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 those hosers hell, eh.

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.

Yep. Bastards aren't getting my dollars for the forseeable future. Fuck em

I haven't shopped there in years and have no plan to. I used to work for them and detest spending any more time in their stores.

https://lemmy.ca/post/20399097

There are similar posts on other subs, but this is from 3 days ago on the same sub.

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

Is there a good source to learn about this (scope, list of stores, etc)

Loblaws doesn't feel the need to put any grocers near me so it makes it easy though I'll miss T&T. There's still Lucky's though

The only places I've had to cut out was shoppers, and I go there so rarely that it really didn't matter.

Their grocery stores have been garbage for so long that "boycotting" is such a moot point to me. They're the only nearby grocer that forces you to buy the amount of a listed item to actually get the discount (ie, if an item is 2/$6.00, buying one charges you full price, not $3.00). Between that and many items being ~5-10% higher than the other grocers, I'm not sure why anyone shops there to begin with.

I'd love to but I live in a small town with only 2 grocery stores. No Frills and Metro. I have to drive 30 minutes to another town if I want to shop somewhere else. They're both expensive so I usually end up going to both and looking for sales.

I have doubts that this boycott will actually make a difference. The world is fucked and controlled by the rich. The only way things will ever change is if the working class band together and force change. But we're all too busy arguing amongst eachother about meaningless shit to do that.

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 next

I've been boycotting Loblaws since the Amex card gives 4% cashback on groceries

Doing my best— they just raised the price of pc ground turkey by 20%

So far so good… For me, Shoppers is harder to avoid than Loblaws or No Frills, but we'll see how it goes.

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).

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

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'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.

I've been avoiding their stores for years.

Not only was I spending 100% of my grocery budget at a Loblaws owned store, but I can probably count on one hand how many times I've visited one in the last 6 years.

Switching to alternative stores saved me thousands over the years.

Sure am, American though so no real choice in the matter. Fuck em though!