“It doesn’t really make sense to me. I don’t understand what the motive is behind that. Why would anyone want to steal?” said Othman Ali, a regular shopper at Superstore.
Why not? They steal from us through price gouging, and their employees through wage theft. Why is that okay, Othman?
I plan on going in on that day with pockets stuffed with random wrapping paper and other non-grocery things from home, and sue them for harassment if they try to search me.
Basically taking advantage of little ol’ ladies wanting to save a stop.
Where I am there’s a shoppers on one side of the complex and a no frills on the other, it’s insane to find something that’s half the price not more than 50m away.
Fuck Galen, nationalization is the only option
Mr.Garison had the right idea for dealing with troublesome Canadians.
I live in an area with numerous grocery stores around and it always amazes me how often the Loblaw’s parking lot is PACKED despite their absurd prices and the security measures treating customers like escaped convicts.
Same. and we have to independently owned grocers within 1 block of Loblaws, where stuff is way cheeper, and an Indian grocer a few KM away where staple foods are half price of loblaws. But everyday Loblaws is full of people. I think that is the problem with Camadians, they complain but too complacent to change behaviour.
This article is written so your grandma reposts it to her Facebook page. It’s all right wing pearl clutching:
“McHugh said these extra security measures to prevent thefts will only result in costs getting passed down to shoppers, which would make groceries even more expensive.”
Grocery prices are up because teenagers made some posters!
"It doesn’t really make sense to me. I don’t understand what the motive is behind that. Why would anyone want to steal?” said Othman Ali, a regular shopper at Superstore.
Idk Othman, why don’t you ask your thief bestie Galen
This is how essex county was killing bus rideeship before. Rather than build additional stops and routes where people neeses to get to, they would complain ridership was low and raise ticket prices, which lowered ridership more, so they had to charge higher ticket prices…and so on
Where do you shop local? I think the public lost when they let down mom and pop shops in favor of these megacorps. They wouldn’t have had the leverage to jack up price gouging and inflation so much otherwise.
I go to the local international grocery store a lot, it’s actually spectacular, and there’s also the Polish grocery chain in my city which is quite good.
I’ll have to Iook into shoplifting tips then. I’m a simple woman, I’d be happy if I could top up my teabag stash, some bread yeast and flour, some nice morning granola, and a good sized bottle of olive oil and roasted red peppers.
Hell yeah you can fit like $500 worth of groceries in the 50-inch convicts or mammoths… get the dark color ones though the light color jeans will show off more pocket stuff
The carts have false alarms a lot, so if it's empty, it usually just gets unlocked with no check. Empty cart as a diversion because you decided "against buying anything"
Another tip: It's only one of the front ones. You can step on the bottom to lift it onto its back wheels and just hoof it before anybody can get to you
My SO worked at one for years. He could not care less. Sometimes when it was obvious someone was returning a case of formula they had just stolen (like it was January and the case was not cold from being in a car outdoors) they would roll their eyes, but they’d still do it. What can you do?
There was this hilarious cashier once at a store I used to go to, who had some movement disorder that made her act like the Chicken Lady from Kids In The Hall. As a result she couldn’t be bothered to memorize produce codes for scanning, and if she didn’t know what something was, she would just toss it in your bag without ringing it up. I got a lot of free lychees that way.
Bro they sell food… it’s not like you can just decide not to buy it and a lot of people don’t live in the middle of a giant city and have no choice when it comes to the grocery store they have to use.
For this particular case, sure, stealing is pretty stupid.
Breaking the law to make a point is a very important thing though. Most protestors are breaking some sort of law, and I frequently believe that protesting is the right action to take despite the personal risk in those situations.
I switched to Longo’s which are locally owned and actually I save money. I also started going to the local international grocery which is quite large for several things. At least I’m supporting local.
Edit: didn’t know Longo’s is now owned by Sobeys, so it’s time for the local Polish grocery store too.
If only there was another grocery store than Maxi that sold okay quality stuff at discount prices around here. I’ve got a farmers market and a local grocery store where veggies get down to an interesting price in season, but otherwise I basically have to choose between Maxi, Walmart, or pay considerably more at IGA or Metro - with the wife, dog and two kids, it approaches a hundred more for comparable groceries at the latter. Can’t say I find giving my money to Sobeys or Metro any more attractive either…
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