#sobeys — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #sobeys, aggregated by home.social.
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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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With Electronic Shelf Labels (#esl), you might wanna rethink how you do #shopping
Because major retailers like #walmart #sobeys etc will most likely start optimising prices using algorithms. If they aren't already.
Personally, a few months ago, I started shopping at Giant Tiger.
It's a smaller Canadian retailer and I don't think they're there yet.
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In the last months, I've been paying more attention to labels, especially while shopping groceries.
That's because I want to purchase products made in #canada instead of the USA
But another thing that I've noticed is that so many products are coming from very few companies.
- #loblaws
- #metro
- #sobeys
- etc
Shouldn't we be worried about that? Few companies controlling all the canadian retail? -
How grocery giants control who can sell food
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/grocery-giants-control-9.7055067
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Comment les géants de l’épicerie contrôlent qui peut vendre de la nourriture// Article en anglais //
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Competition Bureau investigating Empire (Sobeys) and Loblaws for having anticompetitive practices in the Halifax region.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/federal-investigation-probes-grocery-store-competition-in-halifax-9.6971278
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Le Bureau de la concurrence enquête sur Empire (Sobeys) et Loblaws pour avoir des pratiques anticoncurrentielles dans la région d'Halifax.// Article en anglais //
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/457141/ Simple Ventures announces $15 million to bring innovation and talent back to Canada #AlmaCare #Business #Entrepreneurship #Funding #HarleyFinkelstein #Harvest #hub #JamieMcdonald. #JoannaGriffiths #JoeCanavan #KirkSimpson #MattHimel #MichaelKatchen #MikeMurchison #ontario #RachelZimmer #SamDuboc #SimpleVentures #sobeys #SunLife #TdInnovationPartners #Toronto #UK #UnitedKingdom #vc #ZeroCollective
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Who is in charge of consumer refuse "recycling" in many parts of #canada, including my town in #NewBrunswick?
Why it's none other than executives from many of the enormous conglomerates that create & distribute all the plastic packaging in the first place!
#loblaws, #sobeys, #metro, #mcDonalds, #pepsi, #coke, #procterAndGamble, #nestle, #rbi (#timHortons, #burgerKing, #popeyes) etc.
https://www.circularmaterials.ca/board/
No matter how many times I email them asking, they will not reveal what they're doing with all that collected plastic they're going to "recycle".
We already know that the vast majority of plastic to be recycled never is: it finds its way to places like #india:
But at the same time #cbc is perfectly happy to pretend along with the "big lie" they've uncovered by refusing to use any critical thinking when covering local implementations of these projects:
Sure, *our* landfill may have less shit in it, but it had to go *somewhere*, and that somewhere is NOT back into "the circular economy". It goes to pollute some distant shore, to affect some distant population, to ruin the lives of others. It's RACISM.
Pats on the back and kudos all around to us *resourceful #Canadians*.
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I hate Canadian grocers. Pay attention to make sure you're not being lied to: https://youtu.be/pO0yuq6cPQk.
Report lying grocers to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency: https://inspection.canada.ca/food-safety-consumers/where-report-complaint/report-food-related-concern
#Canada #BoycottLoblaws #BoycottSobeys #grocery #grocerystores #Loblaws #Sobeys #Roblaws
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CBC investigation finds some b...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/label-grocer-canadian-1.7590956 -
After 3 months' use I can recommend #FoodHero as a very good #app that does actually help quite a bit with saving money on #groceries. If you're #Canadian and shop at #Sobeys, I recommend downloading it https://www.foodhero.com and giving it a spin to see if you like it. My promo code is arielk3 - if you use it, both you and I get $5 to play with.
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Sneaky little hobbitses, wicked, tricksy, false. Come on, #Sobeys; you can do better. #ProductOfCanada 🇨🇦
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Canadian supermarkets overcharging customers by selling underweighted meat, according to CBC investigation.
Well, I could have told CBC that, needn’t have conducted an investigation.
The reason we stopped going to Chalo Freshco, part of the #Sobeys empire, was for this very reason. #bcpoli #RipOff
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/grocers-customers-meat-underweight-1.7405639
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Canada's grocery industry concentrated in too few hands, Competition Bureau says | CBC News https://bit.ly/3XIhxiV #Greedflation #Metro #CompetitionBureau #GroceryStores #Loblaws #Competition #Inflation #Sobeys #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
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These are the isles of our #grocery stores, folks.
