control your landlord or private companies. This has all just been price gouging to see how much money they can steal from Canadians before we break.
Been boycotting them for months, I never shop at Loblaws, but I've been staying away from superstore for a long time. The owners have no conscience.
Highway robbery prices so ridiculous
I remember about 15 years ago, $100 on groceries for one person was splurging! Now it gets a couple days worth of food. This is the end result of no competition and it’s happening in all markets! Hardware stores are even worse.
This is the result of Late Stage Capitalism. Capitalism creates the incentive for profiteering, mega-corporations, inequality that favours the rich while capitalism fails on its own merit by busting and booming every few years, leaving the lower classes with bags of debt.
The system is the sickness. It is about time we get serious about change. Wouldn't you say? Or you want more of the status quo?
Simple solution. Buy your groceries elsewhere..
Don’t shop there anymore, metro is also a place I do t shop, over priced, expired food on the shelves.
Let's boycott Loblaws!!
This is one thing. Lets examine the big picture. Have you tried to purchase a car lately? A house? Building materials? Gasoline? There is a greater power at play here. Our great leader wants no middle class with his blinded by media minions following along cursing and attacking those who oppose his policies. Meanwhile, the crowd at a hockey game was made to recite the LBG pledge and the Toronto police cars are all coloured rainbow now to keep everyone distracted.
Just remember, at least our current government is confronting Loblaws, while the conservatives are owned by Loblaws. Don't make it worse by voting conservative.
Exactly, people don't look at the big picture. Where are people going to buy their food when theyre no more local stores?
@@ed1rko17 Huh? Didn't this current government give loblaws 12 m for new fridges?
The root problem is very simple, I hope you don't get distracted by JT. The root problem is market capitalism is socially, economically and ecologically unsustainable. We need system change if we want to have a more peaceful, just, democratic and healthy society to look forward to.
Did Trudeau cause the same in all the other countries?
Prices will probably go up next month again, Loblaws thinking mmm we lost profits thanks to the boycott time to increase prices again!! That's how bad its getting folks
Capitalism run amuck.
Communism running amuck means you don't eat.
That's what we are inching towards.
Toilet paper is getting out of control again
@freeisalwaysme....prefer communism??....is this Justin???
@laars0001......stop eating fiber
maybe they can pay back the 12 million TAX PAYERS MONEY their buddy Justin gave Loblaws to buy new freezers in 2019
So we pay for their freezers , and for them to renovate , then they jack up prices to screw us even more plus they screw us on weighted products!
I’m glad I switched drug stores last year and haven’t been back
It Mayb time for me to travel 150miles for food, bc stupid store n Wally is pretty much all around here and they are owned by foreigners
I refuse to support them
This boycott will not involve 1000's of people, it will be 10000's of people. We are all fed up and done with Loblaws
For the boycott to actually work millions will need to participate not just tens of 1000s.
The problem is, that just like with Walmart and Kroger in the US, the big Canadian grocers(Loblaws and Sobeys) collude to keep prices high.
Government bot
@@FranklinFleming-lm1yu willfully ignorant
@@sloburnjo yes the people who believe in the propaganda are. There isn't collusion for high prices. It's actually the opposite silly. See when you own alot of something you can control the price. Like bread so say you are sell everyone bread and you decide the price. Now no one can sell it for MORE... Because you sell it at your price other can't beat and have to buy from you. Or else you would have expensive bread noone would buy. So now imagine feds incharge of food. We would all starve in a week. Government is making more money there for making everything cost more. Because more dollars chasing fewer goods. This is all basic. But hey I guess the "rich men bad". Is easy for simple people to remember... That's why the propaganda propagates through the small brains. It's ok the propaganda was made for people like you don't feel bad.
@@sloburnjo you realize our woke government hate fossil fuels, if fuel was cheap, everything would be cheaper
Open up the competition. We need new grocery companies in Canada NOW !!
the competition is wide open, no other grocers want to open in Canada because the market is so small. New companies will charge the same for food either way.
Nothing is stopping anybody from opening a grocery store.. 😂 If you can sell groceries for lower than Loblaws, go for it- you'll make a fortune. 🤷♂️
Greedy ceos!!
