Global National: May 1, 2024 | Loblaw boycott begins - will Canada's biggest grocer feel the pinch?
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- The campaign to boycott Loblaw stores has officially kicked off, but will Canadians stop shopping at the grocery giant's various banners - including the Real Canadian Superstore, Shoppers Drug Mart, No Frills, T&T, Zehrs, Provigo, and Dominion? Anne Gaviola explains what's prompted the boycott and whether it will have a meaningful impact.
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and the rest of his caucus have returned to the House of Commons, after Poilievre was ejected for refusing to retract a statement calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a "wacko." David Akin looks at how the first Question Period since that ejection was way more civil and why the tranquility likely won't last.
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested at college and university campuses across the U.S., with the majority of those demonstrations asking for their schools to divest from Israel in some form. Jackson Proskow reports on the disruptions at Columbia University, University of Wisconsin-Madison and UCLA.
The federal government is moving ahead with changes to Canada's asylum claim system, which could speed up the country's deportation process. Mackenzie Gray explains what some of those changes are and the reaction.
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Everyone is going to hate but there is a reason we are from different countries,why we keep thinking this can change is mind-blowing!! We Need to remind those coming to our country that they aren't fighting the fight they come from, Canada is so welcoming and truthfully it's our country fault.
Loblaws made record profits and gouged customers while inflation was also hurting the same customers. There is no reason they should be making record profits during inflationary times. There is no excuse and they should stop the greedflation on top of inflation.
Support a revolution against this monopoly of grocery stores
I have been. If I must pay more, why would I hike through a warehouse and spend 20 min in line when I can walk to the corner store and pick up a few things?
@@Christine-ef8wlit’s not Canadas fault it’s liberals fault how can u not see that yet are u blind ????
It is obvious that we only need mature people in the House of Commons;
toddlers and children do not/not need to be elected to these positions.
Loblaws made over 4 Billion in profit (not revenue) in 2023. If they reduced prices by 25% they still could have made 3 BILLION. Pure greed.
If you want a CEO who cares nothing for the well-being of Canadians but is focused purely on making as much money as possible, import a CEO from Europe like Loblaws did.
Far more greed ...and especially deceit in the politically unsanitary ND P /Liberal coalition that needs to call an election NOW to save our country from those crooks!
My parents own an Independent Grocer's. They had another year left on their contract- and Loblaws just decided to change the store to a No Frills. It's very disgusting and it's ruining the lives of my coworkers and my own family.
No Frills gives better deals...sorry folks!
@@lokin4truth Even so Loblaws could have waited until my parents' contract was up, and I refuse to support them after the store is closed.
People should be boycotting this government.
jagmeet secured his pension and could'nt care less that the budget is another liberal failure
so a revolution?
Other Canadian government will be the same or most likely even worse. *Current problems are not with government, these problems are WITH THE SYSTEM.*
Is it Trudeau's fault that US new passenger vehicle sales *👉FELL 2.63 TIMES(!!!)👈* from 2015 to 2022? *This is the pure indicator of the impoverishment of the population.* 2015 year - 7,516,826 cars, 2022 year - 2,858,575 cars. Can you try to remember what exactly started in 2014 and 2015?
Is it Trudeau's fault that in UK ... now the direct quote from a British daily newspaper The Guardian _"Data released by the government showed that Britons ate less meat at home in the year to March 2022 than at any point since 1974, with the average person eating 854g (1.88lbs) a week"?_
Is it Trudeau’s fault that real (by purchasing power) GDP in Germany in 2023 is not growing, but actually is *DOWN 0.3%* compared to 2022?
Is it Trudeau's fault that Paris is filled with rats?
@@FirstNameLastName-hy1pf The system worked reasonably well for decades, until a few greedy politicians decide to sell the masses down the river.
Boycotting?? It's called "elections". Vote them out and vote for someone else? No one else worthy? Then run for office and start a new party. It's called democracy.
instead of inviting foreign grocers, break up our local hegemony. Weren't they openly bread fixing, and we only found out by accident. What is stopping them from some other crazy stuff
POWER TO THE PEOPLE
"The Revolution will not Be Televized" !🇨🇦
If I was in charge, I would threaten to seize the food distribution network and lower prices myself if they were unwilling to be responsible with the critical national infrastructure. I bet they would fall in line quick.
