Who here's committed to not shop at Loblaws' companies this month (and beyond)?

cramola, 12 days ago

Yeah I’m in it for a month now. I shop at my local green grocers, Food Basics and Freshco now. And I live damn close to nofrills. Bastards

Rentlar, 12 days ago

Every middle finger (real or imaginary) you give the Westons as you pass by NoFrills helps.

RandAlThor, 12 days ago

I am. There are alternatives and I can easily avoid them. Others may not be in the same position.

nik282000, 13 days ago

The only alternatives in my town are Walmart (the human rights violation company) or Sobeys (the wallet rapists). Maybe I can eat Shin-cup noodles for a month.

kent_eh, 14 days ago

I haven’t set foot in one for many years.

Xavier, 14 days ago

Great list. In my area, I only need to avoid Maxi and Provigo.

There are so many small “dépanneurs” and specialty grocery stores.

They all have amaizing deals on their niche products:

• rice, lentils, dehydrated beans, spices, chili, bitter gourd >>>> indian store
• rice, sauces, noodles, mushroom, fish/seafood, daikon >>>> asian store
• beans, spices, coconut, plantain, okra, eddo leaf >>>> jamaican store
• arabic, latin american, senegalese, etc. grocery stores in addition to bakeries, fish mongers, butcher shops, etc.

Every speciaty store has their own fresh produces from typical fruits and vegetables we see everywhere to uniques ones found nowhere else.

CanadianCorhen, 14 days ago

My wife and I agreed not to. We live in a small community, but have the following:

A small, independent market Your Independent Grocer (owned by loblaws) IGA (mostly independent)

Definitly options even in a community of only 10k people.

NGnius, 14 days ago

I haven’t been to a Loblaws in ages, but I’m happy to continue with that.

I tend to get my groceries from local independent (not Independent) stores and Giant Tiger. They’re closer so I can walk anyway.

recursive_recursion, 15 days ago (edited 13 days ago)

Grocery Alternatives:

• Costco
• Walmart
• Save On Foods

Rentlar, 14 days ago

There’s a lot of options, including big and small chains and local independents depending on your needs. It may be worth boycotting other chains in some order to keep everyone on their toes, but none have been as blatantly greedy as Loblaws for sure.

nik282000, 13 days ago

Walmart

The human rights violation company.

recursive_recursion, 13 days ago

totally fair, not sure why that escaped me
I’ve edited the original comment👍

Cagi, 15 days ago

I don’t drive, I’m too poor to live anywhere well connected, and I’m disabled. So I rely on delivery and need my groceries to be as cheap as possible. That means No Frills. I buy from there or starve, I’m afraid. I’d be more inclined towards a guillotine based solution for Loblaws and Pattison anyway.

forgotaboutlaye, 15 days ago

Not living in Canada anymore, but when I visit in June they won't get a cent from me.

kat_angstrom, 15 days ago

In it 100%

They’re greedy AF

northmaple1984, 15 days ago

None of the grocery stores or drug stores in my town are associated with Loblaws and the one grocery store on my way home from work is Costco, so I already don’t shop at Loblaws 99%+ of the time.

However if I’m out and about I’m not going out of my way to avoid it.

Frederic, 15 days ago

In my part of QC, the only “Loblaws” around me is a Maxi, it’s pretty cheap certainly one of the most affordable groceries here. But I can go to a nearby SuperC just to boycott Galen.

Rentlar, 15 days ago

Every bit helps. Even a 3% drop at the Q2 report in a few months will be noteworthy for shareholders.

ILikeBoobies, 15 days ago (edited 15 days ago)

I already stopped using them so I don’t matter to the boycott

Kichae, 15 days ago

The only one I visit at all is Shoppers Drug Mart, and that one’s not going to be an issue to cut out. Kinda tweaked that my local post office is operating out of it, though, and directly funneling public dollars into Galen Weston’s pockets.