This is where all our 'recyclable' shit goes.
Personally,I think it best to put this stuff in our municipal garbage until we and our governments get serious about dealing with it. You can't avoid it anymore; there's virtually no choice left on the shelves.
#loblaws #sobeys #iga #dominion #shoppers #nofrills #zehrs #valuemart #safeway #foodbasics #groceries #Canada #environment #waste #plastic #bigoil #climatechange
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Head's up to any #mainlanders in #Newfoundland, ye can actually get bagged milk. In the organic-y fridge section of #Sobeys where all the nut-'milk' stuff lives.
Bag holder, and that little knife magnet what lives on the fridge door, those you may have to order online.
...also, it costs more.
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When I was a front end cashier at Sobeys in 1999/2000, I wasn’t allowed to wear nail polish. I had to wear all-white sneakers with no visible brand name, something that is almost impossible to find. I had to wear the same ugly smock over white or nude pantyhose every day. I rebelled by wearing PVC miniskirts, rude tshirts, and kinky underwear under my smock.
I wasn’t allowed to ever sit down on the job, even when I was very unwell. I wasnt given enough time on my lunch break to go to the bathroom and eat my lunch. I wasn’t allowed to drink water while working, and all of the cashiers were frequently sick because whenever anyone entered or exited the store in winter, it was so cold that we could all see our breath. Pneumonia and bronchitis were frequent, and I had to go to emergency at the hospital several times because of asthma attacks triggered by the cold air.
On NYE 1999, on the cusp of what everyone thought would be Armageddon because of the Y2K bug, none of the cashiers were given any breaks during their shift. The excuse was that there were too many customers for us to take a break. The line for the cash registers wrapped three times around the perimeter of the entire store, and it was a huge store. All of the customers were in foul moods and snapping at us. Grocery store rage is as real as road rage.
I had a bad repetitive stress issue with my wrists from keying things into the cash register. I could barely grasp things, but not a single customer ever thought to pick up their own heavy items, like frozen turkeys, bags of dogfood, or flats of canned goods or bottled water. While I wasn’t on the clock, I wore a sling.
I didn’t make enough money at this job to wash my laundry and had to wash my clothes in the shower every day after work. I didn’t make enough money to eat decent food and had to buy whatever wasn’t too rotten in the discount section.
I have never worked so hard and been treated so poorly as I have at any minimum wage job.
It isn’t acceptable to treat people so poorly, but it is legal.
Just because something is legal doesn’t mean it is ethical. Break unethical laws. Do crime. And if you see someone steal food, no, you didn’t.
#labour #MinimumWage #decency #BreakLaws #DoCrime #Y2K #GroceryStoreCashier #Sobeys #abuse
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Global News BC: Shell Canada snapping up gas stations in preparation for green energy transition https://globalnews.ca/news/9352650/shell-canada-retail-gas-stations-electric-vehicles/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #electricchargingstations #ShellCanadagasstations #Canadagasstations #ElectricVehicles #Shellgasstations #Energyindustry #EmpireCo.Ltd. #SuncorEnergy #GasStations #ShellCanada #EVstations #Consumer #Empire #Sobeys #Money #Shell
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Global News BC: Shell Canada snapping up gas stations in preparation for green energy transition https://globalnews.ca/news/9352650/shell-canada-retail-gas-stations-electric-vehicles/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #electricchargingstations #ShellCanadagasstations #Canadagasstations #ElectricVehicles #Shellgasstations #Energyindustry #EmpireCo.Ltd. #SuncorEnergy #GasStations #ShellCanada #EVstations #Consumer #Empire #Sobeys #Money #Shell
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Global News BC: Shell Canada snapping up gas stations in preparation for green energy transition https://globalnews.ca/news/9352650/shell-canada-retail-gas-stations-electric-vehicles/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #electricchargingstations #ShellCanadagasstations #Canadagasstations #ElectricVehicles #Shellgasstations #Energyindustry #EmpireCo.Ltd. #SuncorEnergy #GasStations #ShellCanada #EVstations #Consumer #Empire #Sobeys #Money #Shell
