@@Graeaeae we need more grocery stores from the states to enter the Canadian market. That would bring more competition to the market and eventually lower grocery bills.
I visited Canada a few weeks from the states. I shopped at loblaw and was shocked how expensive grocery is there. I thought groceries stores in Los Angeles are expensive. I feel for you Canadians. Hopefully things will get better.
Yeah? Well I’m debating with Americans who have to get their toothpaste from a locked up cabinet While calling deflation a dirty word as consumer staple prices in a country like China go down these days
We all need to eat, you can only do so much, all the stores are the same, last few yrs they have been gouging us worse then ever, big oil has been doing it for decades and finally the grocery stores have jumped on the band wagon, along with many other types of retailers, d9nt know a solution do u
Pretty true, but you can get some things online often cheaper. The point right now is the boycott, so you do what you can. In small towns you may have to pay a little more at a farmers market, but in my city the small independants are now CHEAPER than the big box stores that have volume.
@@mikearchibald744 Excellent! Glad to hear that your city has independents grocers that you can go to. Perhaps for those who don't have a choice in a small town, they can share the cost of going to the nearest city every couple weeks and buy in bulk which should be cheaper?
This guy is wrong. It can hurt their revenue much like the Kelloggs boycott forced grocery stores to sell all Kelloggs prices at deep discounts. Imo this needs to longer than a month, but at least people are now working together to force change.
After talking with several Loblaws store employees, they are every bit as upset as the consumer and are shocked by their company's expectations and demands on them to keep jacking up prices, so Loblaws claim they are providing 'good value' is bogus and shortsighted.
What I don't like is the discount for membership while non member are paying for their discount. They need to get rid of that. What happen to GST, aren't they suppose to pass that saving to all consumers not just the selected few. If they aren't passing the saving to all consumers then remove GST let the company go back paying their own tax.
this is a great tip (even though its not the fault of the consumer their money doesn't go as far). I also only shop the outside aisles and stopped buying prepared food, packaged food, etc. just buy whole ingredients and meal prep. I got my price per meal down to ~$1.50 so I spend all in about $40 week on groceries but I stock up for the month in bulk at one time when there's sales
@nottheone582 Well I am a farmer as well but I still have to buy things other than what I grow or raise. Raw whole ingredients is the only way to eat cheap. No pop fruit drinks or bottle water. That will help everyone budget.
You realize we are a small population country, we have very little influence over a world market, thats not the govt fault, there has been the same stores in Canada for yrs, they are flat out gougingnus right now
Our government is NOT STOPPING competition! What are you? Out of your mind? Blaming the government for LACK of competition is CRAZY!! What our governments (Provincial level - since it falls under THEIR jurisdiction to help) CAN do: - is put into place anti-gouging laws (with REALLY, REALLY high financial penalties if found guilty & have REALLY TOUGH, SMART accountants GO IN & LOOK CLOSELY at their books to ENSURE they aren't doing any "CREATIVE ACCOUNTING" & gouging) - THIS would scare them into offering better pricing! - (This would NEVER happen in PC held Provinces though!) - I don't know if there is ANY way it could possibly fall into Federal jurisdiction - maybe?? by some stretch of their jurisdiction in some way?? - only other possibilities - are if the gov. at Prov. level (& possibly at Federal level?) - gave large start-up grants to anybody that would open any "not-for-profit" grocery stores to help people OR - IF the Fed. gov. opened their OWN grocery store chain across the country - "at cost" only - for Canadians - if the Fed. gov. can compete with businesses [& do], to provide entertainment & news [CBC], I don't see why they can't do it with grocery stores - (although EVERY PC Premier & PC "Loyal 😂 Opposition" member at the Fed. level would SCREAM about "anti-competition" - SO much more important than ACTUAL Canadians!) - "Other" commercial grocery stores could then focus on bringing in specialty items from other countries &/or bringing in TOP quality items even specialty ones produced in this country - in FACT - THIS would be a GREAT idea, the more I think about it. - It means that Canadians would get MORE variety as the Fed. grocery stores could supply all regular needs as current stores do - & then commercial competition could focus on bringing Canadians things they DON'T get now - from our own country & abroad, of good or great/top quality - we would ALL win - as even those people you rely on - TO WORK in these stores, to do deliveries, work in your take-outs etc. COULD all afford to eat again in this country - (& then it would only be the issue of rent holding people back, that ALL governments would need to focus on) - (sigh!)
Loblaws was our go to grocery store! As of last week we have decided not to shop there anymore! Before we even heard about this! Prices increase every time we visit! The Produce in the store in our area is disgusting! It’s bad enough paying the high price but when you have to through out half the produce you buy because it is already off! Well that’s where we drew the line! I am tired of them taking advantage of the consumer, glad to hear about this movement. We are with you!