We need to have more grocery store options - outside of the big 3 and outside of the urban south. I would love to see more independent grocery owners or cooperative grocers. But the pathway into grocery retail, from what I read is not easy. That would be where provincial and federal government support could be effective.
Pretty hard the competition is to great because they run the wholesale market as well unless you want to get by with small profit margins. These big chains have bought up the small competitors years ago
stop buying there
Propaganda
Loblaws have always had the highest prices in there food ! Remember how they screwed everyone on the BREAD ! I never shop there ! Same thing with independent!
Let's see people actually do it. This is how you curb corporate greed 🖕
Groceries, Gas, mortgage/rent. Just ridiculous.
The Pandemic gave Loblaws cover to jack up prices far above what supply chain issues caused. All the grocery chains did it, but Loblaws too it to the extreme.
FINALLY someone gets it!
thank you!
all of this 'sudden inflation' is DIRECTLY traced back to the China-based Coronavirus.
ALL of the current economic uncertainty in prices, commodities and real estate is just the AFTERMATH of the Chinese Pandemic. Interest rates are where they are now BECAUSE of inflation. Inflation happened BECAUSE of the drop in supply of goods / services. The supply dropped BECAUSE widespread production in facilities and industries was halted during the course of the Chinese Pandemic with millions of workers everywhere refusing to get vaccinated. Throw in some politics at the hand of the already incompetent Trudeau government, and what you have is a recipe for total financial disaster that we are all literally (and figuratively) paying for NOW.
none of the above can be refuted - they are all proven facts.
Loblaws has always been over priced. I have avoided buying from there for years. Unfortunately, some people don't always have that option and Loblaws has certainly taken advantage of that.
Where I live, Save on Foods and Safeway are terrible for prices and Superstore is the best
@@Brandon_388 Hi Brandon , your actually smart, theses dummies who want to boycott loblaws haven't experienced how pricey metro, Safeway, sobeys are.
Gee. Who would've though that oligopolistic industry would produce unreasonable profit taking practices?
Frankly I'm surprised that it took this long for Canadians to wake up and start doing anything about it.
Indeed!
In Finland, there are 2 or 3 companies who own almost every available store, except Lidl...food prices in Finland, like in Canada, were much higher than in France and Germany.... These "almost-monopolies" have been caught in price+fixing, multiple times.
Stop buying stuff that ISN’T on sale your making so the rest of us can’t afford anything
I'm gonna skip them next month too something needs to change
The government would be a good start.. . .
If we had more competition in this country we wouldn't have this problem. It's the same thing with the phone companies.
Boycott all lowbrows companies
I'm in. The business model is the same as in the telecom sector. Let small players come in then we buy them..... Killing competition. Sad freakin state of affairs in this country. 😢
Think what y'all need to do is start weighing and measuring things. Everyone's being ripped off.
not buying something cause a cheaper alternative is available isnt a boycott, thats just regular shopping
No, it’s a boycott. I’ll go out of my way for it.
@mg79277 will you go out of your way to the degree to pay more at a more expensive store or in travel costs?
cause if so, that kind of would prove that loblaws prices are not set higher than the market rates, and if not than that isnt a boycott
@@taylorlbritton Every other store is more expensive, Loblaws and Sobeys determine prices for everyone else.
@kyleellis1825 how, what is the mechanism of this. explain to me how prices work and how value is determined in the market. explain it as if I dont have a knowledge of basic economics
I’m not going to Loblaw stores in may. Already planned to switch to another store.
Loblaws store is more expensive than another grocery store always you can see different prices ‘but same items .
I only support small local businesses now. Makes me sick the profits there making while Canadian are hurting and how they slowly fired and laid off Canadian throughout the years to only hire immigrants to take advantage of the governments benefits like the refundable tax credits to profit even more. This goes for almost all big retailers in Canada and makes me sick to see Canadian struggling to eat than put on the streets and fired from their jobs to make room for immigrants. 😡😡🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
I'm comparing the prices of the items I usually get between Loblaws, Metro, Longos, and Walmart. They're pretty much the same, so what's the point in boycotting Loblaws per se?
