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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!
Theft is up? Raise prices to compensate.
Increased headwind on distribution trucks? Raise prices to compensate.
Mars is in retrograde? Raise prices to compensate.
Supply stabilized and reduced our costs on goods? Raise prices to compensate.
Its not exactly a threat if you're going to do it anyway!
People stealing food because the cost of living is high? Raise prices to compensate.
People stealing food because the cost of living is even higher? Raise prices to compensate.
People stealing food because the cost of living is too high? Raise prices to compensate.
People stealing food because the cost of living is so high it becomes prohibitive to production? Raise prices to compensate.
Why are young people not willing to work these days?
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
"Steal from us and we'll raise prices!"
The class war continues. Fuck them.
Yeah these mf-ers drank the No Name Cool Aid
"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
Not going to steal, but definitely will boycott for the month of May.
Yeah. Don’t break the law to make a point as you only put yourself at risk. Instead show else and vote with your dollar.
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.
Learn and obey the rules very well so you will know how to break them properly.
Dalai Lama
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.
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…
IGA or Metro
~~Which are both Loblaws brands anyways.~~
Hmm I’m not seeing them in there? Pretty sure Metro is its own thing (which owns Jean Coutu, Brunet, Super C, etc), and IGA is Sobeys.
Yup, guess I was too tired to be commenting.
Why not now?
They are likely to have increased protection that day
No I mean let's start tonight haha.
Wonder why I read it as if you were speaking like Staghorn Leghorn
Exactly.
Edit: Although, to be honest they probably are working on increased security now.
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.
Buy a pair of JNCOs
JNCOs ot only fashionable, also helps with liberating greedily priced groceries.
Here's a tip:
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"
Technically true
The trick is to do it on the 11th
Silly me, here I've been stealing from Loblaws every time I enter one of their stores!
Shop local, shoplift mega-corps
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.
See if there's a farmer's market in your area. Many places have one on weekends, at least.
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.
Shoppers - Box of triscuts = $5.19 Superstore - Box of triscuts = $1.97
The fuck is that shit about.
Same company as well, so really just a fuck you for shopping at the pharmacy.
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.
In some urban places you can walk to the Shoppers but need to drive to the No Frills/superstore/zerhs etc. So also fuck you for walking.
To be fair, if you're grocery shopping at Shoppers you probably have more money than brains.
Or you're a little ol' lady who needs her meds but doesn't have the energy to walk the extra few blocks to the actual grocery store.
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.
Seize the means of groceries. You have only your hunger to lose.
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.
thank you for promoting the event, op and ctv
“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?
Suck it Galen.