I have not shopped at SOBEYS …DOMINION….”or” SHOPPERS DRUG MART/LAWTONS… for 8 months …except for 2 days in December/one day to get a Turkey and savoury …and another day before New Years ( ONLY because I couldn’t get what I needed at Costco or Walmart… I have grown all the vegetables that I myself eat in the VERY SMALL space garden in containers … I have cut back considerably on carbs AND MEAT …not ENTIRELY due to cost …but due to WHAT WE ARE BEING POISONED with .. Most of the ingredients in CANADIAN packaged goods have been banned in Norway and Sweden due to health risks
@@rainorshine7816sorry but Grocery stores are not shrinking sizes, the producers / manufacturers are. Attack them, the grocer’s are the end run handlers. Look and learn of the bigger picture. Boy caught the producer, not the end run handler.
Already boycotting these stores. I never shop there. The prices are insane. Last time I went to a metro a cauliflower was 7 dollars. I laughed and left.
Welp you must be the wealthier kind that has their own car and house lucky you. Us working class people that live on a budget can’t change sorry that’s a fact of reality
@@aman888 If we pay more, it is because these local stores don't get bulk discount pricing like the giant chains do. The more people that switch over (temporarily) - the more the big chains will have to lower prices etc. to woo us back AND we will be giving a big boost to a small store in the interim. (Tell small business though that you have switched over the greed & if THIS store lowers prices when it can bulk buy for the extra customers - the more chance people will stay LONG term with them.)
@@aman888 Not anymore. At Sobeys I will get yogurt and pizzas when they go on sale cheap, sometimes ice cream. Everything else I get at small stores. I"m lucky in Moncton because thanks to immigration we have one road that has an asian store, arabic store, family owned independant grocer, indian store, farmers market and an eastern european store. Many products I can get cheaper from overseas than the product in canada at Sobeys. And its MUCH better quality, and exposure to new foods has been fantastic. Couscous I can get dirt cheap and that stuff is great for EVERY meal in five minutes.
I live near a small family owned produce store that also has a good dairy and a modest meat section, ( grass fed beef). They also have spices, condiments and a small canned goods section. It easy to accomplish 75 % of my food shopping there. Their produce section is considerably less expensive than the big chains. They also have grains and rice, although not in bulk. They give seniors 10% off every other Wednesday.
I started to get very very disgusted with Superstore when their nearly expired products went from 50% off to just 30% off. It just seemed so greedy and mean-spirited. My opinion of Superstore has only declined since then. We now do a lot of our shopping at Coop where quality is excellent, neatness and cleanliness are top priority, there is no absent or misleading signage, no ‘must buy 3 to get the discount’ nonsense, and there is pleasant and helpful staff. Superstore leaves everything to be desired in these categories. More to the point, they just. don’t. care.
I don't know about this Coop store. Is that the full name? I want to find out more. You have mentioned many good things about this store but were silent on the costs. How do they compare & any other helpful info., please.
@@Carrie-so3ro Co-ops are locally owned. The Co-op stores I go to in Regina are all part of Sherwood Co-op. Each town/city with a Co-op will have its own name but always with ‘Co-op’ in the title. There are many, many locally owned co-ops throughout Saskatchewan. Their national ‘parent’ body is Federated Co-op. Co-op stores are unionized. Their prices are competitive for most things. Their employees are decently paid, and their attention to service is far superior to grocery outlets like Superstore, Wal-Mart, Shoppers Drug Mart etc. Their meat, produce, and bakery are far, far better than these stores as well. We wouldn’t buy bread anywhere else.
The higher the prices, the more the food waste of the companies increases, so the more food is destroyed - what is not sold will not be consumed. NO ONE dares to talk about this arnacque of food destruction while organisms... starving!
That is true. The higher they raise their costs to consumers, the less people buy & the more gets wasted - meaning THEY LOSE MONEY in this situation. They can only overprice so far before it ends up hurting them more. I hope they will learn their lesson sooner, rather than later.
Good luck with the boycott. Only the well-off shop at Loblaws. I doubt they'll be participating. Loblaws is one of the most expensive grocery chains in Canada.
Good luck with the boycott...prices are the same at all grocery stores. News Flash...Loblaw makes less than 5% margin. We need to boycott government taxes which is the real cause of inflation!
I've been keeping track over the past 23 years and every year groceries increase by 5%-20%. The prices have DOUBLED from the same or similar grocery a year and a half ago. A grocery that would've cost me 25$ 1.5 years ago (I live alone) now costs between 45$ and 55$. I checked the items that I bought back then and now and I usually get less food now for double the price. I don't know if it's the grocery companies or what but it is extreme.
@@Disgruntled_Canadian There's been inflation and carbon tax for years with at most a 20% increase but this past year and a half, it's been double the costs instead of 20%. It's MUCH MUCH worse.