Back in Victorian era canadian housewives boycotted dairy products to demand they lower prices the result was that they won and milk prices fell.
fell......
Learn from the Brits. They brought in competition from Germany which knocked the socks off the bug retailers. Food prices are cheaper here with lots of offers. Get rid of the 3 big leeches from the Canadian scrne
The media try to divert attention from real reason for price increases - high inflation caused by out of control government spending, money printing, out of control population growth. Not that many people know that prices for most of agricultural products are controlled by government agencies. Government also keeps import duties hight to keep prices for Canadian product artificially high.
We shouldn’t boycott all these grocery store and their high prices. It’s disgusting how much money they make while people go without meals and buy less and less.
As these big corporations pay more in taxes aswell as the farmers and truckers the prices will skyrocket, Thank Trudeau for that, It's not because of just greed and not because of lack of competition, if there was more grocery chains in the nation it will still be the same result, In the past these grocery chains prices weren't so high as there are now because of the carbon tax, boycotting grocery chains is yes going to hurt them but then you will suffer for it because there isn't many small grocery stores to go too.
Groceries are 3+ more than pre pandemic time. Loblaws, Fortinos' and such charge way more then other places. The same pack of real sliced cheese was $2.00 more the the exact same brand/size. The government gave how much money to Loblaw's to get new refrigerated units??????
The more you ignore it, the more you will pay. STOP.. Accepting the normal Canadians..Voice your grievances ..
@brianclement9240.....yes and start by demanding Trudeau Singh Freeland resign....they caused all this mess....destroyed Canada in 8 years
Prepared meal at Loblaws are most expensive than restaurant meals
Olive oil that was 6.95 is now 24.95 in less than 6 months, I call that FLEECING, shame to all Grocery Chains our self righteous Monopoly.....
60% of a barrel of oil goes towards food. Forget the pump, people are feeling the carbon tax at the dinner table
You need two jobs now in Canada just to keep up with the inflation on housing, food and transportation. This place is a sinking ship.
No WEF, No WHO, NO QR Code prisons!
Glad to be part of the boycott. 💪💪
And top of that we don’t get a bag to put that in! 😢
They can’t provide a 5 cent paper bag if you don’t already have a bag?
In Calgary non reusable bags are illegal and reusable bags must cost at least $1/each.
All maratimers boycott superstore!! Enough is enough!!!!
and who said it should be only a 15% reduction in prices?
The ENTIRE 30% net profit margin on just the Grocery segment that is seen on their disclosed and consolidated Financial Statements should be wiped out!
Perhaps the leader of this movement should have consulted a Finance professional (like me) before pulling out the value of '15%' as a "pie in the sky" demand.
Power to the People....
Low laws prices are ridiculous, have you ever shopped at Longos yet?
Their PC BRAND meatballs went UP to $18.99 at Superstore!! HOW can meatballs cost THAT much?? I'm done! I can get meatballs at Walmart for $10 and it's over 1kg! The ingredients are good too. I'm boycotting!
Generally, Walmart and Giant Tiger have better prices.
Stop buying for a few weeks
a few weeks? Does the boycott expire? This is LONG TERM. They've been stealing from you for years. You just giving the big child a two week timeout? Cmon.. Boycott is Boycott.
Count me in. Oh wait, I never shop at Loblaws already.
I don't shop at Superstore at all...now more reason to not
Another problem with the big stores is that they don’t want people using cash to purchase products. The quick checkouts do not have any options for cash and they don’t want to open more regular checkouts.
Buy local and summer farmers markets will soon be open.
Demand a cashier. Self checkout is supposed to be a conveince. The store pays employees to scan/bag your goods. If they aren't giving you money off for doing their job, insist they provide the cashier.
@@kyleellis1825 this is only happening at my local superstore, they said there was no options for cash at self checkouts, having said that all the other types of stores I have visited have cash options at self checkouts.
In Europe and other countries all self checkouts will accept cash a give change. PC Loblaws make more money by being cashless because the money goes directly into their bank.
