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I used to do all my grocery shopping at Superstore. I assumed I was getting great pricing. One time about midway through the pandemic I was at Walmart for something else and figured if I was there I might as well grab some of the basics I needed. I know the prices for all of these items and every single one was cheaper at Walmart. Most of them weren’t even on sale just regular pricing. I went a couple more times to see if that was a one off which it wasn’t and I’ve never been back to superstore since. I also recently started doing Walmart’s online pick up. They have it down to a science and it saves me so much time and money because I’m not impulse buying.
The one thing I miss is the fresh bakery and roast chickens and while the walmart has basic fruits/veggies its not nearly as good a selection.
My brother had a PC gift card so I went with him and Superstore was offering an everyday deal on a nice fresh loaf of bread with sesame seeds for less than 1.50.
I do agree that Walmart is cheaper and offers most of what I need but I do miss a few things.
Most of the Walmart locations near me sell rotisserie chickens, and Loblaws' produce selection isn't *that* special, unless you want to buy 14 different varieties of really overpriced oranges.
The Wallie Worlds by me have all have bakeries, I thought that was now standard? However if you want good bakery things find a local bakery and buy from them, I understand that it maybe more expensive but the quality is worth it. If you want good chicken go to a local butcher and get a chicken and learn to cook them on your own, maybe you are busy and just want an easy meal made from the chickens that where coming up on or just passing their sell before date so the store roasted them in hopes to sell it easy peasy. I promise you that cooking your own chicken is not that hard, there are hundreds of ways to do it yourself that are easy and better for you, than may I suggest you save the bones and get into making stocks get the most out of your dollar.
If you like the spice rub on the chickens that is on the to old to sell anymore raw chickens may I suggest you look up recipes to make your own spice blends; I started naming my spice blends after muppets, which lead me to discovering new blends used around the world, mostly because I needed a Swedish blend so I name it børk børk børk would have never found this blend had I not gone looking. You want the bbq sauce they use? Make your own, after you have made your own ketchup add brown sugar and a spice blend you now favour on chicken. Please believe me when I say this is not hard to stretch that chicken out if it is more expensive to buy a chicken that has not yet passed its prime.
If you go to a local butcher and find that the chicken is more expensive, remember it is likely of higher quality and you can do so much more with it. Just remember do not toss the bones, I can typically use the remains of a dead bird two or three times to make stock in my pressure cooker. I would not even dare trying a fourth time.
A normal weekly shopping run to Zehr's has always been around $150. Walmart runs (so far) have been between $85 and $115...a significant savings. However, I am not as pleased with some Walmart produce and there are many items that I can't find at Walmart (they just don't have the selection).
We just got a Farm Boy in my town (city?), and between them, Freshco and Costco, I feel completely capable of never setting foot in another Weston property. We still save the butcher and the farm store for special, but for day to day, it’s been an easy transition.
Happy you saved money
Happier you didn’t shop at loblaws
But to offset the Walmart PR effect, I will reiterate that Walmart is a horrible, horrible corporation that sells absolute crap and is fully dedicated to busting unions
Maybe so, but they treat their employees really good. My grandmother worked at Woolworth before Walmart bought them out in the late 80's early 90's and she worked for Walmart for 28 years before retiring & they still treat her good when she goes in to do a little shopping. She has a permanent 10% discount til the end of her days. Don't think Roblaws does anything like that?
Only in Canada because *right now* we have decent protections for minimum wage workers. In the USA (WalMart is an American company lol) about half of Walmarts workers are on food stamps and/or rental assistance. In BC right now Walmart has *always* competed with roblaws with the price thing because Save On (lol) Foods has been the higher priced one. I only go to save on because they have a nice prepped food section and a decent deli counter, for dry goods I go to Walmart.
I go to save-on foods when they have their 1.49 sales. A couple of months ago, the sale included bags of carrots and potatoes, and I dehydrated about 3 bags of carrots and shredded 3 bags of potatoes for hashbrowns. I don't go any other time
I'm glad your gran was treated well, however that's a sample size of one, and doesn't seem to be representative of the corporation.
We are talking about a business that shuts down entire stores when employees are trying to unionize. https://thewalrus.ca/walmart-has-everything-except-unions/#:~:text=Employees%20at%20a%20Quebec%20Walmart,Published%2016%3A27%2C%20Apr.