Yeah that bs. All across Canada. Grocery stores have continued to hike the prices up on everything. Even basic, milk, breed, eggs, juice. All continue to rise. I swear they artificially raising the prices. Walmart/sobeys/Safeway/superstore (lawblaw). They all guilt of jacking the prices up. Why isn’t govt stepping in and doing something about it.
It is so you register with them your demographics etc. & they can see what you look at from their on-line grocery stores & buy (either in person or on-line) They can then use this to track data - how much you spend, how often, what you buy. This data would cost them a lot of money otherwise & they wouldn't have NEARLY as big a database to look at You win by getting a bit of a lower price on SOME items & THEY win by having all of this data
There are no affordable food prices in my area. Doesn't matter if I go to the other side of the city. So in order to keep costs down I buy the important things in bulk and make my own food. Wayyy cheaper than the nonsense that is sold in most grocery stores and tastes a lot better too.
I stopped shopping there a number of years ago. They got an American CEO that came in (before the brand logo changed on their food lines) & it was VERY OBVIOUS! The prices SKYROCKETED & yet the QUALITY fell THROUGH THE FLOOR! I knew INSTANTLY - as I have been to the U.S. many times & SEEN the type of GARBAGE that is passed off as food there - AND at HIGH PRICES TOO!! When I asked an employee, it was confirmed. Of course big shareholders wanted to hire an American & bring American profits & American poor food standards here (since it's bigger profits for them.) They are even worse than Loblaws! (Although Loblaws got rid of the Weston President in the last year & replaced him shortly after the inquiry - & food prices & practises under the new guy are EVEN WORSE! It's like he is punishing us for bringing up the issue to our government. I don't know where he is from.)
While their Superstore is one of the cheapest. It makes no sense when you are free to buy your food in any store. It is just political smear campaign. In the end it is the small grocers who suffer because their margins are so tight they can not reduce their prices to match the cheaper prices of these big grocery stores.
Loblaws is way better then Sobeys Sobeys is the Highest Prices and poorest quality of products the conditions of Sobeys products on queen st Halifax Nova Scotia is so poor and the prices are 1$ and 5$ and 8$ higher on stuff the superstore
That happened when they brought in an American President/CEO? a number of years ago. The change was so drastic I knew immediately - & had it confirmed by one of their employees. I stopped shopping there shortly after due to the changes in price going drastically up & quality going drastically down - trying to imitate how things are in the U.S.
@@Carrie-so3ro it's also gone extremely woke there too I was harrassed by a trans woman who works there, one day I was at checkout and the employee was looking to chat I wasn't having a good day and just wanted to go home 🏡 well the trans person literally called customer service trying to imply I was shoplifting because I wasn't giving the person enough attention 😳 Sobeys on Queen st has gone to hell all Sobeys is hell but queen st is a special type of hell
Prices are the same at all grocery stores. News Flash...Loblaw makes less than 5% margin. We need to boycott government taxes which is the real cause of inflation!
Settle this and demand to see the cost of a bag of groceries without the fluff, and see how that 5 cents becomes 20 dollars, then put Galen Weston on the stand again. Growing his business is ruining Canada 😢
@@AllRequiredlol didn't know the NDP ran a grocery store, or any of the political parties, do u recall when oil was less then $50 per barrel a couple yrs ago, well gas prices didn't drop, even though when oil was sky rocketing during the Harper yrs, big oil blamed the oil price for increases at the pump, but u want to blame a govt for corporate greed, wake up
The Weston Family IS the problem. Did none if you watch Galwn and that other guy smirking and snickering when called into Parliament to explain their corporate gouging? You can watch- footage is online. The most perverted display of entitled greedy loserdom ever.
That's what Pierre Polie-ester wants you to believe. It's corporate greed fool! Galen Weston is a conservative and contributes to the conservative party. Wake up! Polie-ester's chief advisor was hired by Loblaws to lobby the government.
Shop at farmers markets and local butcher shops. Plant a few easy to grow greens as an introduction to growing more delicious organic veggies. Make friends with local egg producers. Bake bread. Meal plan. Buy what you need in bulk when it's on sale and learn to store it properly. One step at a time and we take back our power from the big corporations.
High price is due to carbon tax and mass inflation due to the government printing money. Record profits happen when 2 million more people are buying food.
Why only Loblaws? In fact, why Loblaws at all? I get way better prices at No Frills and Superstore than I do at Safeway and Sobeys. If you're going to boycott anyone, boycott Empire.
But there still a big part of the problem they jack up their prices while demanding their suppliers keep their prices incredibly low. While shifting blame on people like employees.
The thing is that there’s not much local-small owed gas stations. There IS many small local farmers and food markets (whether local or inter) that can compete w big chain grocery stores
@@trxxblx-wxs-hxrx my point is that the citizenry are so apathetic and divide that it’s impossible to create TRUE Change. I wish this wasn’t so, ….but there it is!
