During covid grocery stores made record profit. They were in no way hurting...I used to go to Zehrs because they had better produce. Now, it's ridiculously over priced and the quality of the produce and quality of service is abysmal. Also, they have greatly reduced the Vegan options to the point where I gave up completely at buying those products there. I've boycotted their stores and have taken my business elsewhere.
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.
As a retail worker 1/3 of it boils down to the workers and/or lack there of with less people wanting to work these jobs making places hire who ever they can and the other 2/3's being corporate making dumb decisions/ being greedy not conducive to the customer and employees. An example would be I as an Dollarama employee make min wage and due to the outrageous prices of the grocery stores more people have started shopping with us. Well the bagging section is to small meaning that I have to bag the big bags on the floor which slows me down meaning the customer is standing there waiting for longer along with the company polices of only having one till open at a time mixed with the available hours the manger has to book people per week at times it can seem like we're understaffed but we aren't (no self checkout due to it being a small store) also it's a 4 to 1 ration of cashier to customer for checkout. Now you may say well can't I call someone up, yes I can but they are doing other things and most of the time can't come right away or didn't hear me so I have to wait the if that takes to long call them again (and risk getting told off) and/or someone else (if the line is longer than when I first called) all the while I have a growing line of people getting mad that they have to wait telling me to call someone else up If I don't do it fast enough for their liking if I'm dealing with another customer. And it being a min wage job people can rush up to a casual walk like they got all the time in the world. Now on the employee end record profits but they can't do the bar minimum of an employee discount, they tested it and got rid of it after a month. There's a button on the till marked error correct to take off the last thing scanned within 7 seconds but they don't wants us using it, mangers have to bag checks in front of the store cameras that might be being watched somewhere else, along with store temperature also being controlled somewhere else.
Grocery stores are like this in the USA now too. No more baskets, 1 employee hiding in the back of the deli, bare minimum self checkout lanes open and then 75% of your items ring up higher than the listed price. I don't see it getting better and AI is already taking over fast food drive thrus...
I am glad I sub'd to your channel today, when you only have 948 subscribers...I'll be an O.G. as you grow! Great channel. I feel like I got in early. I like your style and thoughts.
They are owned by 3 big companies. Loblaws (Loblaws, Fortinos, Zehrs, Nofrlls, Great Canadian Superstores) Metro (Metro. Food Basics and others) Empire (Sobeys, Freshco, Safeway and others)
Cracks me up🤣 And people wonder why limp wrists from mapleland continue to be stereotyped, albeit in the funniest manners! Keep complaining - ya got exactly what ya voted for lol
During covid grocery stores made record profit. They were in no way hurting...I used to go to Zehrs because they had better produce. Now, it's ridiculously over priced and the quality of the produce and quality of service is abysmal. Also, they have greatly reduced the Vegan options to the point where I gave up completely at buying those products there. I've boycotted their stores and have taken my business elsewhere.
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.
Very, very, very great video. Mans very entertaining, precise and funny. I agree with you big guy
Love this video! You are so right on everything you said!
Thanks so much!!
Came here to subscribe from your Reddit post. Thank you from the west coast.
Thank you, Kate!
As a retail worker 1/3 of it boils down to the workers and/or lack there of with less people wanting to work these jobs making places hire who ever they can and the other 2/3's being corporate making dumb decisions/ being greedy not conducive to the customer and employees.
An example would be I as an Dollarama employee make min wage and due to the outrageous prices of the grocery stores more people have started shopping with us. Well the bagging section is to small meaning that I have to bag the big bags on the floor which slows me down meaning the customer is standing there waiting for longer along with the company polices of only having one till open at a time mixed with the available hours the manger has to book people per week at times it can seem like we're understaffed but we aren't (no self checkout due to it being a small store) also it's a 4 to 1 ration of cashier to customer for checkout.
Now you may say well can't I call someone up, yes I can but they are doing other things and most of the time can't come right away or didn't hear me so I have to wait the if that takes to long call them again (and risk getting told off) and/or someone else (if the line is longer than when I first called) all the while I have a growing line of people getting mad that they have to wait telling me to call someone else up If I don't do it fast enough for their liking if I'm dealing with another customer. And it being a min wage job people can rush up to a casual walk like they got all the time in the world.
Now on the employee end record profits but they can't do the bar minimum of an employee discount, they tested it and got rid of it after a month. There's a button on the till marked error correct to take off the last thing scanned within 7 seconds but they don't wants us using it, mangers have to bag checks in front of the store cameras that might be being watched somewhere else, along with store temperature also being controlled somewhere else.
Grocery stores are like this in the USA now too. No more baskets, 1 employee hiding in the back of the deli, bare minimum self checkout lanes open and then 75% of your items ring up higher than the listed price. I don't see it getting better and AI is already taking over fast food drive thrus...
I am glad I sub'd to your channel today, when you only have 948 subscribers...I'll be an O.G. as you grow!
Great channel. I feel like I got in early.
I like your style and thoughts.
Thrilled to have you along!
Sounds familiar, like with ____________ company.
Very well said
Hi I would like to say that drove transport for 43 years and I like to say that all big grocery store are own by the same company
They are owned by 3 big companies. Loblaws (Loblaws, Fortinos, Zehrs, Nofrlls, Great Canadian Superstores) Metro (Metro. Food Basics and others)
Empire (Sobeys, Freshco, Safeway and others)
Well I will just go to Walmart.
Have you tried not living in Canada? Just saying....
Surprisingly that's a thing now - people are leaving. So many videos on it
not much better down here pal.... not much better down here.
@@inTruthbyGrace actually not true - there’s lots of videos comparing our grocery prices to the USA. We might as well eat rocks here 😂🇨🇦😭
Yes that is totally on the table and why many people are leaving 😂
Canada sucks big big fascist 🍆
Cracks me up🤣 And people wonder why limp wrists from mapleland continue to be stereotyped, albeit in the funniest manners!
Keep complaining - ya got exactly what ya voted for lol
Glad you enjoyed it!