Loblaws boycott picks up steam as resentment grows online
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
- There is growing resentment online as Loblaw becomes the lightning rod for anger across the country, posting record profits year after year while Canadians struggle to feed their families with the rising cost of living.
An upcoming boycott in May, originating from a Reddit forum called "Loblaws is out of control," is gaining steam online.
Meanwhile, posters encouraging people to “Steal From Loblaws” popped up last week across Toronto, drawing mixed reactions.
"I know it's sort of a grassroots thing, but I think trying to convince other people to commit a crime is not a good thing. And when you're sort of trying to convince people to act in a lawless way, that's actually a crime itself, too," David Soberman, a professor at the University of Toronto said.
No organizers have come forward to claim responsibility for the posters.
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Price gouging and ripping off tax payers should be a crime
They aren't ripping off people...do you have any proof of this???
@@JessT-vg7ib yes
I'd rather give my money to Loblaws than the government
the taxes keep increasing. How do you think corporations pay their taxes? With their profits. It doesn't come off the money tree.
If their taxes go up, their prices necessarily have to go up.
@@jessedrolet4067 what is the proof? increased prices?
With what money does a corporation pay its taxes? How does it get that money it uses to pay its taxes?
Price gouging is a crime that's considered stealing or fraud
Don‘t forget gasoline. Price fixing. Still going on after all these years.
Yea but everyone does it. I've told off convenience store owners when a lighter costs 6/7 dollars.
Disgusting. Like make a profit ok sure but 300 400 500% markup?
An entire pack of like 4/5 is that price.
@@WaytoGo723 a gas station makes 9 cents off a litre of gasoline. The government makes 60 cents. Food is cheap. Taxes are expensive. People should have to pay all their taxes in one shot at the end of the month then maybe they wouldn’t complain about 40 cent a lb potatoes and 69 cent a lb bananas
So is over taxation.
Being stupid should also be a crime.
People remember the bread price fixing by this trusted canadian company
What bread? I've encountered more than a few loaves that were nothing but a crust with a hole in the centre
Don’t forget to boycott Lifemark and Shoppers
you are omitting the primary culprit, the Can Gov't ,
@shawtvision
Good Grief!
STOP being a Pawn for the Extreme R/ W!
Boycott a different monopoly Every Month with Regular People.
Why do you think the Israeli Government is So Afraid of the BDS Movement?
I already boycott Loblaw's. Have for quite some time.
Boycott greed
Have at it.
They aren't ripping off people...do you have any proof of this???
how about boycotting theft aka taxation?
how do you think corporations pay their taxes you keep increasing?
you are referring to Can Gov't , correct?
It’s good people are pushing back
Just not vs mandated medical treatments...that's bad for democracy.
it's not only pricing, it's also the prices they expect consumers to pay for things like produce that are pretty unacceptable in terms of freshness. i've seen moldy berries (at 8.99 per package), grapes that are so gross I wouldn't feed them to a hog (9.00 per package), vegetables that are less than acceptable...it's disgusting that this giant corporation who used to be so good, has turned so greedy and have made their position of not caring what they're selling anymore. Move it in, gouge the price for almost rotting food, and replace it with more unacceptable produce.
Loblaws has a long history of price gouging and fixing. Post 2020 they've gone to the extreme its insane the entire country should be rioting over the grocery monopoly. $500 in groceries here can be purchased in the states for under $200 despite all the products coming from the exact same producers and suppliers.
Complete lies,just returned from Florida, they are seeing higher prices, because of government mismanagement just like Canada.
Loblaws has never offered reasonable prices.
My family made the switch and we saved $500 this month not shopping at loblaws, shoppers drug Mart and no frills. Never going back. 💰😎🍾
Shopping at the food bank now?
@evangolding5520 Shop deals, look at your local markets, walmart, Costco, or anything else.
Loblaws are the biggest chain. They can take a hit.
@@evangolding5520 I can't, your family cleaned them out, now I'm stuck going to farmers markets, local delis, bakeries, bulk barn, open air markets in china town and little italy and buying in bulk online.
Boycott means no shopping. Go and buy somewhere cheap! Everyone is doing that already!