As a senior citizen, I'm finding it difficult to manage my expenses. I have to spend $200 for just two weeks' worth of staples, without any meat or other items. Even though I have loyalty points, the prices at the store I shop at are very high. The cost of a can of pork and beans alone is almost $4, which is quite unreasonable. As a result, I have decided to shop elsewhere. The produce they sell is either rotten or so underripe that it never matures. I hope people realize what's going on and stop shopping there. I live in a rural area where the prices are already high and they're only getting worse, making it even more unsustainable for people like me.
Did you vote for Trudeau? His policies are causing inflation and hardship
Sounds like you want your grandchildren to start a revolution and bring this country back to greatness
Agree in the same boat. I give up on meat. And variety of products way down in my small town store and food is tasteless...cut back on ingredients or how they make certain foods..not worth half what they charge now!
Should have worked harder when you were young, if you didn’t want to struggle in your old age.
@@pdhproductions9606 Brah, party foul!
NEVER FORGET HOW LAWBLAWS CHEATED YOU FOR YEARS ON BREAD PICING
May the bread be with you
Ya the no name bread they changed always stale and too loose for even toast and taste like cardboard!!
Their products their prices, no such thing as price gouging.
That communist thinking. Cephalism only works because of certain basic market prinples, one of which is recognizing over pricing. Dont buy it, the market adjusts, and the true price returns. Only communists take what they get.
And yet more coverage on the Palestinian protest and nothing hardly on the farmers hardly at all thanks gobbles news
gobbles news lol
@fedbyfarmers
The CEO of CORUS Entertainment who runs Global and Loblaws CEO are friends who help shape the narratives.
The three amigos Loblaws, Sobeys, Metro; we need more choices.
I live in a small town where the only grocery store is a Loblaws. You boycott you starve. 😂
You’ve got plenty more choices but if Trudeau has his way grocery shopping will be like Russia circa 1955.
@@philshyu5248: 🐄
try the grocery mafia as they should be called
Canada's entire population is 35 to 40 million.
If it made sense for more competition it would have happened.
Won't do anything. What Canada really needs is Lidl or Aldi.
We want Aldi !!
Competition is good. Ask them to open here.
I miss Aldi 😭 &Lidl . Do wish they were here.
I have no car and I'm inside (what i called way before loblaw angered the public) "a triangle of death". I'm between 3 loblaw subsidiaries and none of their competition is anywhere close.
But I want to wear my Roblaw$ T-shirt into Roblaws once it gets warmer and I can do it without a jacket. A subtle Navy blue with black text so I don't set off the manager the moment I enter.
😂
The good news is the Director remained Stoned and made an Epic Film.
Why is Loblaws being boycotted when Sobeys, Metro, Longos, Whole Foods, Highland Farms, and about 10 other supermarket chains are way more expensive? Why is the carbon tax not coming up which makes everything more expensive? Is it because Weston donates to the conservatives now?
EXACTLY!
How much money does ndp leader Jimmy Blings brother receive for being a pusher for the Weston's ?
probably the same as freeland sending 50 mil to green companies she just happens to own
Not surprising that Rolex's bro is involved with them.
Galen Weston, chairman of Loblaws (and his father and grandfather before him) have been consistent donors exclusively to the Conservative party. Galen is no friend of Trudeau's or the Liberals.Poilievre's top strategist is also the CEO of a Loblaws lobbyist firm pressuring gov't to help increase their profits. So who is Loblaws' buddy again?
I worked for Loblaws for 8 years, trust me they are scum. I stopped shopping at Loblaws last year when I saw them charging $14 for an Italian sausage take home meal. It was a pack of sausages that they charge $6.99 for in the meat department with a handful of sliced peppers and onions on top. How the hell does a handful of vegetables double the cost?
Then shop more intelligently...there are plenty of bargains at Loblaw stores!
More customers coming in doesn’t increase profits - it just increases the revenue. Increasing profits only happens when the gap between cost and sell increases…
A jug of pure leaf ice tea in food basics is around $4.89, in shoppers drug mart it’s over $7. I’m sure you can do the math.
compare food basics to no frills.
Shell and esso gas stations too
Esso for sure is partnered with Loblaws, yes.