Prices are the same at all grocery stores. News Flash...Loblaw makes less than 5% margin. We need to boycott government taxes which is the real cause of inflation!
This would be ideal, but in some areas there just aren't a lot of choices (especially if transportation is an issue). Loblaws has been known to buy out those they felt would be competition for them. We definitely need more competitors here in Canada!
Being successful isn't a bad thing. Being GREEDY & HURTING people WHO HAVE MADE YOU A SUCCESS - IS - ESPECIALLY when they are facing their toughest times financially! Use Canadian values - THINK OF OTHERS - not ONLY of yourself! - & if you are thinking ONLY of yourself (then you ARE NOT thinking even of yourself) - as LONG Term, Your GREED will cause a BACKLASH & you will LOSE that success - you gave up EVERY MORAL to gain!
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.
The % should go to ALL things - as what might matter to you may not matter to someone else ie. baby products matter to some & not others, prepared foods MATTER to some (the disabled & seniors) & not others, "foreign" foods matter to some & not others, special dietary items matter to those with specific conditions & less to others - see what I mean??
It's not the company that will suffer. It's the poor minimum wage employees that will by getting their hours cut. This teen in the video doesn't give a shit because mommy and daddy buy her food!
I feel badly if they DO get their hrs. cut - BUT - there are SO MANY companies - ASKING for employees - from other stores - to deliver companies etc. that I think they could easily get another part time job. That 2nd job may even be a better experience & the person will then get to decide which company they want to go back to full-time. (The boycott is only scheduled - at this point - to last 1 month (to show Loblaws WHAT they could experience long-term if they don't do better by us) - & if it lasts longer - there are all of the other places wanting employees.
High grocery prices is a combination of Justin Trudeau’s policies ( carbon tax, safe injection sites, rehabilitation instead of incarceration ) and yes there is a bit of price gouging.
Lol spoken like a true uninformed voter, thinking u luv little pp and his half truths, big oil has been making record profits for 10 + yrs, so all other industries are affected by this, send a guy to jail and he comes out and does it again, jail costs us all alot per day but the Cons don't tell u that, as for safe sites not sure if its good or bad, definitely been price gouging ever since they used the pandemic as an excuse
You are saying that EVERY expense the Federal gov. has (because I am sure your explanation would have to cover this) - is responsible for high grocery prices - yes, please explain this one. - & "a bit"!!!! of price gouging???!!!
@@Carrie-so3ro It goes like this. First reason, for awhile, there were people sitting in front of grocery stores with signs asking for help, some were Syrian refugees asking for food, when I spoke to a couple of them, they told me their families still lived in hotel rooms and ate only one meal a day, if they were lucky, this is a failure of our federal government, how it effects grocery prices ? The property manager has to hire extra people to make sure people don’t loiter, cost gets passed down to tenants ie grocery stores, which effects the prices. Safe injection sites, many people, under the influence, go to grocery stores and shoplift. At one time, we didn’t have shoplifting problems in the grocery stores, we do now, that effects the grocery prices, more on this, awhile back, I was grocery shopping, when a man under the influence, assaulted a customer, police were called the man got arrested. He was back again this time, assaulting an employee, was arrested again. The following week, when I was there, asked the store manager, he informed me that the man’s been back every day, so they had to hire extra security, and it’s not cheap, that effects grocery prices. Combine all this and add the carbon tax, and you get what you get. At one time, not too long ago, these things were unheard of, but now, they’re becoming common, thanks to our idiot PM
They are already way too implicated. We are already at the stage where the food banks can't possibly give to everybody, and the soup kitchens are overcrowded. More government involvement, especially the kind of involvement Trudeau likes, will most likely end up in widespread famine across Canada. That would be disastrous.
We AREN'T Cuba OR North Korea though! We have the ability to produce MUCH of our food in a way that they DO NOT. We are ALSO not communist - in case you didn't realise - gov. is ALREADY in charge of EVERY PART of our lives. There is regulation everywhere! Ever think of the FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY - to check on items coming in for food safety issues or to deal with complaints of tainted food matters etc. - that is ALL government - & we are LUCKY for it! If government DID get more in charge of our food chain - couldn't be worse than the corporate greed from what the big 3 is doing to us! AND we can VOTE THEM OUT IF WE DON'T LIKE WHAT THEY DO - NOT a LUXURY WE HAVE WITH THE GROCERY GIANTS....HUM.... I would IN FACT even be HAPPY to have the gov. RUN a grocery store chain - NATIONWIDE - as a Not-for-profit. I don't expect that we would do away with commercial grocers even IF this were to happen in this country! Look at the CBC! It is simply one of a number of channels providing us with news & entertainment - but one I am particularly glad of - that gives something OTHER than just the BIG Corp. viewpoint. Those commercial grocers would then have to do better for us, probably providing us with an EXTRA selection of items that may be more specialty or better quality than now or providing some other benefit beyond the regular to make customers happy. Right now they know they have not HAD to make customers happy - BECAUSE people NEED to eat TO LIVE! THAT is why we NEED gov. involvement (as opposed to unrestrained company greed). We can ALWAYS vote the politicians out - so they need to try to make us happy! It is ABOUT TIME that grocers realized that THEY NEED to make us happy too! - OR we go to other options!
