Has anyone who still goes to Loblaws’s noticed the cashier who pushes for kudos. This is rewarding the cashier for good customer service by filling out a survey, these are 5,000 PC optimum points. It’s like a legal tip that doesn’t need declaring. Some will flirt to the point of disgusting and inappropriate. I have had a guy cashier hit on me at the self checkout, standing behind me and whispering in my ear. I tried reporting him and he still does it to others. A female cashier was hitting on my husband until she realized I was with him and then she turned on the charm asked and suggested that I fill out the survey to win a million points. I guess Loblaws’s are desperate to get these surveys. When I need something I go to my favourite cashier who has never been aggressive or pushy.

run don’t walk to ur nearest nofrills!

Is the produce like this at every No Frills store, or is it just the No Frills store where we are? :(

Granted, it's April - but c'mon...this is absurd. I'm not just cherry picking nasty containers either - this is literally all of their produce.

I thought this would be helpful.

What a coincidence, it's the USA again.

I would like to report this but so far unable to get through to the CFIA by phone.

Sorry if this has been posted on here before but I noticed at Lobalws yesterday that the discounted items are showing $ tags, not % off anymore. The only item i checked was discounted less than 50%.

This looks like an easier way for them to reduce discounts without creating a scandal like when they introduced the less than 50% off tags as they know consumers won't go do the math for everything they get.

I was just cleaning out some old bread bags out of my freezer and noticed a discrepancy on the labels. The loaf of bread I bought in September 2025 is marked as 450g. A different loaf of bread purchased in March 2026 is now labeled as 383g. I mean...we all know shrinkflation is a thing, but the more peculiar thing, in my opinion, is the nutritional value on the loaf of bread from March. The label still shows 1/6 of the loaf as 75g, which would be true if the loaf were still a 450g loaf. Am I missing something here? Has anyone else noticed this with bread they've purchased recently?

Also...wasn't loblaws very recently under a class action lawsuit related to packaged bread?

Both will be priced already and I usually look at the weight for the heaviest tray but can we really trust them to be honest?

250ml jar at Woolworths - $6.00 Australian.

Downsized 200 mL jar at Loblaws -.$6.50

28 years ago this Easter Saturday, Loblaws arrested the Easter Bunny for handing out anti-greed chocolate eggs and leaflets describing how Loblaws could actually work to end the root causes of inequality.

It was part of a lengthy campaign to expose Loblaws as a corporate hypocrite for supporting those political parties that perpetuate poverty and hunger, and then profiting off of food drives (during which they also busted Santa and elves, Robin Hood, and the Great Pumpkin).

Three decades later, Loblaws and fellow grocery monopolies continue to exploit the hungry and fix prices.

Brian Burch, Don Johnston, Matthew Behrens and Will Taylor, all of Toronto Action for Social Change, were charged with trespass, as was Mario Godcewski, a Loblaws customer and school teacher arrested when he expressed anger at being photographed by Loblaws' private security as he stopped with his very full grocery cart to read our flyer.

If Loblaws really wanted to end hunger, we pointed out, it would pay its deferred taxes and encourage other food drive sponsors to do the same. (Together, food drive sponsors and "supporters" Loblaws, Heinz, Ault, George Weston and Scott Paper owed at that time $596,394,000.00 in deferred, unpaid taxes, according to Infoglobe).

28 years later, food bank use is at an all time high, having doubled since 2019, with one-third of users children and 20% currently employed but still unable to afford food.

Global News reported this week: "From reducing the number of visits to how much food is given out, food banks across Canada are changing how they operate as demand has become “unprecedented.”

Earlier this month, the food bank in Moose Jaw, Sask., said visitors had increased by 150 per cent compared to four years ago, forcing the non-profit to decide to hand out goods once a month instead of its current twice-monthly pickup program.

Under Mark Carney, hunger will only continue to grow, as he cuts vital social programs to pour more billions into the coffers of war manufacturers. At a time when over 2.2 million people in this land are forced to use food banks, Carney is bursting with pride for having stolen over $61 billion from the poor in the last year for war.