Why do criminals hide after the crime ? Scared to be incarcerated inside jail ? Nah, they hide cuz these criminals are planning to strike again.
Let’s boycott lawblaw’s because they’re the grocery store chain boogeyman. Yet let’s still buy our groceries at Metro, Sobey’s and Wal-Mart who are just as guilty and bad as Lawblaws.
Trudeau should be kicked out for never answering a question.
Um, Trudeau is standing up to greedy grocers who are making record profits and pretending it's the government's fault. Poilievre's top adviser is a Loblaws lobbyist. PP voted AGAINST grocery, housing and medical care expansion. I guess you never got a chance to research how PP actually votes, that's how he likes his followers.
The Bob Loblaw Law Blog
Beat me to it
DRILL MORE OIL 🛢
The battle has begun! Fair grocery prices shall finally become real! (Mortal Kombal reference - 90s kids joke - don't worry it's all good! I'm on your side!)
Loblaw is #1!!!
Support your local Loblaw
Loblaw Strong....they will survive this petty boycott
Boycott the Boycott
Democracy works!
Can Chinese people openly boycott a Chinese brand in China 🇨🇳 like this?
why are all the liberals wearing flowers? Did I miss a holiday?
Cellular/cable/internet companies are the same as loblaws. A licence to gouge , we have probably the highest prices in the world for these services and staples but everyone just goes along with it.
I will be part of the boycott
Boycott will eventually bring down prices - I agree Loblaws is over charging - just look at Walmarts prices / so much cheaper
Walmart is in virtually every country their volume purchases are considerably greater and therefore the prices are slightly cheaper and remember you do not have the selection of fresh meat, fish etc.
Sorry but you are clueless about what it takes for a business to stay solvent and deliver quality products.
@@user-wb4cl7wm7n quality products? half their potatoes are rotten in the bags. shill harder
@@user-wb4cl7wm7n yes I agree . For high quality meat I go to Highland Farms
Even they are going up big time since department stores are almost long gone..no competition from them either...mine not even a superstore....no meat or fresh produce!!! It's horrible.. and pushing more brand name stuff rather than great value brands..which costs alot more!!
Loblaws profits are derived from whom they sell to, with a 10% increase in an already significant profit margin. It's costing farmers more to produce and those costs do get forwarded. There is something seriously wrong if the end provider can get away with gouging it's customers.
It's not about "some disgruntled customers", we all eat food, kind of hard not to. Problem is the generation that's running now, no one actually does their job, bare minimum, skim by.
Where are you getting your numbers on the margins?
I'll be supporting the boycott.....unconscionable profits in a time of severe affordability issues....shameful!
ALL IMMIGRATION DOES SO WHY SHOULD WE BE ANY DIFFERENT
I'm boycotting Loblaws here in Saskatchewan, happily.
I'm boycotting them, and I encourage everyone I talk to to do I as well!!!
To be fair, it should be a rotating boycott, including WALMART!!!
Especially TRUE when 10-15 000 000 MIGRANTS flood CANADA driving UP COSTS 40 - 50 %
FULL SHELVES
BOYCOTT ALL FOOD STORES
THEY HAVE MONTHS of STOCK. 😢😢😢
Canada is always behind the world 😢
you mean CANADA is BEING milked.
thats the BILLIONS OF BILLIONS of profit OFF scamming GOVT OR PRIVATE friends of friends ? no truth .
What's misguided is HIS paycheck and his ignorance to the plight of Canadians.
He's NO ROBINHOOD, Hes the opposite. .
I never shop at Loblaws or Shoppers.
I always do...there are best of he bunch.....our biggest enemy is the carbon tax maniacs....Canada emits 1.5% of emissions globally ..it's a massive scam to destroy the economy of our country by the crooked Liberals, ND P and Bloc!
I work at a Loblaws distribution center in Pickering.
They just told us 150 people will be out of work come August.
Boycotting these tyrants will lead to more people being out of work.
Give it a second thought.
They own No Frills, Shopper's Drug Mart, Zehar's, Great Canadian Superstore... basically everything.
That makes no sense..
Unless they're over-staffed or closing a store, they can't just kill jobs without losing money.