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Global News BC: Sprinkler line burst forces evacuation of Safeway in Surrey, temporary closure https://globalnews.ca/news/9371341/sprinkler-line-burst-safeway-surrey-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #SurreySafewayroofcollapse #Safewayroofcollapse #SafewayFleetwood #SurreySafeway #Sobey'sInc. #Consumer #Safeway #Sobeys #Surrey
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Global News BC: Sprinkler line burst forces evacuation of Safeway in Surrey, temporary closure https://globalnews.ca/news/9371341/sprinkler-line-burst-safeway-surrey-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #SurreySafewayroofcollapse #Safewayroofcollapse #SafewayFleetwood #SurreySafeway #Sobey'sInc. #Consumer #Safeway #Sobeys #Surrey
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Global News BC: Sprinkler line burst forces evacuation of Safeway in Surrey, temporary closure https://globalnews.ca/news/9371341/sprinkler-line-burst-safeway-surrey-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #SurreySafewayroofcollapse #Safewayroofcollapse #SafewayFleetwood #SurreySafeway #Sobey'sInc. #Consumer #Safeway #Sobeys #Surrey
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Global News BC: Sprinkler line burst forces evacuation of Safeway in Surrey, temporary closure https://globalnews.ca/news/9371341/sprinkler-line-burst-safeway-surrey-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #SurreySafewayroofcollapse #Safewayroofcollapse #SafewayFleetwood #SurreySafeway #Sobey'sInc. #Consumer #Safeway #Sobeys #Surrey
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Simple Ventures announces $15 million to bring innovation and talent back to Canada
Major companies like TD and Sun Life back venture …
#NewsBeep #News #Entrepreneurship #almacare #AU #Australia #Business #funding #harleyfinkelstein #harvest #Hub #jamiemcdonald. #joannagriffiths #joecanavan #kirksimpson #matthimel #michaelkatchen #mikemurchison #ontario #rachelzimmer #samduboc #simpleventures #sobeys #sunlife #tdinnovationpartners #Toronto #vc #zerocollective
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/172977/ -
Simple Ventures announces $15 million to bring innovation and talent back to Canada
Major companies lik…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Entrepreneurship #almacare #Business #Funding #harleyfinkelstein #harvest #Hub #jamiemcdonald. #joannagriffiths #joecanavan #kirksimpson #matthimel #michaelkatchen #mikemurchison #ontario #rachelzimmer #samduboc #simpleventures #sobeys #sunlife #tdinnovationpartners #toronto #VC #zerocollective
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/185284/ -
Simple Ventures announces $15 million to bring innovation and talent back to Canada
Major companies lik…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Entrepreneurship #almacare #Business #Funding #harleyfinkelstein #harvest #Hub #jamiemcdonald. #joannagriffiths #joecanavan #kirksimpson #matthimel #michaelkatchen #mikemurchison #ontario #rachelzimmer #samduboc #simpleventures #sobeys #sunlife #tdinnovationpartners #toronto #VC #zerocollective
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Had my first grocery shop during #boycottLoblaws today. Ended up getting some stuff from the next worst grocer, #sobeys.
In the produce section there is a sign showing their "So-Local" branding along with the claim "Grown right here at home".
I would like to point out that EVERY SINGLE ITEM under that sign is IMPORTED from either "USA" or "USA or Mexico".
We live north of the USA, and very north of Mexico.
Not a single local item on the shelf. Not even one from this country. So-Local indeed.
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Had my first grocery shop during #boycottLoblaws today. Ended up getting some stuff from the next worst grocer, #sobeys.
In the produce section there is a sign showing their "So-Local" branding along with the claim "Grown right here at home".
I would like to point out that EVERY SINGLE ITEM under that sign is IMPORTED from either "USA" or "USA or Mexico".
We live north of the USA, and very north of Mexico.
Not a single local item on the shelf. Not even one from this country. So-Local indeed.
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Had my first grocery shop during #boycottLoblaws today. Ended up getting some stuff from the next worst grocer, #sobeys.
In the produce section there is a sign showing their "So-Local" branding along with the claim "Grown right here at home".