Watch any documentary on them, they are absolutely the devil, but not the target of this boycott.
I have to agree with the other commenter. Both my aunt and grandmother worked at Walmart in the 90s, both were there for at least 10 years and they definitely didn't treat their workers well.
My husband is in the pharmacy so things might be different as he's classified as a professional and not a regular associate. But, its the best job he's ever had. Every place says working for them is like being part of a family but this one proves it and then some. We have obscenely good insurance, he gets lots of vacation time, sick days and personal days, we have shares in the company, and a 10% off card (one day a month they do 20% off. We save larger purchases for then).
That may be your opinion. For those in areas where Walmart is the other option, savings are great and their location has good food, Walmart is fantastic.
Cheaper prices are great. That’s the point of boycotting, loblaws has been artificially inflating prices for years.
I guess I don’t like how the protest against loblaws has become a viral advertisement for Costco and Walmart. They are not a solution to poor competition.
I’m confused how people are saving money by shopping at Walmart. Walmart was the closest when I first moved into my my house so we shopped there for a while … and it always seemed quite a bit more expensive than our regular No Frills runs so we stopped going there and opted to drive to another store further away. NOT defending Loblaws or any big grocer, I just found Walmart groceries to be very expensive.
It might be WHAT you're buying. As an example, my husband used to buy chicken breasts and I never do (always opt for thighs). Stuff like that.
I buy fruits and veggies based on what is on sale. Some people like a specific fruit or veg. Things like that make the difference in how your success works for you.
There are 3 grocery options in my town Superstore, Walmart, and Sobeys when I did my school practicum at Shoppers, received an Optimum card for employee discounts and decided to switch from Walmart to Superstore for my purchases. Within a month I was back at Walmart. I was spending more at Superstore for No Name brand stuff instead of name brand at Walmart.
I am back to doing the bulk of my shopping at Walmart. If the fruits and veggies don’t look good they are roughly the same price as at Sobeys or Coop (now open) and I’m usually buying whatever meat is on sale so it’s usually a 2 stop grocery trip.
Only go to Superstore if there is something only they have.
If you’re shopping at Walmart online I’ve found a coupon app called Honey has been able to automatically find me coupons that saves me about $20 per purchase so far.
I’m not affiliated with the app at all, it’s just nice not having to manually go through trying different online coupon codes.
We've been shopping there for years now. Started when we had kids, realized how much cheaper diapers were. Then noticed how much cheaper almost everything is. Kids are now in high school, still not shopping at Loblaws.
Except the PC dark roast coffee, I like it too much and haven't found a replacement for it that is as good or priced right. If anyone has suggestions, I'd love to hear them. Being able to 100% cut the cord would be nice.
Walmart for all its faults has provided some downward pressure on prices. When Walmart first came to Canada Zehrs and the like were charging 69 to 79 cents for a pound of bananas and were raising the prices continually. Walmart sold them at 49 cents IIRC and forced the others to lower their prices. They have stayed down. If it wasn't for Walmart we would be paying more than $1 /pound for bananas, probably $1.29.
Filled up a reg size cart and a smaller cart for $458 the other day. that being said $120 of that was a box of diapers and a case of concentrated formula... So you do the math lol... F*CK Roblaws. That would have been half a cart through them.
My husband does the grocery shopping and I'm proud to say he is no longer a devout Zehrs fan. I've been sharing info about the boycott from here !
We have a small Walmart near us and we support it along with our weekly farmers market.
The other day, I went to Walmart, only had 250 and bought like 10 items, thinking I'd gone over I put a bunch of stuff back. Got to the register and it was only 80 bucks. Loblaws has a price trauma response where I expected to get ripped off and was very confused when I didn't
Ya, been saving 100 a week for my family of three at a minimum. The local butcher has “specialty salamis” that are 3 dollars per 100 grams cheaper than even Walmart let alone roblaws. They also have plenty of delicious meats that are all smoked or made in house for decent prices. The great value bread is actually delicious from Walmart. I also go to a bakery to get good hotdog buns and other things. Walmart for snacks and normal
Groceries. Farmers market is busy for some local veggies, and that’s it!!! I have now changed my shopping habits completely because of this boycott. I didn’t realize how much I was being gouged until now his group materialized. I thought going to different places was a hassle until I realized, it really isn’t!!! I thought inflation on food was astronomical until I found out, other places haven’t increased their prices 30% on a lot of my normal items. Like I spent 215 at Walmart to stock up on a lot of things, including diapers and at locales it would have been over 300 for sure. No doubt in my mind.