Most of the time, they over hire part-time employees and just get rid of the extra ones that want more hours/better pay. (I've been working in retail for 20 years.)
What good is a job if you still can't afford to eat.
if a business is this anti competitve it need not exist.
@@StephInOttawa automation. Two departments got killed over automation and greed.
Having a organized boycott can help speed things up but we can still do it on our own. I've been boycotting Sobeys (they are even worse than Loblaw) by myself for a year now and did most of my grocery shopping at local meat and veggie markets as well as dollar store. Now I'm so used to it, adding Loblaw to my boycott list doesn't affect me at all, plus I've also saved up so much by shop locally (they are typically 20%-50% cheaper than those greedy grocery chains). We could all do it, it's not hard. At first it may sound like a big change, but once you make the change and make it your everyday life, you can continue it months after months without feeling any inconvenience. 👍 Also trust me, if we really want to make this boycott work, we need much more than one month.
I like No Frills.
The difference in prices.
In comparison to Lablaws.
Is significant.
If not for having a local No Frills.
I would only be able to afford 1/3rd the amount of groceries.
That I can currently buy from No frills.
I have a no frills a couple mins from my house. Food spoils significantly faster than superstore. Must be their old stock
Lablaws owns No Frills
Keep shopping at no frills very sensible
No Frills is also owned by Loblaws. Loblaws own Superstore and No Frills.
@@calgarykid9940then you might try using a fridge!
Do a follow up of how it worked out for these delusional people who should be protesting outside Trudeau and Singh’s places of business.
Trudeau's place of business? Trudeau doesn't work!
Trudeau doesn't work.
This years kit reminded so much of the 89 kit.
dat gnarly chowdah tho
Seriously , just ALL stop going. No excuses, no whining. Just stop. In about 3 weeks Lowlaws will be on its knees.
In Quebec we have Maxi which is own by Loblaw so peoples in Quebec should also boycott Maxi !!
IF THATS WHAT TURDO WANTS THATS WHAT HE GETS
What a joke. Just wait for it to rupture and cost even more in clean up
Meh the name calling started on the liberal side
Both should have gotten the boot
100% - The hypocrisy from the Liberals is staggering. The Speaker of the House should be replaced.
I wish i had another choice in shopping, far from city and stuck in small town with one store!!! And they are taking advantage of it. No Frills is a joke..cheaper..well like the parent stores smaller packages and tasteless food. Quality of food tastes are way down!! Ya i am not supporting them...cant wait to leave a town relying on 1 loblaw store!!!
Canadians will when prices go up again for losses!😂😂😂
I can’t believe I didn’t know about protest yesterday 😢 I’m always late with news. Anyways I never shop at loblaws lol
Furthermore, stop buying processed crap. Buy actual real food. Rice, potatoes, beans and veggies will keep you alive forever and cost nada. Hungry Man microwave garbage? Not so much so.....
That's not Mila Mulroney on TV.
Great job on getting that pipeline through Notley and Trudeau!! ❤❤
This is a simplification of psychohistory. However the cyclic nature of the economy in the world is undeniable. The cycles are broken by technology We can break this trap 24y May
People need to start boycotting this, also stop buying new vehicles! lol
If everyone reduces there shopping at Loblaws down to 50% for three months, it would be enough for the CEO to reconsider his position. if not, make it a year.
Let’s just steal
What we want. Probably won’t do a dent to their profita
@@robh5601 Tempting but that opens another can of worms. Mainly, where does it end if it starts? It does beg the question though, what did they think was going to happen? I suspect they will eventually end up spending that profit on security as well as trying to regain their alienated customers. Typical CEO Burn the company for a short term bonus strategy.
It starts when we start stealing the basic necessities to survive and it ends when every Canadian can afford to eat and survive
Dream on! 😂
Their shopping not there shopping. If the margins haven't increased significantly then they aren't gouging and they aren't the cause of inflation. By all means boycott the chain and hurt their workers and suppliers. You'll still find yourself in the same situation. It's an industry with small margins.
Unless we get fusion power soon, we will never transition away from fossil fuels - just as we have never met a carbon emissions reduction target since the 1990s (that is, we never have).