The truth is food suppliers cost when up in price, delivery fee went up, Labor cost went up- so prices must go up! If you close one grocery chain in Canada, food price will" Higher." How dumb is this Government?
We are all actually changing our shopping habits to support local, small grocers, butchers, bakers etc. Most of us will never go back to Loblaws. A Canadian company, that we trusted and were loyal to, just stole our money with no remorse.
hard to do that as well when local store and local items are even more expensive than big cooperate chains.
@@shawtvisionfor sure, a lot of people can’t afford to switch. But if the people that can afford it do switch, it will keep some profits in the communities and really throw a wrench in their stock prices.
@@meghanparsons7996hi. thank you for the response.
Don't forget these jokers have already been exposed gaming the price of bread; so who knows what other pricing they have fixed?
BOYCOTT LOBLAWS!!
Use your spending in May to send a message to Loblaws that we're sick of being gouged & over-charged on basic food.
Where can I buy food cheaper than at Loblaws??
@@theowoytowich9959 It depends where you live. I shop using flyers, & I've heard both Walmart & Costco are cheaper. Small international food stores & Chinese markets often have great prices.
I have a Food Basics a short busride from me, & that's where I'm going to shop. I've already checked prices, it's cheaper than Loblaws for a lot of my staples.
@theowoytowich9959 "mom and pops" stores near you. You can find something, if you look for it
@@theowoytowich9959 Walmart has cheaper food than Loblaws where I live. I would personally prefer to have more competition in the market, but until then, boycotts are a legal option. There is a small locally owned produce chain called H&W Produce where I live that is also an option for fresh produce.
If we continue to boycott they will have to mark down prices. That would work for people who can’t pay high prices
It should never have come to this. The government should not allow anti-competitive business practices yet they do, often citing a hands-off approach to free markets that were never really free. The big 3 grocery chains collude on what they pay suppliers, collude on what they pay employees and collude on what they charge customers. Even after the bread price fixing scandal, continuing to have a hands off approach is criminally irresponsible.
The power of oligopolies has crippled the country yet Trudeau still does nothing but half-assed band-aid solutions. Conservatives wont be any better, both parties are controlled by lobbyists that have resulted in this oligopoly controlled country, see the SNC-Lavelin affair. It's affected every industry. Its why we have the highest cell-phone rates and garbage service. It's why we don't have high-speed rail and why Air Canada is such a joke. It's why province's alcohol monopoly have made prices ridiculous and selection terrible. These lobbyists are why anything but overtly pro-Israel is called antisemetic and why the housing bubble will never burst. In almost every industry we pay the most and get the worst. It's crippled the country so badly that to avoid recessions our GDP is reliant on fake inflated real-estate values and the money of new immigrants.
And Trudeau wonders why young people wont vote for his hands-off approach, aka 'sunny ways'. You can only bleed us dry so much until its anarchy on the streets.
As a non industrial farming family, we know that local, organic and accessible is way more profitable than selling to wholesalers.
It's more than price gouging, it's also cutting hours for Shopper's Drug Mart staff and receiving tax payer money in the form of Employment Ontario subsidies, only to drastically reduce hours or fire our clients once the subsidy finishes. Most Canadian don't know about the latter point. And the Weston's received $12 million of our money to upgrade their fridges, soon after admitting to the 14-year bread price-fixing scheme. And of course, the Westons are always against minimum wage increases. They ended the $2/hour pay bump during COVID despite record profits. They win all the time and most of us do and say nothing. Business as usual.
I just learned that Shoppers Drug Mart is owned by Loblaws. Planning to change where I get my meds asap! I won’t shop at Loblaws. Rather drive farther.
Didn't know they reduced the extra money during covid. No integrity.
until there is political will to actually do something there will be no changes as lowblaws parent company weston foods over pays mr weston his dad and others so that is why the money flows upward like a pyramid scheme.
sorry i got the name wrong george weston named the company after himself what a narssicist.
Blame the governments for giving these corporations money. If the government gives you money would you refuse it???