I would like to point out that EVERY SINGLE ITEM under that sign is IMPORTED from either "USA" or "USA or Mexico".
We live north of the USA, and very north of Mexico.
Not a single local item on the shelf. Not even one from this country. So-Local indeed.
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Had my first grocery shop during #boycottLoblaws today. Ended up getting some stuff from the next worst grocer, #sobeys.
In the produce section there is a sign showing their "So-Local" branding along with the claim "Grown right here at home".
I would like to point out that EVERY SINGLE ITEM under that sign is IMPORTED from either "USA" or "USA or Mexico".
We live north of the USA, and very north of Mexico.
Not a single local item on the shelf. Not even one from this country. So-Local indeed.
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Soaring #groceryprices $42 #Sobeys #salad, $14.99 PC #maplesyrup draws #backlash from #Canadianshoppers https://ca.news.yahoo.com/sobeys-loblaws-grocery-prices-salad-maple-syrup-jagmeet-singh-204401566.html #greedy #ripoff #retail #daylightrobbery #robbery #thieves #greed #groceries #CanadaNewsToday #Canada #loblaws #shopping #inflation #recession #food #Backlash #news #prices
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I hate Canadian grocers. Pay attention to make sure you're not being lied to: https://youtu.be/pO0yuq6cPQk.
Report lying grocers to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency: https://inspection.canada.ca/food-safety-consumers/where-report-complaint/report-food-related-concern
#Canada #BoycottLoblaws #BoycottSobeys #grocery #grocerystores #Loblaws #Sobeys #Roblaws
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I hate Canadian grocers. Pay attention to make sure you're not being lied to: https://youtu.be/pO0yuq6cPQk.
Report lying grocers to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency: https://inspection.canada.ca/food-safety-consumers/where-report-complaint/report-food-related-concern
#Canada #BoycottLoblaws #BoycottSobeys #grocery #grocerystores #Loblaws #Sobeys #Roblaws
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I hate Canadian grocers. Pay attention to make sure you're not being lied to: https://youtu.be/pO0yuq6cPQk.
Report lying grocers to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency: https://inspection.canada.ca/food-safety-consumers/where-report-complaint/report-food-related-concern
#Canada #BoycottLoblaws #BoycottSobeys #grocery #grocerystores #Loblaws #Sobeys #Roblaws
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I hate Canadian grocers. Pay attention to make sure you're not being lied to: https://youtu.be/pO0yuq6cPQk.
Report lying grocers to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency: https://inspection.canada.ca/food-safety-consumers/where-report-complaint/report-food-related-concern
#Canada #BoycottLoblaws #BoycottSobeys #grocery #grocerystores #Loblaws #Sobeys #Roblaws
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After 3 months' use I can recommend #FoodHero as a very good #app that does actually help quite a bit with saving money on #groceries. If you're #Canadian and shop at #Sobeys, I recommend downloading it https://www.foodhero.com and giving it a spin to see if you like it. My promo code is arielk3 - if you use it, both you and I get $5 to play with.
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After 3 months' use I can recommend #FoodHero as a very good #app that does actually help quite a bit with saving money on #groceries. If you're #Canadian and shop at #Sobeys, I recommend downloading it https://www.foodhero.com and giving it a spin to see if you like it. My promo code is arielk3 - if you use it, both you and I get $5 to play with.
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After 3 months' use I can recommend #FoodHero as a very good #app that does actually help quite a bit with saving money on #groceries. If you're #Canadian and shop at #Sobeys, I recommend downloading it https://www.foodhero.com and giving it a spin to see if you like it. My promo code is arielk3 - if you use it, both you and I get $5 to play with.
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After 3 months' use I can recommend #FoodHero as a very good #app that does actually help quite a bit with saving money on #groceries. If you're #Canadian and shop at #Sobeys, I recommend downloading it https://www.foodhero.com and giving it a spin to see if you like it. My promo code is arielk3 - if you use it, both you and I get $5 to play with.
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When I was a front end cashier at Sobeys in 1999/2000, I wasn’t allowed to wear nail polish. I had to wear all-white sneakers with no visible brand name, something that is almost impossible to find. I had to wear the same ugly smock over white or nude pantyhose every day. I rebelled by wearing PVC miniskirts, rude tshirts, and kinky underwear under my smock.
