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This is way outside my usual wheelhouse. It's a food review.
So, #Loblaw and its umpteen variants and brandings have a new series of President's Choice potato chip flavours. It's called the "Canadian Series" in their "World of Flavours". Trying to cash in on the newfound Canadian patriotism, I guess.
I don't remember all the flavours. There's poutine, of course, though I haven't bought that one.
There's "Halifax Donair", which I did try. Was not impressed. Kind of a mystery meat-ish base flavour with some not-too-specific seasonings on top. I really like donairs, but this didn't remind me of it very much.
The other one I bought was "Spicy Caesar". I like the cocktail, but I was worried that this one would end up tasting like ketchup chips (which I dislike) with a bit of something else added. I was pleasantly surprised; it doesn't taste of ketchup chips. The tomato tastes like actual tomato juice. Presumably there's a note of clam in there, though it's too subtle for me to pick up. There's definitely some celery salt (or at least celery root) flavour. And there's a little spice kick to it, like tabasco (and maybe worchestershire). Surprisingly good!
So, cocktail-flavoured potato chips: works, at least for this cocktail.
#PresidentsChoice #PotatoChips #crisps #Caesar #SpicyCaesar #cocktail #review #food #donair
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It somehow seems very Canadian that the "huge Canadian grocery companies are illegally overcharging/underweighting meat again after they got caught a year ago and promised they'd solved that 'error'" scandal is getting less press than the "some maple syrup producer in Quebec got caught selling fake maple syrup containing >50% cane sugar" scandal.
#Canada #Canadian #MapleSyrup #scandal #Quebec #meat #grocer #Loblaw #Sobeys
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It somehow seems very Canadian that the "huge Canadian grocery companies are illegally overcharging/underweighting meat again after they got caught a year ago and promised they'd solved that 'error'" scandal is getting less press than the "some maple syrup producer in Quebec got caught selling fake maple syrup containing >50% cane sugar" scandal.
#Canada #Canadian #MapleSyrup #scandal #Quebec #meat #grocer #Loblaw #Sobeys
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It somehow seems very Canadian that the "huge Canadian grocery companies are illegally overcharging/underweighting meat again after they got caught a year ago and promised they'd solved that 'error'" scandal is getting less press than the "some maple syrup producer in Quebec got caught selling fake maple syrup containing >50% cane sugar" scandal.
#Canada #Canadian #MapleSyrup #scandal #Quebec #meat #grocer #Loblaw #Sobeys
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It somehow seems very Canadian that the "huge Canadian grocery companies are illegally overcharging/underweighting meat again after they got caught a year ago and promised they'd solved that 'error'" scandal is getting less press than the "some maple syrup producer in Quebec got caught selling fake maple syrup containing >50% cane sugar" scandal.
#Canada #Canadian #MapleSyrup #scandal #Quebec #meat #grocer #Loblaw #Sobeys
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It somehow seems very Canadian that the "huge Canadian grocery companies are illegally overcharging/underweighting meat again after they got caught a year ago and promised they'd solved that 'error'" scandal is getting less press than the "some maple syrup producer in Quebec got caught selling fake maple syrup containing >50% cane sugar" scandal.
#Canada #Canadian #MapleSyrup #scandal #Quebec #meat #grocer #Loblaw #Sobeys
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Guess who got caught selling underweight meat… again! Empire (Sobeys) and Loblaw
https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/loblaw-sobeys-meat-weight-9.7158279
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Devinez qui a encore été attrapé à vendre un poids inférieur de viande! Empire (Sobeys) et Loblaw// Article en anglais //
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Loblaws pretty sure people won’t care that coconuts 🥥 labelled as “Canadian”
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/03/loblaws-pretty-sure-people-wont-care-that-coconuts-labelled-as-canadian/
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Loblaws pas mal certain que les gens ne se préoccuperont pas des noix de coco 🥥 étiquetées comme « canadiennes »// Publication en anglais //
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency fined Loblaw-owned Fortinos in Toronto $10K for maplewashing a President-brand Rondelé cheese
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loblaw-fine-canadian-9.7130933
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L’Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments a mis à l’amende Fortinos, propriété de Loblaw, à Toronto pour un montant de 10000$. Ils ont acériblanchi un fromage Rondelé de marque President.https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2239728/loblaw-amende-erablanchiment-fortinos-rondele
#Toronto #Fortinos #Loblaw #Maplewashing #Érablanchiment #Acériblanchiment #BuyCanadian
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency fined Loblaw-owned Fortinos in Toronto $10K for maplewashing a President-brand Rondelé cheese
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loblaw-fine-canadian-9.7130933
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L’Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments a mis à l’amende Fortinos, propriété de Loblaw, à Toronto pour un montant de 10000$. Ils ont acériblanchi un fromage Rondelé de marque President.https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2239728/loblaw-amende-erablanchiment-fortinos-rondele
