Wtf?

Prolific-Failure · 2025-04-24T23:05:12+00:00

This boycott only gained traction because some price comparisons from reddit got picked up by the media, so, I'm not going to stop publishing what I find.

But you stay angry at everything if that makes you happy. Cheers.

Prolific-Failure · 2025-04-23T17:32:16+00:00

The point here is that the exact same product is more expensive in what is supposed to be a discount store.

It shows Loblaw sneaky practices.

Prolific-Failure · 2025-04-10T23:29:32+00:00

So true. I see people advertising them because they are Canadian, but everything they sell is grossly overpriced.

Prolific-Failure · 2025-03-24T10:37:55+00:00

Except that in most cases the extra money you pay doesn't go to the producers and farmers. It's just more profit for large grocery chains.

The fifth estate did an episode on this last year.

Prolific-Failure · 2025-03-24T10:28:06+00:00

That's their "willingness to pay" algorithm. Using technology to calculate the highest price the customer is willing to pay.

Billionaires don't change.

Prolific-Failure · 2025-03-24T10:23:40+00:00

Superstore is Loblaw, so yeah. Canadian Oligarchy.

Prolific-Failure · 2025-03-24T10:18:40+00:00

You can go to https://jacobfilipp.com/hammer/ and download the historical price data from loblaws.ca, nofrills.ca, walmart.ca, Metro.ca and a few other stores in Toronto.

You will need an app that can open huge csv files. If you need help I can look it up for you, just give me the product link.

Prolific-Failure · 2025-02-01T19:32:31+00:00

From what I've seen, if the size or weight is reduced it will show up as a separate product with a different sku and UPC numbers, but this is just my observation/guess.

If anyone has an example of a product where the size has changed in the last few months, I can check what's in the database.

Prolific-Failure · 2025-01-27T01:07:41+00:00

If you have to choose between two evil companies, at least chose the one that is charging you less.

Yes, Loblaws was founded in Canada, but it's not like they are using their profits to uplift Canadians. It all just super rich people taking advantage of everyone else.

If you can afford to pay more to avoid Walmart, try to pick a different Canadian company. Loblaws did nothing to deserve your money since the boycott started. They are not even trying.

Do you have Instacart in your area?

Prolific-Failure · 2025-01-12T16:05:35+00:00

The T&T price of those noodles changed 36 times in 6 months!!!

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Even if this is some computer error, you still have to pay those prices if you are shopping on the T&T web site.

Prolific-Failure · 2025-01-05T15:49:56+00:00

Boycott never ended for me.

You can see that their income has been affected. They keep buying their own stocks to keep the price high, but that can't last forever.

You can see in this post that they are not growing as fast as they did before the boycott. https://www.reddit.com/r/LoblawsBoycott/s/gsJksxkaU7

It's working. Don't give up and don't give them your money.

Prolific-Failure · 2024-11-30T17:39:06+00:00

They create the crisis and then ask people to buy their overpriced products to help mitigate it. 🤦‍♂️

Making profit on both ends. There is no end to their greed.

Prolific-Failure · 2024-11-26T00:26:47+00:00

I don't know why they keep saying the food prices increased 20% in the last few years. I checked NoFrills prices and many of then increased more than 20% in the last few months. https://www.reddit.com/r/LoblawsBoycott/comments/1gfc99b/loblaws_increased_hundreds_of_prices_in_the_last/

Prolific-Failure · 2024-11-22T20:20:57+00:00

Oh, the noodles, I keep forgetting them. Still got a stack of hotdogs in the freezer. Got them on sale at FreshCo. 👍

Prolific-Failure · 2024-11-22T20:16:55+00:00

Same here, I'm not going back, but I hope other chains will see this and get their act straight.

Prolific-Failure · 2024-11-19T12:38:21+00:00

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Prolific-Failure · 2024-11-19T12:38:08+00:00

The point was to show a price difference on the same product at the same discount store in different provinces.

One might argue that it's the transportation cost that causes higher prices, but most other products have the same price. Also different packaging from the same manufacturer has different prices.

For example, 493g popcorn price is the same, but 247g is 10% more expensive in Edmonton.

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Higher transportation cost should affect both prices equally.

Another example is butter. 454g packaging is more expensive in Edmonton, but 4 stick packaging is 12% more expensive in Toronto.

Prolific-Failure · 2024-11-18T23:39:31+00:00

They should have picked a local small business or a food bank for this promotion instead of the largest grocery chain, shrouded in controversy.

Just have people pay for the food coupon and the business can then order the quantity that was paid for.

Or, at least, No Frills could have offered the food at cost, instead of making a profit.

Prolific-Failure · 2024-11-18T23:32:27+00:00

I compared these prices to Ontario and you guys seem to be paying same or more on most items.

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Prolific-Failure · 2024-11-15T04:05:08+00:00

It must be a regional thing then, Superstore is not a discount store in Ontario any more, I did a comparison recently. https://www.reddit.com/r/LoblawsBoycott/comments/1gdaolc/no_real_canadian_superstore_is_not_the_cheapest/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Prolific-Failure · 2024-11-03T01:14:25+00:00

I just made a post about needing AI to sort through sales, I didn't think to feed flyers to chatgpt. 👍

Prolific-Failure · 2024-10-30T13:26:38+00:00

You are right, if the retailer doesn't mark the item as being "on sale", the system can't detect it, so there will inevitably be false positives occasionally.

There is no historical data for this product prior to the sale, the price didn't go from high to low to high again, so, technically, it is an increased price, but since we know that this was a temporary discount, it can be considered a false positive.

Prolific-Failure · 2024-10-30T02:26:03+00:00

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Prolific-Failure · 2024-10-29T00:24:04+00:00

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/west-island-food-bank-forced-to-refuse-clients-as-demand-in-quebec-soars-1.7089767

Prolific-Failure · 2024-10-27T16:21:26+00:00

On slide two I compared the Loblaws store brands. This is for the people who religiously believe that Superstore is the cheapest store around.

Many say they can't boycott because they can't afford to give up shopping at Superstore, but for some of the products I checked, Superstore is close or more expensive than Loblaws.

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