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📍 Bear River, NS
How to survive late stage capitalism:
A town in Nova Scotia got so fed up with the high prices set by supermarket monopolies that they started their own grocery store.
It's run as a co-op and offers fresh, local food at low prices, so the money circulates in the community, and not hoarded to buy yachts for rich people.
#Supermarkets #Coops #NovaScotia #GalenWeston #GroceryStores #FoodPrices
Giller Prize literally taking the bread out of the mouths of Canadians to help whitewash the reputation of cheaters and fraudsters.
#groceries #pricefixing #galenweston #GillerPrize #billionaires
https://gillerprize.ca/the-giller-foundation-announces-transformational-gift/
"We have so much to learn from China. This is the reason so many Western politicians and capitalists hate them. In China the bread price fixing would have been the end for Galen Weston. Not a slap on the wrist and getting to keep the money, like he got here." - Jeremy Park
#PriceFixing #GalenWeston #Loblaws #GroceryPrices #Billionaires
@Chigaze #GalenWeston can go fly a kite. The food cartel in this country led by Galen Weston Jr., Michael Medline and Eric La Flèche have no loyalty to Canadians, only to their own profits.
Grocery store was a mess today. 2 cashiers, over 10 people waiting 7-10 minutes to get to a cash, while 1 person stood around watching the machines no one wants to use! #loblaws, making your shopping experience worse by the day.
Our other grocery store just removed all but 4 of their cashes last month, opting for machines.
Loblaw Has Become an Everything Company
The grocery chain is now involved in pharmacare, financial services, and real estate—with no signs of slowing down
by David Moscrop
#Canada #CanadianPolitics #cdnpoli #monopolies #oligopolies #GalenWeston #Loblaws #privatization
https://thewalrus.ca/loblaw-has-become-an-everything-company/
TORONTO — In an announcement today, Loblaws president Galen Weston has decided to embrace the growing criticism and public mockery of his company by launching a new line of products that humorously highlight the supermarket giant’s perceived disdain for its customers.
Following the viral success of a fake No Name “Let Them Eat Cake” cake ad, Weston announced a range of tongue-in-cheek items designed to poke fun at Loblaws’ reputation. These products include the “No Name Empty Jar,” touted as “perfect for storing your hopes and dreams,” and “President’s Choice CEO Cereal,” a box filled with “nothing but air and a free coupon for a lecture on fiscal responsibility.”
“We’ve heard the public’s outcry and decided to lean into it,” said Weston at a press conference, standing behind a display of “No Name Bread Crumbs—because that’s all you can afford now” and “PC brand Corporate Coffee—wake up and smell the inequality.”
The bold move is seen as an attempt to transform negative sentiment into brand engagement. “It’s about connecting with our customers on a deeper level,” Weston added, though his comments were met with skepticism from those gathered.
Critics argue that this stunt further exemplifies the disconnect between the company’s leadership and ordinary Canadians struggling with rising grocery prices. “It’s like they’re laughing in our faces,” said consumer advocate Sarah Thompson. “These ‘products’ are just salt in the wound for families finding it hard to put food on the table.”
Despite the backlash, Weston remains unfazed. “If you can’t beat the meme, become the meme,” he quipped, adjusting his designer suit.
https://moosecleans.ca/galen-weston-embraces-criticism-unveils-new-product-lines/
Loblaws wants $6 for two frozen calzones. For $6 you can get half dozen freshly baked veggie samosas at the little hole in the wall Indian grocery store down the street. Fuck you on a stick Galen Weston.
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#Loblaws
#GalenWeston
The #boycott of #Loblaws grocery stores & #shoppersDrugmart is ON for the entire month of May!
Let's starve #GalenWeston's profit margins like he starves Canadians.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loblaw-q1-revenue-boycott-1.7190272
Instead of lowering grocery prices to make life easier for struggling Canadians, Galen Weston owned grocery chains are flooding the media with fluff pieces, trying to spin the affordability narrative back onto the consumer. Use points, buy No Name Brand products, stock up when items go on sale.
I just want to say, Fuck Galen Weston.
We make ok money as educated professionals, but we still struggle with tough grocery choices thanks to Galen's price gauging.
