I refuse to buy their meats…almost every butcher near me has 200% better quality, and is near the same cost. There is zero reason to buy their bland non marbled meats.
Yeah their produce are always nearly rotting and so small. There’s a producer store nearby that had 1000% better fruits and veggies, that come from local farms mostly too.
I don’t know how much better it is but I’ve been mostly patronizing my local Food Basics, with the occasional trip to Walmart and Costco for things they don’t carry at FB. I avoid the Loblaws’ chains after it became obvious they were doing the biggest price-hikes to drive inflation while Food Basics was raising wages and giving more of their employees full-time benefits.
I realize that Walmart is ethically a damned sight worse, but one battle at a time. Walmart doesn’t give a shit what their Canadian customer-base does they’re a global company. Loblaws lives and dies by it.
I’ve been doing the same. Its a slightly longer walk to food basics than the nearest loblaws chain but it is worth it. I get paper wasting flyers for both stores in my mail every week and everytime the food basics flyer offers better prices for the same foods like produce or meats.
Yep, I’ve made the extra effort to shop at farmers markets and local butchers. A bit more money and less selection, but worth it in terms of helping locals and food quality.
People need to stop shopping at Loblaws owned chains. I know it’s difficult because they own practically everything.
The quality of their produce and meats are always the worst.
I refuse to buy their meats…almost every butcher near me has 200% better quality, and is near the same cost. There is zero reason to buy their bland non marbled meats.
Yeah their produce are always nearly rotting and so small. There’s a producer store nearby that had 1000% better fruits and veggies, that come from local farms mostly too.
I don’t know how much better it is but I’ve been mostly patronizing my local Food Basics, with the occasional trip to Walmart and Costco for things they don’t carry at FB. I avoid the Loblaws’ chains after it became obvious they were doing the biggest price-hikes to drive inflation while Food Basics was raising wages and giving more of their employees full-time benefits.
I realize that Walmart is ethically a damned sight worse, but one battle at a time. Walmart doesn’t give a shit what their Canadian customer-base does they’re a global company. Loblaws lives and dies by it.
I’ve been doing the same. Its a slightly longer walk to food basics than the nearest loblaws chain but it is worth it. I get paper wasting flyers for both stores in my mail every week and everytime the food basics flyer offers better prices for the same foods like produce or meats.
I really like your approach of where you take your grocery business!
Yep, I’ve made the extra effort to shop at farmers markets and local butchers. A bit more money and less selection, but worth it in terms of helping locals and food quality.