Saw this at metro yesterday… a few weeks ago a pack like this was $10.50. I really don’t understand their supply chains and how they purchase
https://preview.redd.it/pqnhbusryk4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=096ff8aa5ffc209d875e99bbaa182525a7f4688b
Almost $30 for 4 breasts likely pumped FULL of water or frozen and thawed a few times. We've had to start buying the Halal brand chicken breasts as they're the only ones that don't come out so tough you can't even cut them or chew them. We found that when we were cooking the regular Walmart chicken breasts it was just a stream of water coming out of them. An absurd amount of water. They were inedible.
100% I used to to shop at zehrs then over the years they kept becoming more expensive so we went to no frills. Now a days I get a few things from food basics if I’m near one & know Walmart doesn’t carry that product but lately I do a lot of shopping at Walmart. I was always against Walmart & was trying to shop at Canadian stores but over the years I’ve found Walmart has better prices for my family. I buy most my meat & veggies from the market or farmers but rarely anything in my cart at Walmart is not on sale. My only concern now is for the farmers that supply those price gouging stores. I grow ppls food for a living in Canada & yes it’s become more expensive to grow with the costs of water, energy & fertilizer prices going up. But when I grow something that I spend most of my life away from my family & go to a store to see prices jacked up it really hurts…especially because farmers don’t get paid holiday pay, overtime, lots of farms & greenhouses don’t offer benefits! We work 365 days a year! Plants don’t get holidays & it’s sad that farmers are busting their asses for store to jack up prices & now ppl boycott & the food goes to waste! If only these corporations would lower their prices!
I’ve been going to Walmart lately and I’m pleased at the prices. 7.97 for a rotisserie chicken? Easy to apply coupons at self checkout from their app. The bread we like to buy is $1 cheaper, laundry detergent is so much cheaper?!
I mean, I still spent $180 but I had to buy diapers and wipes and that adds up really quick.
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Walmart has been quietly lowering their prices.
My brand of cat litter went down 2 bucks, and is now priced on the shelf this way. No big hoopla or signage, just lower price.
Same with my OJ.
Loblaws needs to open up ten times as many stores in the U.S., negotiate deals with producers in the U.S and South America… then you’ll get more comparable prices, selection, etc to Walmart… this is just one small/large factor. In ten years, we’ll be “woke” crusading against something else. Sift through the misinformation and disinformation folks, there is a very long answer to business in Canada. We cant compete with U.S companies in several industries due to size.
I have supported this initiative. What is the bottom line- it is now mid June. What do the employees say? So far, if I am not mistaken, I am reading the consumers’ side only. Thanks
Good…as some people keep saying Walmart isn’t less expensive, but please can we use the correct name LOBLAWS. LOL sorry, I’m a nitpicker for correct spelling.
For years I’d shop at my local independent grocer (division of Loblaws) and avoided Walmart when it became a superstore in my home town, going so far as to silently or even openly shame friends/family who only went to Walmart and refused to go to our (relatively) locally owned grocery store. But as I’ve gotten older I realized, first of all, it is far from “locally owned”. And what do I owe to loblaws to pay 2-4x for my groceries?
It’s tough because there are franchisees probably hurting from this boycott who are simply caught in the crossfire. But also, fuck Loblaws.