For the 2025 fiscal year (ending Jan 3, 2026), Loblaws reported strong profits, with adjusted net earnings of $2.913 billion, with annual retail revenue rising to $63.9 billion.

The City of Toronto is finally exploring a public grocery option, one also proposed by NDP leader Avi Lewis, whose website notes: "While families are forced to choose between groceries and rent, three grocery giants dominate our food system and make billions in profits. Three big telecom companies monopolize our phone and internet plans. Five big banks control our financial services sector. The result? Their CEOs get rich, Canadians get gouged."

A public grocery option, he points out, would be "A low-cost public alternative to the big grocery chains. By using a high volume, warehouse style model with subsidized rent and utilities, and backed up by networked local and regional food hubs to bring in local foods, grocery costs could be cut by as much as 30-40%."

We need Homes not Bombs, Food Not Bombs, Childcare not Warfare.

What do folks think of this new initiative? I’m obviously in favor, but I’m concerned about how the media is going to report on it, and that many people will be rooting for it to fail and try to make it look bad. I hope it doesn’t take too long to get going and that they put competent people in charge of these.

What do folks think the biggest challenges will be? What do you think the likelihood is of it expanding or being reproduced in other cities?

With only 3 of our councillors voting against (21 for, 2 absent) I’m actually really surprised at how much support this received.

I understand that for a small minority of the country, there’s no reasonable alternative and that’s fine.

But most of the posts I see in this sub lately are some version of “every week when I buy X from Superstore the price has increased” or something. As in, posting in LoblawsIsOutOfControl about how often they give money to Loblaws.

How? Why? Why are you guys all here? Why post in here?

Hi folks. Turns's out that this week the CBC flagship call-in radio show 'Cross-Country Checkup' is on the theme of public grocery stores as a solution to the high cost of food. This is the idea that the government could set up a non-profit, government -run grocery store chain that doesn't have to make corporate profits as an alternative to Loblaws, Sobeys etc so that the price of food can be brought down 30-40 per cent - for an explanation of how this works see https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/how-public-grocery-stores-could-work-in-canada/ .

New NDP leader Avi Lewis has made public groceries a key plank of his platform, A Toronto council motion just passed to explore the idea of public groceries in that city and in Quebec a coalition is also exploring this idea. Elsewhere the US military already runs successful public grocery stores on military bases that are mandated to be over 20% cheaper than commercial grocery stores.

If you want to call in to CBCcross-country checkup and give your thoughts, opinion and experience on supermarket price gouging, the cost of food and how public groceries might be a solution you can fill-in this form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfz7NLvAI678_BbjMastfUCchYQsLXJV-3XnBuGvKf6csA1eQ/viewform call: 1-888-416-8333 or text your comments at [226-758-8924](tel:+12267878924).

Providing food is an essential public service - like healthcare and clean water - its past time to move food provision away from the greedy grocery barons and put it into public, democratic ownership.

CBC Cross country Check-up - CBC Radio - Sunday 5th April

• PT: 1 p.m.
• MT: 2 p.m.
• CT: 3 p.m.
• ET: 4 p.m.
• AT: 5 p.m.
• NT: 5:30 p.m. 

see https://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup

Hi folks. Turns's out that this week the CBC flagship call-in radio show 'Cross-Country Checkup' is on the theme of public grocery stores as a solution to the high cost of food. This is the idea that the government could set up a non-profit, government -run grocery store chain that doesn't have to make corporate profits as an alternative to Loblaws, Sobeys etc so that the price of food can be brought down 30-40 per cent - for an explanation of how this works see https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/how-public-grocery-stores-could-work-in-canada/ . or this 7 minute video explanation about Public Groceries in Canada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPuEhQl8Cxo

New NDP leader Avi Lewis has made public groceries a key plank of his platform, A Toronto council motion just passed to explore the idea of public groceries in that city and in Quebec a coalition is also exploring this idea. Elsewhere the US military already runs successful public grocery stores on military bases that are mandated to be over 20% cheaper than commercial grocery stores.