#Toronto #Fortinos #Loblaw #Maplewashing #Érablanchiment #Acériblanchiment #BuyCanadian
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency fined Loblaw-owned Fortinos in Toronto $10K for maplewashing a President-brand Rondelé cheese
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loblaw-fine-canadian-9.7130933
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L’Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments a mis à l’amende Fortinos, propriété de Loblaw, à Toronto pour un montant de 10000$. Ils ont acériblanchi un fromage Rondelé de marque President.https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2239728/loblaw-amende-erablanchiment-fortinos-rondele
#Toronto #Fortinos #Loblaw #Maplewashing #Érablanchiment #Acériblanchiment #BuyCanadian
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Loblaw logs out all customers after ‘low-level’ data breach, where basic customer information was accessed
https://mobilesyrup.com/2026/03/11/loblaw-logs-out-all-customers-after-low-level-data-breach/
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Loblaw déconnecte tous ses clients après une brèche de données de bas niveau, où l’information de base sur les clients a été accédéehttps://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2236795/loblaw-clients-fuite-de-donnees
#Canada #Loblaw #Loblaws #Provigo #Maxi #Pharmaprix #ShoppersDrugMart
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Privacy Commissioner probe finds Loblaw took too long to delete PC Optimum accounts
https://misryoum.com/us/canada-news/privacy-commissioner-probe-finds-loblaw-took-too-long/
GATINEAU — An investigation by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has found that Loblaw took too long to address requests from customers who wanted to delete their PC Optimum accounts. The office on Thursday said Loblaw had the mechanism...
#Privacy #Commissioner #probe #finds #Loblaw #took #too #long #delete #Optimum #accounts #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com
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Days since I had to report a major Canadian retailer to their marketing mail host for not honouring marketing communications preferences, sending non-working links for "manage your preferences" or "unsubscribe", having a non-working link in the List-Help: header of an unsolicited marketing email, and having a website that errors out when trying to use the "contact us" function:
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#ShoppersDrugMart #Shoppers #PCid #Loblaw #privacy #security #PIPEDA #spam #marketing #UCE
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Broccoli slaw triggered a $10K maplewashing fine for Loblaw
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loblaw-superstore-fine-buy-canadian-imported-food-broccoli-slaw-9.7106279
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Une salade de brocoli a entraînée une amende d’érablanchiment de 10K$ pour Loblaw// Article en anglais //
#Canada #MapleWashing #Acériblanchiment #Érablanshiment #Loblaw #Loblaws
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People who've been reading me for a while may know I really like #hummus.
A while back, I posted about buying a different brand when I was shopping at a different store than I usually go to. It was a brand called Fontaine that I wasn't familiar with - made in Quebec, I believe.
It was awful. Actually inedible. I had one bite and had to throw the container away.
Well, yesterday I was at my local Real Canadian #Superstore - the local flavour of big #Loblaw grocery store - and all the space in the cooler normally occupied by #Sabra hummus - the brand I usually buy, and quite like - was instead taken up by "President's Choice" (house brand) stuff which I don't recall them having before. And there was also Fontaine-branded stuff, which I've never seen there before.
And, uh-oh, the President's Choice stuff is the same sickly pale colour as the Fontaine stuff. Could it be made by #Fontaine for them?
I needed hummus, and those were the two brands available, so I got the President's Choice. And yep, I would bet it's made by Fontaine, although the packaging has absolutely zero info about the source on it, other than "prepared in Canada" [1]. It's #inedible, and I threw out another container.
I guess I'm going to have to make my own. There are a million recipes out there - any favourites you'd care to share?
[1] Read this as "not made in Canada". They probably import chickpea paste and the other ingredients and just put them through a mixer in Canada.
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It would seem that Loblaw might have charged a donation to President's Choice Children's Charity without consent, in particular at some Maxi stores.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/maxis-charity-charges-1.7548808?cmp=mastodon
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Il semblerait que Loblaw ait facturé un don sans consentement à la Fondation pour les enfants Choix du Président, en particulier dans certains magasins Maxi.// Article en anglais //
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Our top grocers are so big, they don’t have to care what Canadians think | TVO Today https://ap236.com/EHye7U #Loblaws #Discounts #ExpiringFood #Loblaw #SylvainCharlebois #PriceFixing #Dalhousie #cdnpoli @cdnpoli
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Loblaw raises the affordability alarm as grocery code of conduct nears completion | CP24 https://bit.ly/3SylaY4 #Greedflation #Loblaw #Groceries #Loblaws #WalmartCanada #Inflation #GroceryCode #cdnpoli @canadiangreens @cdnpoli
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Grocer summit to ‘take the heat off’ Ottawa, not tackle food inflation: experts - National | Globalnews https://bit.ly/44U2eFB #Groceries #Greedflation #FoodInsecurity #FoodInflation #Loblaw #Walmart #Inflation #WalmartCanada #Metro #Sobeys #cdnpoli @canadiangreens @cdnpoli