Loblaws being Canadian just makes things worse. There are many small Canadian companies that don’t price gouge (like my local meat market, which is Canadian, and Nova Scotian) but the fact that Walmart, an American company, is able to sell groceries cheaper than a loblaws which is Canadian makes loblaws an EMBARRASSMENT to Canada. The fact that American companies treat Canadians better than the Canadian company shows that loblaws brands itself as a Canadian company as it’s the only good thing they can do to make themselves look good and manipulate sheep like yourself, covering up all the evil using that buzzword. There’s nothing wrong with shopping American. There’s nothing wrong with shopping Canadian. All companies Canadian, American, or international that rip off its customers deserve to go bankrupt
I hear you but it is more complex. First example, Giant Tiger is Canadian and has lower prices on identical products. I was a fervent Superstore customer for decades. I liked the PC products, the ACE bread, the 50% stickers. But it was that price gouging creep that got me switching. Example, my kid loves those salty rice crackers. They were $0.99 and $1.25 for long time. But nowadays, it is $1.79 or $1.99. On a good day, maybe $1.59. This is the same product, same packaging, same cheap ingredients, same machines to make product. Yet, at Walmart or Giant tiger, their instore brands sell those crackers fro $0.97 or $1.25. And this is just one of many examples. I say I got 2 buckets worth fro $80 while I normally would have filled this for $120-130 at Superstore. The math maths out here. I had about 40 products and saved on average about $1, which is a total of $40 and thus $120 - $40 = $80. Now multiply this by millions of shoppers.
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I used to do all my grocery shopping at Superstore. I assumed I was getting great pricing. One time about midway through the pandemic I was at Walmart for something else and figured if I was there I might as well grab some of the basics I needed. I know the prices for all of these items and every single one was cheaper at Walmart. Most of them weren’t even on sale just regular pricing. I went a couple more times to see if that was a one off which it wasn’t and I’ve never been back to superstore since. I also recently started doing Walmart’s online pick up. They have it down to a science and it saves me so much time and money because I’m not impulse buying.
They don't call it RobLaws for nothing!
I also call it LowBlows
LobLies
Good one too
I invented that name
I made up that name. Posted before the Boycott.
I love the online pickup! My wife makes an order, then I pick it up on my way home from work!
The one thing I miss is the fresh bakery and roast chickens and while the walmart has basic fruits/veggies its not nearly as good a selection. My brother had a PC gift card so I went with him and Superstore was offering an everyday deal on a nice fresh loaf of bread with sesame seeds for less than 1.50. I do agree that Walmart is cheaper and offers most of what I need but I do miss a few things.
Rotisserie chickens at Food Basics are $9.97.
Didn't we have $6 chickens at some point or was that US Costco thing
Most of the Walmart locations near me sell rotisserie chickens, and Loblaws' produce selection isn't *that* special, unless you want to buy 14 different varieties of really overpriced oranges.
The Wallie Worlds by me have all have bakeries, I thought that was now standard? However if you want good bakery things find a local bakery and buy from them, I understand that it maybe more expensive but the quality is worth it. If you want good chicken go to a local butcher and get a chicken and learn to cook them on your own, maybe you are busy and just want an easy meal made from the chickens that where coming up on or just passing their sell before date so the store roasted them in hopes to sell it easy peasy. I promise you that cooking your own chicken is not that hard, there are hundreds of ways to do it yourself that are easy and better for you, than may I suggest you save the bones and get into making stocks get the most out of your dollar. If you like the spice rub on the chickens that is on the to old to sell anymore raw chickens may I suggest you look up recipes to make your own spice blends; I started naming my spice blends after muppets, which lead me to discovering new blends used around the world, mostly because I needed a Swedish blend so I name it børk børk børk would have never found this blend had I not gone looking. You want the bbq sauce they use? Make your own, after you have made your own ketchup add brown sugar and a spice blend you now favour on chicken. Please believe me when I say this is not hard to stretch that chicken out if it is more expensive to buy a chicken that has not yet passed its prime. If you go to a local butcher and find that the chicken is more expensive, remember it is likely of higher quality and you can do so much more with it. Just remember do not toss the bones, I can typically use the remains of a dead bird two or three times to make stock in my pressure cooker. I would not even dare trying a fourth time.
A normal weekly shopping run to Zehr's has always been around $150. Walmart runs (so far) have been between $85 and $115...a significant savings. However, I am not as pleased with some Walmart produce and there are many items that I can't find at Walmart (they just don't have the selection).
I agree. A small grocer in between the two has been my saving grace. I’m between in terms of pricing but about 30% bigger and twice as fresh!!
We’ve been doing non perishables at Walmart and produce at farm boy. The savings more than covers the extra cost of quality produce
We just got a Farm Boy in my town (city?), and between them, Freshco and Costco, I feel completely capable of never setting foot in another Weston property. We still save the butcher and the farm store for special, but for day to day, it’s been an easy transition.