Renewable energy is growing, but so is global demand for energy - faster than the growth in renewables. Renewable energy itself is new and flawed. For example, we are just starting to see the downside of EVs - from lithium mine eco-disasters to failing Salmon runs. Politicians want to make us think the party can go on forever - they'll just hook us up to some new drug. Pick your poison. I say better the devil we know.
Canada’s carbon-tax began in 2007 when Alberta's majority PC gov't created a carbon levy. In 2008 the Harper gov't (including Poilievre) called carbon trading a “key part” of their emissions plan and campaigned on a cap and trade system. But now in campaign mode, they want you to forget that this was their idea so they can blame Trudeau. Non-partisan economists agree that the carbon rebate is the most cost effective solution to reducing emissions and address climate change, and just one tool of many that need to be deployed. JT has asked for alternative solutions. The Cons say "Sell more LNG, it's Common Sense." But that's insane! The world has to get off fossil fuels now. Big Oil has been stalling reduction and pushing growth for 50 years, but the weaning period is over. How much will groceries cost after mega-drought arrives and everything cooks under heat-domes? How much will housing cost when the houses burn down from uncontrollable wildfires and are flooded and flattened by monster hurricanes? Can't you see that worrying about pennies today (3 cents/L) will not take care of the dollars of tomorrow (our very existence)?
May Love Peace Prevail in The World....
Danielle time to say thx Mr. Trudeau
I took a look at some comparing retail monthly numbers between the U.S and Canada.
As far as what i can deduce is , that’s Canada’s retail sector sales numbers are approximately 10% of that of the U.S economy.
Meaning, whichever numbers economist try to paint in whatever terms domestically, we know or should know or realise, are minuscule in comparison to the U.S monthly retail sales powerhouse. That is the reality.
Competition and spurring competition is not, and has not been a priority, no matter who has been in power at the Federal level. Any non Canadian retailer that sets up shop here, soon leaves because the money just isn’t here. Sad but true.
If Canada was truly interested in driving down prices, then a lot of changes would have to be made at the Federal level to allow for such.
Have you heard this as a priority by any leader ?
No me either.
🇨🇦✌🏼🇨🇦✌🏼🇨🇦
Then you have not been paying attention to the very real efforts of the Trudeau govt and the NDP to alleviate the difficulties for the average Canadian consumer. They put forth initiatives to expand health care, assist with housing and groceries and PP VOTED NO ON ALL OF THEM. Trudeau is standing up to greedy oil companies and grocers who are piling up massive profits under the guide of inflationary increases. He is also handing out grocery rebates, climate action incentive rebates, doubling HST refunds, hiring thousands of new gov't jobs, and offering many other programs to help those most in need that Conservatives would like to cut. Please do better research.
I wonder what was the point of building a pipeline for $35 billion.?
The rest of world gets our product...but we are not allowed it!!!
Gee what a coincidence the population grows 10% and grocery store profits grow 10%
In the last three months, Loblaws posted new record breaking profits of SIX BILLION DOLLARS. Poilievre's top strategist is also the CEO of a Loblaws lobbyist firm pressuring gov't to help increase their profits. You can't blame this on immigrants.
@@talktothehandreviews I don't think anyone blamed immigrants. The math suggested that it's a volume business and their profits grew in proportion to the increased population.
@@seanwebb605 What do YOU think this poster meant? It sure sounds anti immigrant.
@@talktothehandreviews No complaint about the population growth or the cause of it. Just a clear increase in customer base that correlates. I'm all with you when people jump to scapegoating immigrants or make racist comments. For now don't read into it if it isn't there.
@@seanwebb605 Well let's hear from the original poster to clarify what they meant.
They are the cybers but they want to customers to give them all their info and its very secure they say😂😂 and every week you heard of some cyber attack to businesses and government too
Support independent grocers???..lol...abd once they get busier they will raise prices.. citing we gad to hire more staff , our suppliers are now raising there prices. ..that's how busines works...you want business lower prices..your business increases raise prices...i
I hope they feel it!
Not sure why people need to boycott Loblaw, I haven't shopped there since 2019... there are plenty of other grocery stores to choose that sell things cheaper than any Loblaw stores. Walmart is cheaper than Loblaw on many things for the longest time I can remember the came to Canada... then there is Costco... there is T&T... there are host of other Asian market come to Canada now... that don't try to rip people off ... if there are stuff that you can only get at a Loblaw operated stores, then I don't see how boycotting can help since you cannot get anywhere else...