@@Carrie-so3ro cuba used to produce enough food, north korea used to produce enough food...venezuela used to produce enough food....taxes raise food prices, because they get passed down to the consumer....no one will produce an item for you if they lose money....i am sure you would not work for free.
I have somewhat of a philosophy when I shop for groceries. I usually shop at NoFrills as it's the closest to me and I generally ONLY buy items that are on sale or are at a decent price. Unless I specifically need an item for something I'm making I'll just do without it until it goes on sale. If ground beef isn't on sale then I'm not buying it. There are usually a few items on sale and my meals work around those items. I also buy multiple of the items that are on sale so hopefully the next time I need said item it's close to being on sale again. I like the idea of boycotting these stores however as others have mentioned we all need to eat. I don't drive so I'm somewhat limited to where I can easily shop for food. I honestly think that if everybody started buying mostly items that were on sale the stores would also have to start dropping their prices. Obviously that works much better for fresh foods or foods with shorter expiry dates. The problem is that many people who make a decent wage don't care about the prices and just buy what they need regardless. Also buying only items that are on sale promotes getting a bit more CREATIVE with meals. 😉
I don't know why people are so picky with food these days. Most of us 90s babies grew up with the only on sale items and making neat stuff in the pan with whatever you had.
There are other big time grocery companies other then Loblaws. Wal-Mart has a massive grocery section for instant, Sobey's (on the east coast), etc. If your gonna boycott, you have to boycott ALL the big grocery stores and go to smaller food stores.
I do most of my shopping at Walmart, they have reasonable prices on most things I buy, it’s unfortunate for the people who only have a Loblaws in their area and would be difficult to go elsewhere.
Canadians love monopolies. We have monopolies in our airlines, our telecommunications, our banks, beer, and our grocery stores. We don't need free market capitalism - Papa Trudeau takes care of us here.
Why is our partially government funded media pushing a boycott on Canadian business? If prices are the issue - why do they never bring up more expensive supermarkets like Sobeys, Whole Foods, Longos, and Metro?
Nothing new, not sure how it is now but yrs ago there were 5 or 6 families that controlled most industries in Canada, and its the same in the US and probably many countries, rich grow as they can with alot of $$ to risk, owning your own business is a 24/7 job and never easy, and yes they are all greedy and want more lol
I'm on disability. I don't have to boycott grocery stores because I only get 11,000 a year so I am forced to live on what I can get from the food bank. I haven't set foot in a grocery store except to get a treat for my birthday every year for the last 15 years. Those treats were bought using gift cards supplied by the food bank to allow me ot buy stuff in the grocery store.
Prices are the same at all grocery stores. News Flash...Loblaw makes less than 5% margin. We need to boycott government taxes which is the real cause of inflation!
Loblaws is definitely gouging. There's many things i compare in price. I buy pop corners at loblaws and it is 5.69 a bag whereas walmart is 3.89. Why is walmart able to sell the same for more than 30% less and still profit. Loblaws is definitely taking advantage.
2 reasons: 1) Walmart's buying power is way higher than Loblaws even if Loblaws it quite big which allows them to obtain goods at a lower price. 2) Walmart usually takes the leftovers when buying perishable goods. Loblaws take the best items, then comes the middle tiers such as Maxi, then comes Walmart and No Name with their "Perfectly Imperfect" brand. I have often seen moldy and downright uneatable goods in Walmart's shelfs. As for the meat, Loblaws usually have an on-staff butcher, which is not the case for Walmart. So the meat selection is usually different in cuts and in quality. Also, Walmart works on volume to lower their "per-item" markup. Walmart markup to an average of about 1.2% to 1.5%, while the last financial reports from Loblaws indicate an average of 3% to 4%, which is still very low. Most of the grocery high prices come from one source: the government imposing taxes (such as the carbon tax), laws and regulations on the farm industry, transport, transformation, and the grocery stores (including business hours in many case).
@@danylatulippe Walmart is paying the SAME government taxes as Loblaws, so THAT is NOT an excuse! Also you just said that Walmart markup is NO MORE THAN 1.5% - whereas LOBLAWS MARKUP - STARTS!!! - AT DOUBLE that TOP figure!! Let me REPEAT - from YOUR very own figures - STARTS at DOUBLE the top-line MARKUP! - all the way to ALMOST 4 TIMES the markup - according to YOUR figures! You have JUST PROVED the case of it being NOTHING but PURE - PRICE GOUGING! - do you see THIS, ladies & gentlemen? That "small" figure for every item? & especially on the more expensive items - over ALL of their stores & in the quantities sold?? Our government needs to get a copy of this!!