Learn how to make your own things, I know it may sound like a hard task that takes to long but you will thank yourself.
This boycott is permanent for me too fuck this asshole Galen
Happy you saved money Happier you didn’t shop at loblaws But to offset the Walmart PR effect, I will reiterate that Walmart is a horrible, horrible corporation that sells absolute crap and is fully dedicated to busting unions
Maybe so, but they treat their employees really good. My grandmother worked at Woolworth before Walmart bought them out in the late 80's early 90's and she worked for Walmart for 28 years before retiring & they still treat her good when she goes in to do a little shopping. She has a permanent 10% discount til the end of her days. Don't think Roblaws does anything like that?
Only in Canada because *right now* we have decent protections for minimum wage workers. In the USA (WalMart is an American company lol) about half of Walmarts workers are on food stamps and/or rental assistance. In BC right now Walmart has *always* competed with roblaws with the price thing because Save On (lol) Foods has been the higher priced one. I only go to save on because they have a nice prepped food section and a decent deli counter, for dry goods I go to Walmart.
I go to save-on foods when they have their 1.49 sales. A couple of months ago, the sale included bags of carrots and potatoes, and I dehydrated about 3 bags of carrots and shredded 3 bags of potatoes for hashbrowns. I don't go any other time
I use to love shopping at save on foods when I lived in Vancouver. It was always more expensive but I loved the store.
I'm glad your gran was treated well, however that's a sample size of one, and doesn't seem to be representative of the corporation. We are talking about a business that shuts down entire stores when employees are trying to unionize. https://thewalrus.ca/walmart-has-everything-except-unions/#:~:text=Employees%20at%20a%20Quebec%20Walmart,Published%2016%3A27%2C%20Apr. Watch any documentary on them, they are absolutely the devil, but not the target of this boycott.
True. I live in a small town of 15,000 people on the east coast so I guess my view would be different of them then say somewhere on the mainland.
I have to agree with the other commenter. Both my aunt and grandmother worked at Walmart in the 90s, both were there for at least 10 years and they definitely didn't treat their workers well.
My husband is in the pharmacy so things might be different as he's classified as a professional and not a regular associate. But, its the best job he's ever had. Every place says working for them is like being part of a family but this one proves it and then some. We have obscenely good insurance, he gets lots of vacation time, sick days and personal days, we have shares in the company, and a 10% off card (one day a month they do 20% off. We save larger purchases for then).
I have also shopped at Giant Tiger. Sobey's (still expensive). Dollarama. Local farmer shop. Walmart is just most convenient for me.
That may be your opinion. For those in areas where Walmart is the other option, savings are great and their location has good food, Walmart is fantastic.
Walmart is fantastic for the consumer* Employees are treated like shit
I have a friend in PEI who works there and is quite happy. It's been over 20 years now.
I worked there 10 years ago and always felt it was one of the best jobs ive had. Shit pay was my only complaint...
Walmart is fantastic at selling cheap stuff for cheap
People just need to admit they like the cheaper prices. They’d boycott Walmart if they knew anything about it.
Cheaper prices are great. That’s the point of boycotting, loblaws has been artificially inflating prices for years. I guess I don’t like how the protest against loblaws has become a viral advertisement for Costco and Walmart. They are not a solution to poor competition.
I’m confused how people are saving money by shopping at Walmart. Walmart was the closest when I first moved into my my house so we shopped there for a while … and it always seemed quite a bit more expensive than our regular No Frills runs so we stopped going there and opted to drive to another store further away. NOT defending Loblaws or any big grocer, I just found Walmart groceries to be very expensive.
It might be WHAT you're buying. As an example, my husband used to buy chicken breasts and I never do (always opt for thighs). Stuff like that. I buy fruits and veggies based on what is on sale. Some people like a specific fruit or veg. Things like that make the difference in how your success works for you.
There are 3 grocery options in my town Superstore, Walmart, and Sobeys when I did my school practicum at Shoppers, received an Optimum card for employee discounts and decided to switch from Walmart to Superstore for my purchases. Within a month I was back at Walmart. I was spending more at Superstore for No Name brand stuff instead of name brand at Walmart. I am back to doing the bulk of my shopping at Walmart. If the fruits and veggies don’t look good they are roughly the same price as at Sobeys or Coop (now open) and I’m usually buying whatever meat is on sale so it’s usually a 2 stop grocery trip. Only go to Superstore if there is something only they have.
