Is anyone else boycotting Loblaws? I don’t have many alternatives, but I’m doing my best to take my business elsewhere.
Sure am, American though so no real choice in the matter. Fuck em though!
Is there a good source to learn about this (scope, list of stores, etc)
https://www.altgrocery.ca is being boosted on other channels, appears to be a decent list of local / independent stores.
Country wide. All Loblaws stores,
Here’s the wiki list
Loblaws
Atlantic Superstore
Dominion Stores
Extra Foods
Fortinos
Freshmart
Maxi
No Frills
No Name
President’s Choice
President’s Choice Financial
Provigo
Real Canadian Liquorstore
Real Canadian Superstore
Shoppers Drug Mart / Pharmaprix
SuperValu
T & T Supermarket
Valu-mart
Your Independent Grocer
Zehrs Markets
Huh, for some reason I thought t&t were their own thing
Yep. Bastards aren’t getting my dollars for the forseeablw future. Fuck em
LET’S GOOOOOOO!
American here. Just want to voice my support for this effort. Consumers are long overdue in striking back at companies making record profits from our necessities.
Give 'em hell, eh.
People need to start voting with money a lot more, these “companies” lost their fucking minds since covid
I’m doing my part
stocked up a bit more at Costco last month so I didn’t have to buy for this week and maybe nexthttps://lemmy.ca/post/20399097
There are similar posts on other subs, but this is from 3 days ago on the same sub.
Hell yeah, thanks for linking my Loblaws boycott post!
Yep. we started using local grocers when Loblaws prices skyrocketed and local grocer stayed reasonable. This month we stopped going to any Loblaws owned thing, might continue indefinitely if no reasults happen
We don’t have a local option, but I’m happy to shift my purchasing.
I’ve been boycotting Loblaws since the Amex card gives 4% cashback on groceries
Haven’t been buying from the local super store for a while now, however I have stopped buying from Shoppers.
If we respond to this, does it count as virtue signaling?
I avoided going to the bi-weekly coke sale at Shopper’s Drug Mart. Looks like I’ll be pouring my drinks a bit rich for the next little while. Ever since Loblaws bought them and the subsequent price increase, I’ve been less confident that it really is the loss-leader I’ve been led to believe it was. Then, my wife had a prescription faxed there since our local pharmacy had already closed for the day.
I grumbled about it and had it transferred to the co-op, since I had been meaning to get set up there (3rd party insurance and all).
If we respond to this, does it count as virtue signaling?
It’s more like personal accountability. If I tell people that I’m doing this, then I’m less likely to give it up in a couple of days.
I’d love a UK based version for the major chains.
I refuse to shop at Sainsbury’s since they started having gates where yoy physically have to scan your receipt to leave. They have also started doing nectar card prices where they charge more if you don’t want them to track you. Tesco does the same. I’m not sure about Morrisons and Asda. Waitrose just costs more no matter what.
The receipt scanning is insulting. Inconveniencing all customers because they might be shoplifters is lousy customer relations.
They do not have a presence in my small town. I would have to drive 30 minutes to not shop with one of their stores. So by default I am boycotting.
I tend to avoid the large corps where I can (Amazon, Walmart) recently moved to buying what I can from farmers markets and honestly having someone remember you and be proud of their product is a game changer, and tastes better too.
So yeah absolutely boycotting em
I started a permanent loblaws boycott this week. Won’t be shopping at any of the other big names either. Preparing to participate in the boycott led me to sign up for a co op that I should’ve been using all along and I don’t see myself ever going back. Anything they don’t carry I can get at a local independent grocer and they’re usually a little cheaper than no frills anyway.
Co ops are a solution to corporate greed, use them whenever possible.
Careful that it’s not “Your Independent Grocer” which is just another Loblaw shit.
Edit: or L’Intermarche, which is the Québecois equivalent.
So far so good… For me, Shoppers is harder to avoid than Loblaws or No Frills, but we’ll see how it goes.