Not everyone has a choice. The piece mentioned food deserts, rural towns, etc.
Fyi T&T is owned by Loblaws
Lol why do I get it and don't care.😊 Congratulations.
India energy (oil, coal) consumption will be epic as it industrializes (akin to China).
Oil will be around for a long time.
EV experiment is faltering. Anyways, EVs will only have a minor impact on CO2s.
Ha ha london drugs today.
The bank of canada and revenue canada next
Better get your money out.
Why it is not Walmart or Costco
Walmart in June
Walmart is my only option Safeway & save on both closed down! I have no other options . And Walmart can’t keep their shelves stocked with this constant increase of population to my region. You have 10 new high rises going up every few months in my neighbourhood with one grocery store it’s absolutely ridiculous !! SMH
@@tylesveque2373yet they want you to take transit . Well how many groceries you think a single person can carry in one trip 🤦
Why would you boycott Costco? The hotdog and drink combo is still $1.50.
@@vincevincent6984 go poaching
Billions.
15:38
PEOPLE are PEOPLE
humans are male
wombmans are female
Hmmmmm? Doesn't Jagmeet Singh's brother lobby for Loblaw's competitor Metro? Coincidence?
The NDP have a bunch of former members who now lobby for different grocery companies, including loblaws.
@@StephInOttawa Interesting!
NO! Galen Weston, chairman of Loblaws (and his father and grandfather before him) have been consistent donors exclusively to the Conservative party. Galen is no friend of Trudeau's or the Liberals. Look at the way he tried to jack up the price of expired food (Enjoy Tonight stickers increased from 50% to 30% off) when Trudeau suggested the most profitable grocers should take some responsibility for the high price of groceries, since post-Covid inflation had returned to normal levels and couldn't be blamed anymore. But hate for Liberal politics never stopped a Conservative from raiding a government grant for the most their lawyers can get out it, in this case it was $12M for fridges. Blame well-intended Liberal policies that incentivize businesses to be more eco-friendly, and a grocer baron for milking it. Poilievre's top strategist is also the CEO of a Loblaws lobbyist firm pressuring gov't to help increase their profits. So who is Loblaws' buddy again?
Poilievre's top strategist is also the CEO of a Loblaws lobbyist firm pressuring gov't to help increase their profits. Look no further.
Why can't we comment about the wrong way van accident?
Any info on the driver?
they search a landfill in saskatoon but wont search the one in manitoba yet
The scale is much different.
The size of the Manitoba site is orders of magnitude larger, and filled with asbestos and other incredibly dangerous materials. This exposes an immediate health and safety threat to any workers sifting through the debris.
Huge difference in what is happening. They are doing a tiny area of the one in Saskatoon. I assume that your reading skills are as bad as your comprehension skills. 🤷♂️
I hope the money made off it is used to build houses.
I just looked at my weekly PC offers and I am definitely shopping Loblaws this week.
go to the local store.
Do not worry justine will get them you cash as usuall
Loblaws only made a 3.4% profit margin on its revenue. How is that gouging? Answer: it's not.
WOW THAT'S INCORRECT!! Loblaws has made 13 BILLION DOLLARS profit in the first THREE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR! Galen Weston, chairman of Loblaws (and his father and grandfather before him) have been consistent donors exclusively to the Conservative party. Galen is no friend of Trudeau's or the Liberals. Look at the way he tried to jack up the price of expired food (Enjoy Tonight stickers increased from 50% to 30% off) when Trudeau suggested the most profitable grocers should take some responsibility for the high price of groceries, since post-Covid inflation had returned to normal levels and couldn't be blamed anymore.
@@talktothehandreviews Where are you getting your numbers? The margins are indeed low. There hasn't been a significant increase in the margins. I'm not a supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada. But I have to call out nonsense on nonsense regarding margins and the prices the consumer pays.
@@seanwebb605 Loblaws just posted their first quarterly earnings and they made another record breaking profit of SIX BILLION DOLLARS. That's in profit. Do I sound like I don't know what's going on? Call out nonsense on PP's top advisor who is a Loblaws lobbyist!