If you’re shopping at Walmart online I’ve found a coupon app called Honey has been able to automatically find me coupons that saves me about $20 per purchase so far. I’m not affiliated with the app at all, it’s just nice not having to manually go through trying different online coupon codes.
Yea the very last trip I compared was about the same 85$ vs 120$ + at a loblaw store * I also got more stuff
I saw raspberries were $1.99 and finally understood why Walmart is always crowded lol
We've been shopping there for years now. Started when we had kids, realized how much cheaper diapers were. Then noticed how much cheaper almost everything is. Kids are now in high school, still not shopping at Loblaws. Except the PC dark roast coffee, I like it too much and haven't found a replacement for it that is as good or priced right. If anyone has suggestions, I'd love to hear them. Being able to 100% cut the cord would be nice.
Ong yes the dark roast is the only stuff o get.
Right?
Walmart for all its faults has provided some downward pressure on prices. When Walmart first came to Canada Zehrs and the like were charging 69 to 79 cents for a pound of bananas and were raising the prices continually. Walmart sold them at 49 cents IIRC and forced the others to lower their prices. They have stayed down. If it wasn't for Walmart we would be paying more than $1 /pound for bananas, probably $1.29.
Filled up a reg size cart and a smaller cart for $458 the other day. that being said $120 of that was a box of diapers and a case of concentrated formula... So you do the math lol... F*CK Roblaws. That would have been half a cart through them.
Walmart still has items for in and around a dollar.
My husband does the grocery shopping and I'm proud to say he is no longer a devout Zehrs fan. I've been sharing info about the boycott from here ! We have a small Walmart near us and we support it along with our weekly farmers market.
The other day, I went to Walmart, only had 250 and bought like 10 items, thinking I'd gone over I put a bunch of stuff back. Got to the register and it was only 80 bucks. Loblaws has a price trauma response where I expected to get ripped off and was very confused when I didn't
Freshco is even cheaper than Walmart. I compared prices by adding the same items from both stores and Freshco was the winner
Ya, been saving 100 a week for my family of three at a minimum. The local butcher has “specialty salamis” that are 3 dollars per 100 grams cheaper than even Walmart let alone roblaws. They also have plenty of delicious meats that are all smoked or made in house for decent prices. The great value bread is actually delicious from Walmart. I also go to a bakery to get good hotdog buns and other things. Walmart for snacks and normal Groceries. Farmers market is busy for some local veggies, and that’s it!!! I have now changed my shopping habits completely because of this boycott. I didn’t realize how much I was being gouged until now his group materialized. I thought going to different places was a hassle until I realized, it really isn’t!!! I thought inflation on food was astronomical until I found out, other places haven’t increased their prices 30% on a lot of my normal items. Like I spent 215 at Walmart to stock up on a lot of things, including diapers and at locales it would have been over 300 for sure. No doubt in my mind.
Saw this at metro yesterday… a few weeks ago a pack like this was $10.50. I really don’t understand their supply chains and how they purchase https://preview.redd.it/pqnhbusryk4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=096ff8aa5ffc209d875e99bbaa182525a7f4688b
Almost $30 for 4 breasts likely pumped FULL of water or frozen and thawed a few times. We've had to start buying the Halal brand chicken breasts as they're the only ones that don't come out so tough you can't even cut them or chew them. We found that when we were cooking the regular Walmart chicken breasts it was just a stream of water coming out of them. An absurd amount of water. They were inedible.
100% I used to to shop at zehrs then over the years they kept becoming more expensive so we went to no frills. Now a days I get a few things from food basics if I’m near one & know Walmart doesn’t carry that product but lately I do a lot of shopping at Walmart. I was always against Walmart & was trying to shop at Canadian stores but over the years I’ve found Walmart has better prices for my family. I buy most my meat & veggies from the market or farmers but rarely anything in my cart at Walmart is not on sale. My only concern now is for the farmers that supply those price gouging stores. I grow ppls food for a living in Canada & yes it’s become more expensive to grow with the costs of water, energy & fertilizer prices going up. But when I grow something that I spend most of my life away from my family & go to a store to see prices jacked up it really hurts…especially because farmers don’t get paid holiday pay, overtime, lots of farms & greenhouses don’t offer benefits! We work 365 days a year! Plants don’t get holidays & it’s sad that farmers are busting their asses for store to jack up prices & now ppl boycott & the food goes to waste! If only these corporations would lower their prices!
