Loblaw boycott: Small grocers, co-ops seeing boost in customers
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Published 2024-05-05
Small grocers and co-op stores are among those people are turning to, either due to lower costs because of their business model or the closer connection between the store and the suppliers, meaning customers know exactly where the food is coming from.
As Sean Previl explains, the stores say they're seeing a "lot of anger" against the "big box" stores like Loblaw, but it's leading to them getting a boost and new customers to welcome.
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All Comments (21)
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Keep the boycott going!
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Canadians making me proud. We are stronger together!
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And the same should go for Metro
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Boycott Rogers too!
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Overpriced grocery store and I always know to stay away
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This makes me happy... I hope that by the end of the month, people realize they have better options for food and stick with the boycott. There is something so satisfying about watching Loblaws feel the wrath of their own greed. People are fed up with Loblaw's (and Galen Weston's) pathetic excuses. Hopefully, there is no coming back from this for Loblaw's...
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When large grocery stores charge the same or more than specialty stores somethings wrong
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Done. The prices are ridiculous ! Profits over People is a losing game !
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I stopped shopping at Loblaws stores when I found out that other stores were much cheaper. Loblaws prices are out of control.
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Boycott!
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We need more options to shop
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I will never shop at Loblaws or their subsidiaries again.
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somebody please provide lists of alternative shopping venues
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The problem isn't just with a single company though. You see the same thing over and over with large corporations. The CEO and top staff don't care about anything but making as big of a profit as they can and they're constantly pushing the envelope to see what they can get away with. All so they can show shareholders what a great job they're doing and so they can justify getting paid 5 - 10 times what their lowest earning worker gets paid.
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Record prices, record profits minimum wage Welcome to the new gilded age
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Loblaw, walmart, no frills, shoppers, metro, longos and all the big chains are the problem in groceries prices going thru the roof while they are making record profits. Lets support the independent grocers instead greedy owners of big chain grocers living in million plus yatchs and mansions.
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Loblaw made around $459 million in the first quarter this year! They could easily drop prices 25 percent and still make mad profits! It’s all greed
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Having a organized boycott can help speed things up but we can still do it on our own. I've been boycotting Sobeys (they are even worse than Loblaw) by myself for a year now and did most of my grocery shopping at local meat and veggie markets as well as dollar store. Now I'm so used to it, adding Loblaw to my boycott list doesn't affect me at all, plus I've also saved up so much by shop locally (they are typically 20%-50% cheaper than those greedy grocery chains). We could all do it, it's not hard. At first it may sound like a big change, but once you make the change and make it your everyday life, you can continue it months after months without feeling any inconvenience. 👍 Also trust me, if we really want to make this boycott work, we need much more than one month. 💪
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Good they have been gouging for years. When items are 2 to 5 bucks more than other places and Loblaws has the market cornered then its long past due that we all speak up. Its GREED
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GOOD! Even before the pandemic, I've been stressing the need to take our dollars to the smaller businesses as an alternative....mostly because of the oligopolies in Canada. There's always an alternative option! Support local!