Well, where do I begin? Price gouging perhaps. Maintaining profit margins. CEO’s bonuses. All on the backs of Joe and Mary six pack. WOW. So simple
Loblaw Financial Holdings Inc owns a subsidiary bank in Barbados (Glenhuron)--these people are long-overdue for full-spectrum financial audits & are given way too much benefit-of-a-doubt
Corporate greed, for sure. Boycott Loblaws!
They aren't ripping off people...do you have any proof of this???
@@JessT-vg7ib Loblaws' net income in 2023 was $2.19 billion. The higher the price, the bigger the taxes you pay. So YES they are ripping off people.
And their subsidiaries!!
Margins have remained the same, so profits are the result of us spending more, not stores charging more... We should be proud that we have strong, well-run companies that deliver for us every day, even to our homes -- and delivered for us during the supply and logistical nightmares of the COVID lockdowns. Loblaw is a BUSINESS, and businesses are in business to make money. And how do they do that? By giving people what they want. So, boycott -- it's your loss...
@@stevesmodelbuilds5473 Tell me you don't know anything about corporate finance and profit margins, without telling me.
So no mention of price gouging or cartel behaviour? Kinda sloppy journalism.
if you are going to boycott, start now, why wait till May?
Why does this feel like an empty puff piece of jouralism? It was 6 minutes of nothing. I genuinely want to learn how to help myself afford and navigate the grocery situation here in Canada.
Everything is just... nothing...
Useless journalist asking a useless 'expert' and providing no real value or information in this segment.
I was thinking the same thing.
How do you make a living talking about groceries?😂😂
i have, along with my family and friends have been boycotting loblaws for 5 years now. when they refused to give me 20.00 for the bread price fixing lawsuit. i will go the extra mile to shop elsewhere. and i am glad i did it. i have saved thousands and cost them 10 times that much in lost revenue.
Thousands of Canadians lining up to join you in the boycott you started so long ago! It feels so good to realize the POWER we have just by where we go to do our grocery shopping.
Pass this message to everyone! BOYCOTT LOBLAWS!!! Just a start
LOL
purchase from local farm markets
I think we should start picketing Loblaws first, then Metro, Sobeys, all of the major grocery chains. I’m in!!
What exactly is your message? Keep in mind most of their sidewalks to the stores are on private property. You would have to picket on the public sidewalks at the entrances of the parking lots.
Too many immigrants or scabs wont follow along and you wont accomplish anything..... just make a plan to exit the country
Picketing outside these places might get over crowded, because there are panhandlers there as well.
I like Loblaws, and their points program is what I base my weekly shopping on. I would suggest you compare prices before you decide where you shop any given week. I agree prices are ridiculously high but I do not think it is only the fault of the grocery stores. Higher wages/transportation cost/middle man/taxes/etc. Everyone thinks they deserve more and more, that is the problem.
Yes there are other grocery chains, but Loblaws is vertically integrated owning the retailer, the wholesaler, the distribution chain and many of the suppliers so they try to blame others for the increases, but when you own the whole supply chain it's hard to blame somebody else.
Roblaws...
"Where has Loblaw's gone wrong?" - Yeah uhm greed. Its always greed.
with the salleries of the ceo's of their companies and their parent companies it is a pyramid scheme and all the money goes to the top which is at weston foods the parent company of lowblaws.
They aren't ripping off people...do you have any proof of this???
@@JessT-vg7ib uhm previously involved in price illegal fixing, prices up insane amounts, they claim its pure cost but their profits are increasing.
Buddy it doesn't get much clearer
they should stop paying their taxes and they could bring the prices back down
but instead you keep increasing their taxes and so they keep increasing their prices to pay it
@@jmb9701 if the price of everything in this country has doubled in 4 years then shouldn’t profits double too?
Everyone boycotted GloBULL years ago
We (you know the taxpayer) actually paid MILLIONS for their fridges? Full well knowing LOBLAWS participated in price fixing??? Come onnnn
Corpocracy..not democracy is what Canada has turned into.
People voed for that though.
Always was. Late stage capitalism.
Hi, ya, the group has denounced stealing and does not promote the idea of theft.
seems hypocritical that Loblaws is in a sense stealing from their customers but takes a dim view when the tables are turned. Something else to think about, when we take something without permission, it's theft, but the government takes from us without our permission and they call it taxation....