They should. Corporate greed has driven up prices, CEO salaries while both workers and customers suffer. All politicians regardless of party or spectrum they’re going needs to end this!
Take the CEO's salary and divide it by the number of employees... You'll quickly see that it equates to less than 1¢ per hour per employee. Those numbers may seem big to the common folk, but when you look at the big picture, they are really just pocket change for the corporation as a whole.
@@marcdanieltheriault3955 Inflation under Trudeau - is INFLATION from trying to help people through COVID! - YOU know, that global-wide phenomenon (that CONSEQUENTLY - is AFFECTING economies ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE). Don't get sucked into the propaganda! You should know better & use your brain! Trudeau is Not responsible for Covid - only in trying to help people survive it . (While there are MANY things I am not happy about with Trudeau - I APPLAUD him - LOUD & VIGOUROUSLY on his handling of COVID!)
@@danylatulippe I guess if it is only pocket change to the corporation - they can hand (most) of it to those employees & plenty more then - AND cut grocery prices at the same time - since they aren't making more than pocket change either I guess.
Prices are the same at all grocery stores. News Flash...Loblaw makes less than 5% margin. We need to boycott government taxes which is the real cause of inflation!
It’s inflation, carbon tax on every step of the supply chain, and no competition. Someone in the comments also mentioned an increase on shoplifting and it is true that too much shoplifting can also increase the prices in order to make up for the loss.
@@Carrie-so3ro Prices are the same at all grocery stores. News Flash...Loblaw makes less than 5% margin. We need to boycott government taxes which is the real cause of inflation!
@@Giovanni-x1 You've been taken in. It is called "creative accounting." This is why OTHER stores that are NOT apart of this big 3 have NOT had to raise their prices in the same way - EVEN though they ALSO face the same issues of tax as these large stores AND they DON'T get the bulk discounts these stores get either. Don't buy into their excuses to get greedy off of us!
Which tax! I assume you are whining about the carbon tax. Just so you know there are a lot of other factors pushing up food prices. Corporate greed, pandemic after effects, Putin's invasion of Ukraine, crop failures from drought and floods, idiot governments deciding to pave over top grade farmland etc. Ontario imports 60% of its food which puts Ontario at the mercy of multinational agriculture and transportation companies. The major component of price increases is global inflation. Yes! Canada is a part of the global economy. When consumers in other countries buy up what they produce locally our cost of importing goes up, the farther the stuff has to be shipped gives shipping companies a shot at raising their rates etc etc.
@@wmmarsh1624I noticed that you mention the government paving over farmland (which is NOT happening) but you don’t mention how the government is constantly attacking farmers bottom line. Which by the way, they make very little. I suppose you expect farmers to just work for minimum wage or for free? And yes I know this, because I actually know farmers because, I live in a farming community so STFU if you don’t know what our talking
Instead of boycotting, people should spend their time looking at their own personal finances, seeing where they're contributing to a lack of money at the end of the day. People aren't going bankrupt because of grocers, most of the time their problems are self inflicted.
@@lancelange9377 reading comprehension? That's not what I was suggesting. Inflation is one piece of it. Ever think lifestyle creep and people's reluctance to stop spending on stupid shit might have something to do with it? Or do you just play victim and blame someone/something else all the time.
@@aman888 you're the one with linguistic issues. You are insinuating that inflation has nothing to do with it. People are just idiots with their money? (this is true for a lot of people). But you don't even mention inflation, therefore it's a non-issue in your opinion. I'm not saying there's no validity to your point. But to ignore the obvious massive increase in cost of food is to ignore at least half of the relevant data.
@@lancelange9377 so in addition to reading comprehension, you're terrible at history too. This isn't the first inflationary period, nor will it be the last. How did previous generations navigate inflationary times? It wasn't to boycott because they couldn't afford groceries AND their lifestyle creep. Yes, prices have obviously increased (not just in Canada, by the way, globally as well), but what are individuals doing to get by... oh right, they're blaming everyone but themselves. You really think 10% grocery inflation is what's bankrupting people? It's like this generation hasn't figured out they have to learn to cut costs like their parents and grandparents did in tough times. Inflation is all supply and demand. Right now, it's high demand because people can't stop buying. And the sense of entitlement they have when they can't get what they want at pre-inflation prices. Stop playing victim and take accountability. THEN prices can maybe come down.