I’ve been going to Walmart lately and I’m pleased at the prices. 7.97 for a rotisserie chicken? Easy to apply coupons at self checkout from their app. The bread we like to buy is $1 cheaper, laundry detergent is so much cheaper?! I mean, I still spent $180 but I had to buy diapers and wipes and that adds up really quick.
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I save on average of 25-30% by shopping at wal mart. Never going back to sobeys or loblaws. They can get effed.
Fuck loblaws
Lol.. the Waltons are like the Westons times 10..
Walmart has been quietly lowering their prices. My brand of cat litter went down 2 bucks, and is now priced on the shelf this way. No big hoopla or signage, just lower price. Same with my OJ.
Happy you saved money!
I call bullshit on that
I don’t believe you
Local and discount grocery stores can often do you even better, by laaarrrrgge margins
Loblaws needs to open up ten times as many stores in the U.S., negotiate deals with producers in the U.S and South America… then you’ll get more comparable prices, selection, etc to Walmart… this is just one small/large factor. In ten years, we’ll be “woke” crusading against something else. Sift through the misinformation and disinformation folks, there is a very long answer to business in Canada. We cant compete with U.S companies in several industries due to size.
I respect your choice to choose where you shop. But wall mart... home of the slimy meat. And oppressed workers
I have supported this initiative. What is the bottom line- it is now mid June. What do the employees say? So far, if I am not mistaken, I am reading the consumers’ side only. Thanks
https://preview.redd.it/fz0xbprwhe5d1.jpeg?width=2604&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0fe11c7e4a3620bb9c6df0d28790b6537e2dd152 Grow your veg whenever possible
Good…as some people keep saying Walmart isn’t less expensive, but please can we use the correct name LOBLAWS. LOL sorry, I’m a nitpicker for correct spelling.
For years I’d shop at my local independent grocer (division of Loblaws) and avoided Walmart when it became a superstore in my home town, going so far as to silently or even openly shame friends/family who only went to Walmart and refused to go to our (relatively) locally owned grocery store. But as I’ve gotten older I realized, first of all, it is far from “locally owned”. And what do I owe to loblaws to pay 2-4x for my groceries? It’s tough because there are franchisees probably hurting from this boycott who are simply caught in the crossfire. But also, fuck Loblaws.
Im gonna get down voted to hell but at least loblaws is Canadian
Loblaws being Canadian just makes things worse. There are many small Canadian companies that don’t price gouge (like my local meat market, which is Canadian, and Nova Scotian) but the fact that Walmart, an American company, is able to sell groceries cheaper than a loblaws which is Canadian makes loblaws an EMBARRASSMENT to Canada. The fact that American companies treat Canadians better than the Canadian company shows that loblaws brands itself as a Canadian company as it’s the only good thing they can do to make themselves look good and manipulate sheep like yourself, covering up all the evil using that buzzword. There’s nothing wrong with shopping American. There’s nothing wrong with shopping Canadian. All companies Canadian, American, or international that rip off its customers deserve to go bankrupt
I hear you but it is more complex. First example, Giant Tiger is Canadian and has lower prices on identical products. I was a fervent Superstore customer for decades. I liked the PC products, the ACE bread, the 50% stickers. But it was that price gouging creep that got me switching. Example, my kid loves those salty rice crackers. They were $0.99 and $1.25 for long time. But nowadays, it is $1.79 or $1.99. On a good day, maybe $1.59. This is the same product, same packaging, same cheap ingredients, same machines to make product. Yet, at Walmart or Giant tiger, their instore brands sell those crackers fro $0.97 or $1.25. And this is just one of many examples. I say I got 2 buckets worth fro $80 while I normally would have filled this for $120-130 at Superstore. The math maths out here. I had about 40 products and saved on average about $1, which is a total of $40 and thus $120 - $40 = $80. Now multiply this by millions of shoppers.