Why is Pierre Poilievre silent on Loblaws' price gouging?
Loblaws' is a corporate donor.
Why y’all talking like he’s the PM? Liberals have em as donors too and are the ones In power right now 😂
Pierre poilievre and Justin trudeau both pander to cultural issues, but in reality they are both bought out by big corpa.
He has them on his team and we the taxpayer pay them to sad [and people want he to win can you picture what loblaws will do then remember they are on his team .
Trudeau is the " leader " of this nation.....he's too busy buying socks and votes , however. Deciding that housing actually IS federal responsibility , far too late however
Price gouging should be illegal
Neither of you did your homework.
While I agree that Loblaws is a lightning rod, if you cared to take the time to read social media, you would realize that people are also scrutinizing the other major Canadian chains (Sobeys, Metro) as well as US majors (WalMart, Costco).
The thing is that the Canadian chains are failing to deliver to Canadians. Does "Shop Canadian" mean anything when it carries a much heftier bill? Is the Milk Cartel losing a few points so our dairy farmers can stay relevant, or just sucking up more margin? Why should I shop at Shoppers Drug Mart for Flonase (it's allergy season) for $38.99 for 120/dose when I can get it for $18.33 for 120/dose at Costco? I have the "wealth" to bulk buy that Flonase in a 3 pack at Costco for $54.99...
There are examples like this every day. I personally shop more wisely and can tell you that my food bill expenditures are seeking Costco and WalMart more often. Sucks to be you Loblaws, but I haven't set foot in one of your stores for months (and in my neighbourhood that includes RCSS, No Frills, Independent,T&T, Shoppers Drug Mart.) My boycott started a long time ago.
What has Loblaws offered other than a "promise" to return to 50% off deals (after going to 30%) for expired goods... and they are still at 30%? Or ungraded Mexican beef?
As a habit, most of us shopped in the same place. That has stopped, myself included. They have screwed the consumer a few too many times and no one feels any loyalty to "Canadian". I buy the deals and leave the rest, but I am in a grocery store dense location, unlike MANY Canadians.
The only time I shop there is to find items I can't find elsewhere and concede that I have to pay the penalty of shopping Canadian.
"Loblaws is doing fine" ... for now. I stopped listening after that comment. They are buoyed by other lines of business. They should have been forced out of the Canadian food market after price fixing bread... and I never did get my $25 rebate card on that. You are as bad as the bougie Charlebois.
I really hope that the public outcry causes Loblaw inc to go out of business so that all 220,000 people it currently employs in Canada can join the rest of the have-nots on the unemployment line. Excellent plan
In my opinion, grocery stores are increasing prices until they find the point where people just quit buying the product, I leave things right on the shelf many times because they are overpriced because in a week or so, it will be ‘on sale’ for a fraction. They are remodeling stores constantly, changing checkouts and taking popular items out of their inventory, leaving customers frustrated! Having just come back from spending the winter in Spain, the prices here are mind boggling compared to Spain, even with the exchange to the Euro. Also, whoever is promoting theft needs their head read, ridiculous!
Here, in New Zealand, two major grocery chains control about 90% of the market, so we've got it even worse.
The Plexiglas in guelph is quite unbelievable. We all know they throw tons of pounds of food out every day!
Zehrs in my area is the most expensive for groceries so I shop elsewhere.
Most people only have one grocery store within walking distance so that is their only realistic option.
@@Andrew19ao Don't people have cars where you live for grocery shopping?
@@thelmarose2782 If you have to drive then it it unreasonably far. How do you just drop out for one or two small items you forgot?
Is it legal to protest our overlords?
i will never shop there.
they are too expensive......been boycotting the scumbags for yrs
Where do you shop then? They own like half of the grocery market. Safewobes has no better pricing, mostly worse. Walmart is basically a crime against humanity.
@@brianwelch1579
Look everyone a loblaws cheerleader or Trudeau....
If you go to wall mart then get ready for spray farts everyday.
The idea is to shop around, understand?
since you have not shopped their for years you are not boycotting them as you are not a customer of theirs and they lose nothing by you mouthing off. maybe you should go complain about the prices in a place you do shop if you do your own shopping that is.