@@aman888 I don't have the LUXURY of NOT knowing where EVERY PENNY of my money is going due to health! I WAS TAUGHT at an EARLY AGE how to handle money too & how to buy appropriately - INCLUDING/ESPECIALLY at grocery stores! I - DO NOT - WASTE MONEY -EVER! I am NOT spending on stupid sh_t - so NO - THAT does NOT have to do it at all. I am NOT playing the victim here but as I DO know my spending & what I AM doing - I KNOW VERY CLEARLY that THE GROCERS ARE the PROBLEM! - & I am sure that can be said about many people. Secondly! - if other people WANT to waste their money on other things (it may be stupid, but they are allowed). That STILL does not give the grocers the right to gouge! Those are 2 VERY separate issues! - Yes, there are other things SOME Canadians can do (FOR A BIT) to help with their finances BUT - if the grocery giants aren't stopped, whatever THIS group of Canadians learns to save will soon be gone - TO the grocers & for the rest of us WHO were NOT wasting our money & still had little due to other circumstances beyond our control - these actions to STOP the grocers MAY keep us from dependency on the government for our livlihoods in a few years!
ex loblaw client I won t go there anymore for life !! I used to spend at least $300 a week in that grocery store. I won't even go to Maxi because they are part of the same company. When something is on special, it's often past its expiry date
The problem is that they are one of three major corporations that own all the groceries stores, there is no way to hurt them because they have almost no competition. I bet Jagshithead won’t tell you that part.
They have done the same with milk. Loblaws, Superstore, Food Basics, Metro (I don't know about the Sobey's chain) - ALL had different prices for the milk I buy about 1 1/2 years ago. Then COINCIDENTALLY - every one of them (both their higher cost & lower cost stores) & (at least) 2 chains - raised the milk prices A LOT! - AND ALL to the EXACT SAME PRICE - to the PENNY!
interesting to compare Loblaws vs Sobeys. Loblaws 5 year stock price increase is ~140% vs Sobeys relatively flat ~1.5%. who do we think is doing something unethical here?
Fuel surcharges are driving up costs it's also greed, I saw Gaelen Weston with his frigging arrogance in the news saying it won't work. Just watch assbug
This extortion of the Canadian people is disgusting. I can’t afford food and fresh vegetables. 16 dollars for a bag of grapes and 3 dollars for an avocado. While loblaws is making all this profit. I am a retired person I cannot pay these prices. I now make every effort not to go to the grocery store.
You want to affect change, vote better next time. Tax on every step of the chain from growing the food, processing, transport; that tax is added on to the price of goods. Trust real math, not Liberal math.
I TRUST MY BILLS! Explain why some of my items AT A (MUCH SMALLER) HEALTH FOOD STORE - are NOW CHEAPER THAN SUPERSTORE! That health food store doesn't even get the bulk price discount the giant supermarket chains get (& they are ALSO subject to the same taxes!) The grocery chains are using the taxes as an EXCUSE to up the prices WELL BEYOND ANY INCREASE they pay - & Pierre is HAPPY to pick it up to use as a FAKE WEAPON! Don't fall for Pierre Propaganda! He is MANIPULATING YOU - ONLY so he can gain the power of a PM for himself! He HAS A VESTED INTEREST in providing FAKE info! I don't blame you for being so gullible though. NO leader of ANY Party has ever sunk to the moral low that Pierre has gone in order to achieve HIS PERSONAL ENDS! (I am VERY, VERY AFRAID of what HE WOULD EVER DO if he HAD THE POWER of our country in his hands! HE has ABSOLUTELY ZERO MORALITY! I know "insiders" in the PC Party that are even afraid of the levels he will sink the Party & the country since he will go to levels NO other politician has ever [wanted] to go to before!)
You can see many comments below, some are ex-employees themselves. this will hurt more than the top corporate thinks. nobody needs loyalty points - consumers need lower prices - a $23 million salary package for top management? equals higher prices for groceries... Don't underestimate an angry crowd. The real question is, Why is the price so high? (it cant be inflation if you can offer a $23M salary package) $18M for taking another employee from another company? what is that amount, wow! tsk!
Walmart is also expensive..every week their prices go up not by 5 cents but by 50 or 75 cents..Walmart should be ashamed..they never offer any substantial discounts..,
That’s it has nothing to do with greediness of stores. It has to do with inflation, and extra unnecessary taxes like the carbon tax which the government implemented. Yes stores want to make good profits, obviously, or why would they be in business, however the government thrown fuel on the fire constantly.
Being a U.S. company i had stayed away from Walmart , due to the awful rise in prices from our grocery stores, I now shop at Walmart as they have much better prices. Produce and bakery items have been just horrible, and yet they charge exhorbent prices at the grocery stores
When it's consolidated to this degree, where else are we supposed to shop? It might be more important to pressure the firm to increase their mix of lower end chain stores, have more no frills, or T&T, especially downtown. Why is every Loblaws store a fancy Loblaws downtown?
And what do you do with your carbon tax rebate? Most Canadians make more money from their rebate than they pay in carbon tax. Read the facts! And stop with the Pierre Polie-ester conspiracy theory.
