'Deeply unhappy' grocery shoppers plan to boycott Loblaw-owned stores in May
'Deeply unhappy' grocery shoppers plan to boycott Loblaw-owned stores in May
A boycott targeting Loblaw is gaining momentum online, with what could be thousands of shoppers taking their money elsewhere in May.
A boycott targeting Loblaw is gaining momentum online, with what could be thousands of shoppers taking their money elsewhere in May.
Easy solution, regulate, and break up loblaws to is original brands.
I still don’t understand how it’s legal to just buy your competition. Like every merger should just be illegal if the two companies are in the same industry.
Because our competition bureau has no teeth.
:lazer-eyes: or bring them under public ownership
I am glad to see this. Consumers need MORE of this kind of thing. Punish these businesses that are punishing us.
Maybe a true consumers union someday?
I preferred the first annual steal from Loblaw flyer, but this is also good.
National Roblaws Day 🎉
Bob's probably gonna write about this on his law blog
He recorded this misstep his law blog’s flaw log.
They deserve the notoriety.
I know I'm actively moving from No Frills to Calgary Coop. More expensive but so far way better quality foods and no more dollars going to Loblaws.
And, if they do end up with excess profits, they pay it back to Co-op members.
I'll believe it when I see it. Despite there being plenty of options in my area, the parking lots of Loblaw's stores are still overflowing with cars. I was driving around the city yesterday taking care of some errands and I drove past several stores and they were absolutely packed. One even had a lineup of cars to enter the parking lot that was overflowing out onto the road.
I'm joining in. You should too.
Way ahead of you. I haven't shopped at a Loblaw's location in years.
It is not May yet, the boycott has not started.
wouldn't it be a more effective protest to drive there, park, spend 3 hours browsing the aisles, before finally buying a single pint of milk
I've worked at one. A lot of people that work there don't have a lot of options, and the shoppers are largely idiots.
What stores should we be using as an alternative to loblaws? They own almost everything in my area
Only May? They're barely going to notice it.
I'm betting they instead continue to make record profits all through May.
The only time boycotts work is when they're paired up with divestment and sanctions.
What are the names of the stores? can't avoid them if people don't know the names
- Atlantic Superstore
- Dominion Stores
- Extra Foods
- Fortinos
- Freshmart
- Maxi
- No Frills
- No Name
- President's Choice
- President's Choice Financial
- Provigo
- Real Canadian Liquorstore
- Real Canadian Superstore
- Shoppers Drug Mart / Pharmaprix
- SuperValu
- T & T Supermarket
- Valu-mart
- Your Independent Grocer
- Zehrs Markets
This reminds me of all the Facebook led fuel protests ala 2007. None of those were successful btw, fuels still expensive as shit.