Good, I won't run into you then...
expensive? it's called inflation caused by our irresponsible Gov't creating Dollar without productivity behind it. is Loblaw the only guys? uhh I wish.
How about the fact that pretty much EVERY ITEM for sale in Loblaws is at least .50 cents to a dollar MORE than it is in the other grocery chains. OTHER grocery stores will put produce on the discount table when it is STARTING to look tired. Loblaws puts rotten produce there. There is NO RESPECT for the average Canadian.
LOL have you shopped at the CO-OP lately. The regular prices at Loblaws are still cheaper than the CO-OP’s sale prices. Most items at the CO-OP are one to two dollars higher.
Then don’t shop there.
@@Trythis837Yes obviously I don’t but why are not people up in arms about the CO-OP? Superstore has chicken legs and thighs on for $ 1.36 a pound this week. I don’t think that is expensive.
@@asquithmainlines699 I didn’t mean you and food is cheap in my opinion. If you shop deals and freeze meat groceries cost hardly anything.
That's not true. SDM had some really good deals during this past weekend (eg. Live clean body soap for $4.99).
If you boycott Loblaws.. Sobeys wins. If you boycott Sobeys... Loblaws wins.
It's like that Simpsons skit when the two aliens run for President. One of the members of the evil empire will always win. And the 2 alternatives waiting in the wings, Walmart and Costco are even bigger and more uncaring than what we've currently got.
Canada needs an environment where more new grocery retailers can start up and thrive.
the problem is that the people who are promoting the boycott are the people who did not shop much at loblaws i would guess. also there are not enough people boycotting lowblaws to make a difference it would be 1 small fraction of their sales it is hardly impacting them.
The truth is food suppliers cost when up in price, delivery fee went up, Labor cost went up- so prices must go up! If you close one grocery chain in Canada, food price will Higher. How dumb is this Government?
@@john60123 if you had paid attention to the price increases they were not all at once. it was not a each link in the chain piece it was stores raising prices in march and then again in april with the carbon tax padding their profits as most of the companues along the way tried to keep prices down. part of the problem is there are middle men for wholesalers and distributers but the bulk of the problem is the import fees and taxes which include the carbon tax. if you had ever done cross boarder shopping in the states you would have seen even after the monitary conversion that their prices were cheaper until recently on many products and they have a greater selection than we do here in canada. if you compare walmart in the states and walmart here many of their products are more affordable and the selection is better and has products that would be good up here such as the choclate caramel great value creamer they sell there which would go over well in canada if we did not have such strict import laws. this always comes back around to taxes and government greed and the greed at the stores.
In order to stop people from Price Matching, my local NoFrills put out some tiny packaged strawberry....
Shop your local farmers market.
Yeah, just be sure that the farmers market is actual stalls from farmers. Then ask them to butcher the meat, bake the bread, process the vegetables, can the soups and such. Millions of people will fit into those parking lots and purchase fresh fruits and vegetables out of season.
Its call make it home with family. Like we have pizza nights on Fridays. Since family dinners are getting away from canadian families cause we are so called too busy. But making things at home having real family time just talking about their week. It helps with everything at least with our family its does. More family time is needed. We make our own soups and bake our own bread. Why cause big box stuff is awful. When growing up bread would mold when left for too long. Hell when was the last time you saw store brought bread mold. It takes months at times. By local framers and make at home.
Most of the farmers market trucks just drive to the city food depots and load up a truck then arrange everything in wooden baskets. Put on a truckers hat and overalls and city ding dongs think your a farmer. 😂
I don't shop at this store and have not way before 2020. They have been way to expensive for a long time. Its up to every individual to decide for themselves who gets their dollars. If someone wishes for this chain to be the one, so be it. Some people don't worry about how much they spend on groceries. And good for them!
well.. I work at Loblaws and when the minimum wage rises in October in Ontario, I will be making it.
They probably did those posters themselves for PR.
4, pack of subs was 7.99 two years ago, now it's a 3 pack for 15. The shrinkflation of goods is real. Egg sandwiches might be the cheapest sandwiches to make, and they put less them now, with the tiny Lil skiff of lettuce. One week a 4 pack of pork chops is five bucks, then it's back up to 13 or 14 for same pack for a few weeks till the meat gets older and they repackage, just like the chicken. Recording record profits on food sales is criminal!!!!