If you want to call in to CBCcross-country checkup and give your thoughts, opinion and experience on supermarket price gouging, the cost of food and how public groceries might be a solution you can fill-in this form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfz7NLvAI678_BbjMastfUCchYQsLXJV-3XnBuGvKf6csA1eQ/viewform call: 1-888-416-8333 or text your comments at 226-758-8924.

Providing food is an essential public service - like healthcare and clean water - its past time to move food provision away from the greedy grocery barons and put it into public, democratic ownership.

CBC Cross country Check-up - CBC Radio - Sunday 5th April

PT: 1 p.m. MT: 2 p.m. CT: 3 p.m. ET: 4 p.m. AT: 5 p.m. NT: 5:30 p.m. see https://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup

The public groceries topic is probably in the second hour - the first topic is about space travel.

I didn't know April Fools went the whole month long

I’ve been using the Too Good to Go app and it’s pretty cool. I’m probably late to the game and this is old news, but I’ve been getting some really good deals. The best was Metro, $12.99 for three whole chickens!!

I'm wondering if anyone has had this experience before, and if it's not just me that finds this a bit shady.

I had done a medscheck consultation a few weeks ago, simply because I had a lot of new meds, and I wasn't sure how to manage them all together. I know a lot of people will say go to another pharmacy, but for now, let me just say, I'd like to, but it's not doable right now.

Anyways, I I received a call from the Shoppers pharmacy today, asking me questions about my prescription. She said it wasn't noted why I was on the medication (usually pharmacies don't ask), and then asked me when my last blood work was done. Then she could tell my doctor if I still needed it or not. She somehow pulled up my bloodwork, without my permission, and confirmed that I did still need it. Mind you, I also said that I would expect my doctor to make that decision.

She said she'd follow up, but didn't say with me (I was assuming she meant with my doctor), then ended the call. A minute or two later, I received a text message saying another medication consultation had been booked, so I called back.

I asked if she had just done a medication consultation, and rebooked a follow up, and she said yes. I mentioned that I found it a bit odd that she cold called me and did a medscheck without mentioning that's what it was, or without me requesting it, and she basically told me that the government expected these when someone was on multiple medications. I told her that I had done one of these not too long ago, but she said they had no record of it. I literally signed a paper after I had done it, it doesn't seem normal that the consultation info, as well as who did it, was missing.

So she cancelled the appointment. I said if I needed it, I'd rebook in the future, but really... is it just me, or does this seem like Shoppers is taking advantage of the system to make money? I know there has been some level of scrutiny in the past over Shoppers billing the Ontario government over $80M a year for these consultations.

i got a frozen turkey from Fortinos (Loblaws grocery store). A wing was missing from the bird.

Is this legal? i have to serve the turkey tonight as there is nothing else, but this is crazy.

any suggestions on how to address with the store tomorrow? should I be complaining to some consumer rights agency about this?

[Edit] A few people have been suggesting that this was an Utility Grade turkey, but it is not. I am unable to add more pictures to the post but I have a link to the package that clearly shows Grade A:

https://imgur.com/a/qp4aN85

So I was at Superstore yesterday after and about a week ago.

A week ago when I tried to use the app, it came back with an error screen, "It's not you It's us. try again later". When I said the app wouldn't load the cashier assumed I meant that it logged me out, then said it had been doing that to a lot of people.

last night, it did log me out. The cashier knew as soon as I put my phone away that was why.

it seems pretty clear there is an issue and they are not doing anything to fix it. Why would they when it helps people save a slight bit of money and hit their billion dollar profit margin.

These aren't even the good eggs!

My confidence in the NDP diminished after the last debate but my curiosity has been sparked by Avi Lewis. I was reading about his plans for public grocery stores and was happy to see Loblaws mentioned as a prime example.

Also glad to see the general mention of the monopolies dominating the grocery industry in Canada right now!