I wasn’t allowed to ever sit down on the job, even when I was very unwell. I wasnt given enough time on my lunch break to go to the bathroom and eat my lunch. I wasn’t allowed to drink water while working, and all of the cashiers were frequently sick because whenever anyone entered or exited the store in winter, it was so cold that we could all see our breath. Pneumonia and bronchitis were frequent, and I had to go to emergency at the hospital several times because of asthma attacks triggered by the cold air.
On NYE 1999, on the cusp of what everyone thought would be Armageddon because of the Y2K bug, none of the cashiers were given any breaks during their shift. The excuse was that there were too many customers for us to take a break. The line for the cash registers wrapped three times around the perimeter of the entire store, and it was a huge store. All of the customers were in foul moods and snapping at us. Grocery store rage is as real as road rage.
I had a bad repetitive stress issue with my wrists from keying things into the cash register. I could barely grasp things, but not a single customer ever thought to pick up their own heavy items, like frozen turkeys, bags of dogfood, or flats of canned goods or bottled water. While I wasn’t on the clock, I wore a sling.
I didn’t make enough money at this job to wash my laundry and had to wash my clothes in the shower every day after work. I didn’t make enough money to eat decent food and had to buy whatever wasn’t too rotten in the discount section.
I have never worked so hard and been treated so poorly as I have at any minimum wage job.
It isn’t acceptable to treat people so poorly, but it is legal.
Just because something is legal doesn’t mean it is ethical. Break unethical laws. Do crime. And if you see someone steal food, no, you didn’t.
#labour #MinimumWage #decency #BreakLaws #DoCrime #Y2K #GroceryStoreCashier #Sobeys #abuse
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When I was a front end cashier at Sobeys in 1999/2000, I wasn’t allowed to wear nail polish. I had to wear all-white sneakers with no visible brand name, something that is almost impossible to find. I had to wear the same ugly smock over white or nude pantyhose every day. I rebelled by wearing PVC miniskirts, rude tshirts, and kinky underwear under my smock.
I wasn’t allowed to ever sit down on the job, even when I was very unwell. I wasnt given enough time on my lunch break to go to the bathroom and eat my lunch. I wasn’t allowed to drink water while working, and all of the cashiers were frequently sick because whenever anyone entered or exited the store in winter, it was so cold that we could all see our breath. Pneumonia and bronchitis were frequent, and I had to go to emergency at the hospital several times because of asthma attacks triggered by the cold air.
On NYE 1999, on the cusp of what everyone thought would be Armageddon because of the Y2K bug, none of the cashiers were given any breaks during their shift. The excuse was that there were too many customers for us to take a break. The line for the cash registers wrapped three times around the perimeter of the entire store, and it was a huge store. All of the customers were in foul moods and snapping at us. Grocery store rage is as real as road rage.
I had a bad repetitive stress issue with my wrists from keying things into the cash register. I could barely grasp things, but not a single customer ever thought to pick up their own heavy items, like frozen turkeys, bags of dogfood, or flats of canned goods or bottled water. While I wasn’t on the clock, I wore a sling.
I didn’t make enough money at this job to wash my laundry and had to wash my clothes in the shower every day after work. I didn’t make enough money to eat decent food and had to buy whatever wasn’t too rotten in the discount section.
I have never worked so hard and been treated so poorly as I have at any minimum wage job.
It isn’t acceptable to treat people so poorly, but it is legal.
Just because something is legal doesn’t mean it is ethical. Break unethical laws. Do crime. And if you see someone steal food, no, you didn’t.
#labour #MinimumWage #decency #BreakLaws #DoCrime #Y2K #GroceryStoreCashier #Sobeys #abuse
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When I was a front end cashier at Sobeys in 1999/2000, I wasn’t allowed to wear nail polish. I had to wear all-white sneakers with no visible brand name, something that is almost impossible to find. I had to wear the same ugly smock over white or nude pantyhose every day. I rebelled by wearing PVC miniskirts, rude tshirts, and kinky underwear under my smock.