The problems with the invisible hand of the competition model is that it requires competition, informed consumers and the products needs to be not an absolute necessity that would be purchased regardless of the price.
The entitlement of this company is disturbing. I don't shop there and I will continue not to shop there.
*Solution, For every dollar the big grocery stores earn in profit, a percentage of each dollar should go towards reducing the prices for the things that matter.* let's vote for that
a country's poverty is largely due to the hoarding of wealth by a few. if a country only prints and issues a limited amount of money the more rich people hoard that wealth it makes the worker ever more poorer. since the 80s the charts and graphs show that the CEOS are paying the worker less and hoarding more of the companies wealth to themselves. when it should be in the pockets of those who work.
Hoarding the wealth... how exactly do you think all of the stuff around you gets built?
Hoarding the wealth? ....you mean the people who work hard get the wealth & the lazy sloths that don't work or know how to budget don't get the wealth. For every dollar the big grocery stores earn in profit a percentage should go back to: the farmer who grows the food, the transport driver that hauls the food & the worker that gets the food on the shelf safety & without potential illness to the customers who are too lazy to grow their own food & have no clue what is involved in getting food from farm to grocery store. You are ignorant.
People who believe shoplifting is raising these prices are either daft or in on the plot. No grocery store should be operating at a 32% profit?? It is 3% in America! What is going on in this country?
32% profit? Do tell us the name of this grocery company with that imaginary margin. 😂
I have not shopped there in over 2 years now. Costco is #1
I believe all the stores are collaborating their prices, and we need more store competitions
This grocer is getting too big, too influential. Keep squeezing out smaller competitors. All business giants need to be reigned in.
Grocers, developers, telecoms... the people dont control canada, and the government has been captured by its donors. And that's all parties, PP is no angel here either.
@@Alex-qo7ke Who control food supply, housing stock and data services? Blame everything on the government. How convenient!
@@Alex-qo7ke He has them on his team food from Mexico will be ok Inspection is no longer needed
@WaytoGo723 You're really smooth brained, aren't you? I'm not blaming it solely on the government, but the government(s) refuse to regulate these corporations because they have been captured by big capital. It's because of the government Loblaws owns so many grocery chains, plus shoppers and a bank, now cell service. It's because of the government that all media has been consolidated in the hands of three-four companies. When we look at the housing situation, we have MPs holding massive stakes in real estate. The Ontario PC party president used to work for developers, Carolyn Mulroney, who worked hand in hand with them too. The new highway to nowhere in our farm land and along the humber river? All that land is greenbelt but was bought by developers after they took Doug Ford to Florida for a good time.
So yes, the oligarchs are to blame, but the government is right next to them in bed.
@brentmorrison3392 Yes. The problem does not stem from the government. It stems from unionized public employees.
Simple fix - force them to split back to size where no single group controlls more than 10% of the market. But anti-trust laws in this country are apparently non-existent (Rogers-Shaw comes to mind), so I have literally zero hope this will ever happen.
Simple fix: let everyone grow their own food just like we all used to. Live season to season with what you have grown/raised & preserved.
Yeah, this is how the market works. No one’s being forced to shop there by all means shop around for the best prices.
That's the problem, there isn't enough competition for shopping around to focus corporate interests onto the consumer, many consumers are not even informed of alternatives and as necessities, there is no ceiling on how high the prices may be...
Let the consumers decide!
Desperate times make people do desperate things.
It sure doesn’t help when the NDP leader accuses them of price gouging. But it’s the government to blame! And stealing is just wrong, and criminal, but again, our government does nothing to deter criminals, but persecutes only those who don’t agree with their terrible political tyranny.
“Shoplifting increases the prices” well they keep raising the prices anyway so it doesn’t matter
I don’t and won’t ever shop at loblaws, not even if it was right beside my home
Yes, YES!YES! Come on Canada lets DO something, not just complain!!!!! Lets shiw the big buck owners who really don't care...make them sit up and listen!!!!!🇨🇦👍
Boycott a grocery store for a month, why only a month ?