@@talktothehandreviews Profits aren't margins. You can't claim that they are gouging or creating inflationary pressures if their margins haven't increased significantly.
@@talktothehandreviews lol yes you don’t know what’s going on. It’s funny you didn’t call out Trudeaus connections or Singhs brother that’s a lobbiest for la blaws. Very clever
west going left and left? 😮
They should
superstore better than sobeys
How many will boycott?. You need to eat 😅
r/LoblawsIsOutOfControl
boycott sobeys
this pipeline was to make it cheaper what a joke
I have to go a REALLY long way with no car to find a store that doesn’t belong to the Loblaws conglomerate. Even the so called Independent🙄 grocer is Loblaws owned. That is the problem. There is no competition. Where do I FIND competition? And I’m not rural, I’m in south Etobicoke.
It's a very low margins business. The profits are made in volume. A small grocer with little floor space and limited hours of operation couldn't possibly earn a profit unless they charged a premium price. The boutique grocer would cost you far more money. We as consumers made price king. We're in part responsible for bland stores, low grocery store worker wages by insisting on the lowest price possible. Sad to say that the prices were artificially low for many reasons. Now we have had supply chain shocks, increased wages for seasonal workers (good) a push for an end to child labour in chocolate and other areas (good) and a war between Ukraine and Russia (not good) who produced much of the world's grain products. By all means let's whine about a monopoly that doesn't really exist.
I'm perfectly fine with having a conversation about the hyper attention of shareholder value, executive compensation, corporate taxes and share buy back programs. I'm open to a conversation regarding gig workers who deliver the orders for the different apps. But we have to be serious.
Of course, socialist-minded people will blame big business for food prices, but we all know this is caused by inflation and what caused that? Revenues and profits are up because more people are shopping there because it is the cheapest place to buy. Plus, inflation has raised prices, so revenue will increase too. Loblaws doesn't make a great margin on groceries. I don't shop there because it is so busy that it is a zoo. I pay a little more at COOP.
Amen!
Yup, but they are the bottom thinkers. Even if prices were lower, these fringe socialist activists still cant "adult". I beleive this categorizes most NDP/Liberals. We actively wont hire liberals at our company. They lack critical thinking and resolve by definition
Trudeau giving lipservice to Canadians about high prices at grocerystores but will not do anything about it.
Conservative campaign chair and top leadership strategy adviser to Pierre Poilievre is the CEO of a Loblaws lobbyist firm. But they blame Liberals for high grocery costs while Loblaws smashed records with $1.9 Billion in net profit for 2022, compared to $800 Million in 2019, when they took $12 Million in federal grants to buy new energy efficient fridges. That's a Loblaws profit increase of 237.5% over pre-pandemic levels.Trudeau is standing up to greedy oil companies and grocers who are piling up massive profits under the guide of inflationary increases. He is also handing out grocery rebates, climate action incentive rebates, doubling HST refunds, hiring thousands of new gov't jobs, and offering many other programs to help those most in need that Conservatives would like to cut. PP VOTED NO ON INITIATIVES PUT FORTH BY THE LIBERALS AND NDP TO ASSIST WITH GROCERY, HEALTH CARE AND HOUSING. Sheesh you PP supporters just can't stop putting your ignorance on display.
A boycott will absolutely do nothing and i don't intend to stop shopping at superstore
Don't be stupid
@@trevorgwelch7412 I will shop till I drop
Of the big chains, Superstore is the cheapest. I don't understand why the mindless group of people in favour of this boycott haven't gone after the most expensive chain.
@@e-curb Do you not understand how grocery companies work?
@@e-curb im guessing Safeway is the most expensive
if you want to boycott Loblaws then don't vote for Trudeau.
Galen Weston, chairman of Loblaws (and his father and grandfather before him) have been consistent donors exclusively to the Conservative party. Galen is no friend of Trudeau's or the Liberals. Look at the way he tried to jack up the price of expired food (Enjoy Tonight stickers increased from 50% to 30% off) when Trudeau suggested the most profitable grocers should take some responsibility for the high price of groceries, since post-Covid inflation had returned to normal levels and couldn't be blamed anymore. And Poilievre's top advisor is a LOBLAWS LOBBYIST. But why be informed when you can just be stupid and 'blame Trudeau'.