@markgrieveson Loblaws posted “its first-quarter profit was up 40 % compared to last year, gaining most from drugstore like SDM & Pharmaprix b/c of over-the-counter medications.” Price-gouging is their strategy. Sheila Block, senior economist with the CCPA says "the surge in profits at Loblaws shows that the coming year will see the continuation of a trend in which companies raise prices higher than they have to and profit from inflation." #GalenWeston is raking it in.
@gemelliz This is my shocked face. It took us a while to do it but we have moved to a pharmacy other than Shoppers Drug Mart, stopped shopping at Weston's stores (except to use up our leftover Optimum points) and have moved our banking accounts to other financial institutions. #ShoppersDougMart #DougFord #FordCrimeFamily #ShoppersDrugMart #GalenWeston #OnPoli #DougFord
Zechner's work comes at a crucial time, as grocers around the world turn the screws on both their suppliers and their customers, disguising their #greedflation as #inflation. In Canada, the grocery cartel - led by the guillotine-friendly hereditary grocery monopolilst #GalenWeston - pulled the most Les Mis-ass caper imaginable when they illegally conspired to rig the price of *bread*:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_price-fixing_in_Canada
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Loblaws' plan for us.
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#loblaws
#GalenWeston
“The new building will be named in honour of the province’s most popular citizen and two most important natural resources. This name change has absolutely nothing to do with the anonymous donors who have so generously funded the project.”
#TheBeaverton #Ontario #OmtarioScienceCentre #DougFord #GalenWeston #ProvinceForSale #CorporateGreed
Beaverton: Ontario Science Centre to be renamed The Galen Weston Centre for Condos and Corporate Greed https://www.thebeaverton.com/2023/05/ontario-science-centre-to-be-renamed-the-galen-weston-centre-for-condos-and-corporate-greed/ #satire #canada #commentary #sciencecentre #ontarioplace #GalenWeston #DougFord #Toronto #Ontario
Beaverton: Budget conscious Loblaws replaces Galen Weston with new No Name president https://www.thebeaverton.com/2023/04/budget-conscious-loblaws-replaces-galen-weston-with-new-no-name-president/ #satire #canada #commentary #GalenWeston #groceries #Business #Loblaws #NoName
@snoda Keep in mind that #GalenWeston is also the largest shareholder in #Loblaws, worth billions. That $1.2M raise is chump change to him. I imagine he took it just so other execs could be given something similar - it will cost him more #IncomeTax than if he just took it as dividends.
https://thedeepdive.ca/how-loblaws-galen-weston-doubled-his-wealth-at-your-expense/
#cdneconomy
He's worked so hard for it tho. In early every morning, staying late. Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy.
Loblaw CEO Galen Weston's compensation jumps 55 per cent to $8.4 million | CityNews Toronto https://bit.ly/40VGXd8 #GalenWeston #Greedflation #Loblaws #Inflation #FoodPrices #cdnpoli @cdnpoli
Beaverton: Galen Weston defends $3 million raise by asking “Have you seen how expensive stuff is getting lately?” https://www.thebeaverton.com/2023/04/galen-weston-defends-3-million-raise-by-asking-have-you-seen-how-expensive-stuff-is-getting-lately/ #satire #canada #commentary #costofliving #FeaturedPost #GalenWeston #foodprices #groceries #inflation #Business #Loblaws #Trudeau #NoName
Beaverton: Loblaws CEO blames record breaking profits on newfound popularity of food https://www.thebeaverton.com/2023/03/loblaws-ceo-blames-record-breaking-profits-on-newfound-popularity-of-food/ #satire #canada #commentary #GalenWeston #grocery #Loblaws #money #Food #food
This is bullshit: the words "maple" and "syrup" appear all over this bottle, but never together. Similarly, it's the same size, shape, and colour as a legit maple syrup bottle. But it's filled with flavourless sugar water. And Galen Weston is selling it on the same shelf as actual maple syrup.
We can pretend prices are going up because of supply chain issues, but fuck off with this garbage.
#Canada #MapleSyrup #NewBrunswick #BurnItAllDown #GalenWeston