Just go to another grocery store.
Loblaws prices has always been high or higher than it's competitors, I'm amazed people only realized it now or unless they been really nonchalantly price gouging
Government mismanagement of fiscal policies should be made a crime.
Loblaws needs to pay attention and give some degree of worthwhile response or else this is Never gonna go away even after May
And government officials one toenail out of office immediately becoming lobbyists for loblaws...
Awesome.
Loblaws is operating the same as ever. What happened was the food that it purchases went up in price. It was a global phenomenon.
To me it's embarrassing that many Canadians are so simplistic in their thinking as to believe that the retailers are the boogeymen.
I'm glad many people are boycotting this. We shop at Maxi and it's ran by Loblaws...
Wow, that last statement that a professor can't answer a simple question with a yes or no was brutal.
Switch your prescriptions over to Costco. You don’t need a membership to get your RX there. That should get Loblaws attention. 💰💰💰
sup with the removal of member only pricing? Isn't the membership free?
or is it because they don't wanna be in the PC Points cycle?
I've never been to Canada, but people in these messages are making it sound like the Loblaw prices are comparable to small grocery stores?? I know if that were even remotely the case where I live I wouldn't go anywhere near a big box store. Seems like the simplest decision in the world, if I ever saw a $2.50 apple at walmart, I would never go back. Lower prices are literally the only reason to shop there.
What’s stopping people from shopping somewhere else? Loblaws is always more expensive.
People would rather whine than use common sense. If they don't like the prices, shop elsewhere. Very simple solution.
Silliness a boycott its called business buy their stock
What makes people angry is the company is making record profits while food prices are sky high. Nobody believes their CEO when he states they're only making 3% profit on food items.
This "Professor" is just a schill.
I ONLY buy the 50% reduced items at Superstore and save a lot of money, just make an effort and it will pay off.
Aldi and Trader Joes should be allowed into the Canadian Market
I’ve not shopped at Loblaws in years.The prices have gone up by 50% for most things and sizes have decreased too. Aldi needs to come here and wipe the floor with the monopoly on groceries!
Bloblaws is in Ontario where they are robbed by every level of Govt for taxation and utilities.
They aren't ripping off people...do you have any proof of this???
@@JessT-vg7ib Anaylist says gross profit margins have not gone up in 5yrs. Grocers don't make food they just sell it.
Interesting that nobody has mentioned that they also own dozens of high end luxury department stores throughout Canada. If you want to see price ''gouging" visit a Holt Renfrew near you!
Also, I don't think this boycott will put a dent in the Weston's million-billion dollar empire. They also own businesses in the UK.
Boycott greedflation in all its forms, not just one...
I changed my eating habits and I've lost 26 lbs in the last few months.
Loblaws probably isn't happy.
But I am👍🏼😊
If this is a form of protest, aren't we covered under the Canadian Constitution from any criminal action or prosecution from the actual theft?
I’ve left them behind, including Shoppers! Voting with my wallet.
Went to mine here yesterday and no one boycotting there ,they must be sitting on they`re couches boycotting...and the sales were unreal...keep it up loblaws..got some good deals yesterday !!
Thank a politician!!! MPs all get Lofty Raises so they have nothing to worry about!
Jagmeet Singh got a lofty raise?
Theft is wrong but then so is price gouging. Shame on Loblaw's for jacking up prices especially considering how expensive Trudeau has made it to live. This is disgusting! Lower your damn prices!!! It's not a hard concept.
Yes, blame the company and not the government who raised taxes by over 23%.
this is the Same company that did the price fixing while taxpayers paid for their new freezers upgrade yeah ?
I have a question for you. Who pays for the roads? Guess what, it's not Loblaws shareholders.
@@pex3 Do they pay taxes?
They can kill surge pricing too.
The prices have shot up and yes, Weston is raking in profits ! YES, BOYCOTT sounds good to me ! Too FEW grocery stores means less competition ! They lost credibility when they were a participant in the "BREAD FIASCO" of PRICE FIXING BACK IN 2015 .
Should also be boycotting American Walmart and Costco too. Not just Canadian Companies. Shooting ourselves in the foot