Just remember that Loblaws also owns Real Canadian Superstore, Shoppers Drug Mart, Valu-mart, No Frills, Fortinos, Extra Foods, PHarmaprix, Zehrs market, T&T market, Dominion stores, Atlantic Superstore, Fresh Mart. Maxi, Provigo, the brands No Name, Presidents Choice, Joe Fresh and Life Brand. And probably more that we don't know about.
If people boycott Loblaws stores and their other brands for a month that can be habit forming. They may never comeback. I am not shopping from any of their other brands including Shoppers. I already do this and there is a noticeable savings.
Roblaws...that's the feeling your left with !!!!
Look if Canadians are so ticked off, nationalize the grocery stores and let the government set the prices.
Loblaws owned stores include: Atlantic superstore, dominion,loblaws maxi,no frills, provigo le marche, valu-mart, real canadian superstore,wholesale club, your independent grocer and zehrs
Will never shop there again.
Do.. or do not ... There is no try.
@@vanfenix1 I said never
@Governmentisevil 👍
That was a quote from Star Wars.. glad you're boycotting.
I would support local business and farmer !!
Fuel taxes in Canada raise prices on everything. Truckers pay more, especially. The U.S. does not have taxes like this. And, why Loblaws? Maybe, Galen Weston is not a sympathetic figure. This boycott is NDP politics.
People go to food banks ,prices in store are way too high
I volunteer for a food bank. We are running out of food and money. We just had another huge increase in demand for food hampers when the carbon tax increased. We are soon going to have to start turning people away if we don’t get more donations.
You can thank the inwaders for the increase in food banks ,,,
food banks should only b for the low income Canadians
I can spend half that for a weeks worth of food for my family minus the snacks. Why are you buying snacks when you can't even afford more than one meal? These people want their cake and to eat it to.
Boycott greed
I actually had to laugh, I found a whopping sale on Vegetable broth at No Frills. They reduced the price an amazing three cents. I notice they never have an increase of just three cents. Wow, they are really trying to cut prices.
$5.19 for a box of Triscuits at Shoppers and $1.49 (at the time) at Superstore
price gouging is only "prohibited" in Ontario. it shall become illegal and a prosecuteable crime.
Tell your PM
Walmart is cheaper then superstore
I am for sure boycotting all Loblaw for the month of May!
I wont buy there EVER again!! 7 dollars 12 eggs
Okay. That was the answer when I asked at Joeseph Howe in Halifax when the lineup was halfway down the store.
Seriously, there's a window to the office above the cash. Whomever is running the store should use that window every now and a again and RUN the store.
Making people wait for 2 cashiers for longer than it took to shop, ESPECIALLY the elderly is pretty bad behavior for a flagship store.
Cutting back on staff anticipating less customers is the antithesis of what you should be doing.
Did your business degrees come from a bar bathroom, or is it possible that the managers never ever spent one minute of experience on customer service?
Someone told the cashier a nice script to say, and I know a nice script when I hear one.
Perfectly nice young lady, and no problem with her, BUT if you think a 20 year old can explain to a 50 year old the complexities of economics, they wouldn't be a cashier at Loblaws.
It's like watching people not understanding anything, and when the line got about 14 carts deep down the centre aisle of the flagship head office store, I watched. Not one person looked down from that office.
Hmmm. Wonder how the floor is going?
After I asked an associate to ask management to open another lane, just didn't happen.
When a problem is directly pointed out, the manager comes down and helps out. Nope, just ignored.
My concern is perhaps a manager who should know every element of a store inside and out, perhaps doesn't know how to be a cashier.
Loblaws, if you want someone to manage a store, I promise you that labour expense will go up a lot, and profits will justify it.
Never shop there
All the grocery retailers are in same boat so, why Loblaws? Walmarts is there but guess they know as an American company, would not care what Canadians think. This then begs the question, why? Would they not be better off shopping around rather than holding them to ransom. I see jobless folks with not much to do. I typically shop after Farm Boy for produce and Loblaws for everything else. With inflation, I use Food Basics, Metro and Freshco.