@@ericferguson9989 No. It's automatically deposited to your account. Look it up. And Weston is a conservative and major donor. His chief advisor was hired by Loblaws to lobby the government for them.
@@ericferguson9989no, you don’t have to apply, not everyone gets it. Only extremely poor get anything and it’s barely enough to cover the difference in anything.
Do you provide the storage? I sure won't keep my groceries in the living room for the sake of boycotting a chain that has almost no power over the price because the government drives everything up by overspending and imposing crazy laws and regulations (and don't get me started on the carbon tax) on the food industry.
@@danylatulippe Oh you are so lost in all the fake rhetoric - from a certain someone who is chomping at the bit & willing to say ANYTHING (even FALSE) to get himself elected PM. Don't get TAKEN IN! Use your brain - ALL THE WAY THROUGH - & then do a little investigation & listen to someone who IS NOT running to become the NEXT PM (already! - which is IN FACT ILLEGAL! - WOW, can't wait to see what he will do if elected!)
Get rid of members pricing??? It’s free to be a member and you can save too. What a stupid thing to suggest. You want to have lower prices? Be a free member. 🤦🏻♀️
Boycott LOBLAWS is a Great Idea, let's keep this going. Their prices are constantly going up, appalling! PROFITS OVER PEOPLE are what is destroying everything, greed, greed greed. I'm all in !
The guy made a comment that boycotts can’t work because people’s habits are ingrained. I’ve boycotted Loblaws and all of its subsidiary companies for a year and a half now. It’s not hard. Just do it. Know your alternative options and exercise them
@@15DanielsOther than dairy and chicken it is more expensive in the US. I been cross border shopping for 40 years and there is hardly anything to buy in the grocery stores now that is cheaper when you figure out the exchange.
@@ericgeorgetruckgrillingI’m assuming you are talking about a Niagara Falls? Yeah it’s never been much cheaper shopping there in my option, but please visit Florida and other southern states, it is still a lot cheaper than here.
grocery store items all increased by 1 dollar in one week. Well every week the price increases and every package is getting smaller and smaller.. can be damn sure the farmer isn't getting any of those dollars
There is 1 item I was going to buy someone as a gift. It was an item I had bought a few times because I found it very nice & special. I had bought it special at Superstore, just about 2 months previous for me at Christmas for approx. $8.00 - which was the regular (NOT sale) price. Two months later when I went to buy THE SAME ITEM at Superstore - it was up to $12.00!! That was a $4.00 increase! - which is insane! Not a 50 cent increase or a .75 increase but $4.00! I certainly didn't buy it & had to look for something else. This greed & disrespect for customers is going to cost THEM in the long-run.
3 weeks ago at a independent store a unit of Loblaw Companies Limited, a in store prepared pizza to cook at home was 8.00, the next week it was 9.00 and this week it was 10.00. has not been shrunk yet which is amazing . did not buy any pizza just noticed the price on that item.
Some of us live in small towns, where Loblaws is the only game in town. And shopping local has always been beyond my means. Some of us can't drive long distances to get our food, and have nowhere to store it if we could. The lack of competition in is our has always been a problem.
I feel for you & wish you had better options. I guess no other store opens if there are not enough people to support 2 places. Could there be any grocery stores OUTSIDE of your area that deliver (& that don't cost a fortune? I know this sounds like a dream to me too, but maybe worth exploring if some small grocer opened in a nearby town & is willing to do deliveries to expand his/her business to your area, especially if they have a website & you can get interest from other people in your community for them to make it worth it for them to deliver to all of you, even if only 1 - 2 x per week. Doesn't hurt to explore the possibility & ask any found. Never hurts to ask.) When you say you can't drive long distances, is it possible to be in a car while someone else drives? Would it be possible to find some people that would be willing to share a ride with you into a neighbouring town while they did their shopping (or anything else) there too? Is it possible to grow any vegetables? Even small containers of them where you live? My grandmother used to grow a few vegetables in pots on her balcony & neighbours may even be able to trade. Do you have any property? If you do but can't grow anything yourself, maybe make a deal to allow others in your community to grow vegetables on your land - & split the vegetables with them when they are ripe - maybe a school group or church group (that may even give their portion to a food bank etc.?) Lastly, if you have no other options, hopefully efforts in cities to make a difference in how these chains treat us WILL work - & will also get passed on to you. Here's hoping. 💞
Funny how Canadians don't want to blame government for being part of the problem. The carbon tax and the printing of money have nothing to do with the high prices in Canada.
BUT with some LOCAL outlets too - as many people like to SEE their items before buying - for freshness (& also it is sometimes hard to estimate how big something is by gr. weight without seeing it in person - since all items have different natural weights to them.) BUT - LOVE the idea. We need to move in this direction if our 3 giants won't be moved.