Loblaws is out of control

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A sub devoted to highlighting the ridiculous cost of living in Canada right now. We’d like to thank our corporate overlord Galen Weston Jr. of Loblaws for continually raising grocery prices so he can get a big fat bonus cheque every year while the rest of Canadians struggle to make ends meet.

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Loblaws is fine with growing green onions, just not by their customers apparently (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There is a community for this specific bramd of stores? I'd also crosspost this on mildlyinfuriating or something.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah in Canada you have a few major companies owning the large swaths of grocery store chains: Loblaws, Empire (Safeway and Sobeys in Canada), metro, Pattison (saveonfoods).

Loblaws has been particularly egregious with Galen Weston going on a PR tour to pretend they haven't been screwing Canadians over decades, despite ever increasing profits. Loblaws is vertically integrated owning or having strict contracts with suppliers (financial products (PC financial), drug stores, clothing stores (Joe Fresh). They were found to have fixed bread prices for 10 years or more.

So this month there is an active boycot of Loblaws, their chains and brands, hence this community. Feel free to crosspost to other communities, though!