I wasn’t allowed to ever sit down on the job, even when I was very unwell. I wasnt given enough time on my lunch break to go to the bathroom and eat my lunch. I wasn’t allowed to drink water while working, and all of the cashiers were frequently sick because whenever anyone entered or exited the store in winter, it was so cold that we could all see our breath. Pneumonia and bronchitis were frequent, and I had to go to emergency at the hospital several times because of asthma attacks triggered by the cold air.
On NYE 1999, on the cusp of what everyone thought would be Armageddon because of the Y2K bug, none of the cashiers were given any breaks during their shift. The excuse was that there were too many customers for us to take a break. The line for the cash registers wrapped three times around the perimeter of the entire store, and it was a huge store. All of the customers were in foul moods and snapping at us. Grocery store rage is as real as road rage.
I had a bad repetitive stress issue with my wrists from keying things into the cash register. I could barely grasp things, but not a single customer ever thought to pick up their own heavy items, like frozen turkeys, bags of dogfood, or flats of canned goods or bottled water. While I wasn’t on the clock, I wore a sling.
I didn’t make enough money at this job to wash my laundry and had to wash my clothes in the shower every day after work. I didn’t make enough money to eat decent food and had to buy whatever wasn’t too rotten in the discount section.
I have never worked so hard and been treated so poorly as I have at any minimum wage job.
It isn’t acceptable to treat people so poorly, but it is legal.
Just because something is legal doesn’t mean it is ethical. Break unethical laws. Do crime. And if you see someone steal food, no, you didn’t.
#labour #MinimumWage #decency #BreakLaws #DoCrime #Y2K #GroceryStoreCashier #Sobeys #abuse
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When I was a front end cashier at Sobeys in 1999/2000, I wasn’t allowed to wear nail polish. I had to wear all-white sneakers with no visible brand name, something that is almost impossible to find. I had to wear the same ugly smock over white or nude pantyhose every day. I rebelled by wearing PVC miniskirts, rude tshirts, and kinky underwear under my smock.
I wasn’t allowed to ever sit down on the job, even when I was very unwell. I wasnt given enough time on my lunch break to go to the bathroom and eat my lunch. I wasn’t allowed to drink water while working, and all of the cashiers were frequently sick because whenever anyone entered or exited the store in winter, it was so cold that we could all see our breath. Pneumonia and bronchitis were frequent, and I had to go to emergency at the hospital several times because of asthma attacks triggered by the cold air.
On NYE 1999, on the cusp of what everyone thought would be Armageddon because of the Y2K bug, none of the cashiers were given any breaks during their shift. The excuse was that there were too many customers for us to take a break. The line for the cash registers wrapped three times around the perimeter of the entire store, and it was a huge store. All of the customers were in foul moods and snapping at us. Grocery store rage is as real as road rage.
I had a bad repetitive stress issue with my wrists from keying things into the cash register. I could barely grasp things, but not a single customer ever thought to pick up their own heavy items, like frozen turkeys, bags of dogfood, or flats of canned goods or bottled water. While I wasn’t on the clock, I wore a sling.
I didn’t make enough money at this job to wash my laundry and had to wash my clothes in the shower every day after work. I didn’t make enough money to eat decent food and had to buy whatever wasn’t too rotten in the discount section.
I have never worked so hard and been treated so poorly as I have at any minimum wage job.
It isn’t acceptable to treat people so poorly, but it is legal.
Just because something is legal doesn’t mean it is ethical. Break unethical laws. Do crime. And if you see someone steal food, no, you didn’t.
#labour #MinimumWage #decency #BreakLaws #DoCrime #Y2K #GroceryStoreCashier #Sobeys #abuse
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It's not advertised in the flyer, but the #Sobeys at Main St. & Danforth Ave. (#EastToronto) has #Canadian #ShawsIceCream (#StThomasON) tub size #icecream on sale for $6.99 CAD. The sale is on until Sept. 17.
#groceries #supportlocal #madeinCanada #Toronto #EastYork
https://www.shawsicecream.com/product-category/take-home-shaws/?fbclid=PAVERDUAMgezBleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABp2CN1IrF2lFLuA1DINSioM0g4ZosrV0D9NZ7NJfT-UIbf03HLpzbGzzHbwP1_aem_h3TzHYZPf-RQ-iS2ZuBDUQ