If we respond to this, does it count as virtue signaling?

I avoided going to the bi-weekly coke sale at Shopper’s Drug Mart. Looks like I’ll be pouring my drinks a bit rich for the next little while. Ever since Loblaws bought them and the subsequent price increase, I’ve been less confident that it really is the loss-leader I’ve been led to believe it was. Then, my wife had a prescription faxed there since our local pharmacy had already closed for the day.

I grumbled about it and had it transferred to the co-op, since I had been meaning to get set up there (3rd party insurance and all).

I’ve been boycotting Loblaws since the Amex card gives 4% cashback on groceries

Haven’t been buying from the local super store for a while now, however I have stopped buying from Shoppers.

Yep. we started using local grocers when Loblaws prices skyrocketed and local grocer stayed reasonable. This month we stopped going to any Loblaws owned thing, might continue indefinitely if no reasults happen

They do not have a presence in my small town. I would have to drive 30 minutes to not shop with one of their stores. So by default I am boycotting.

I tend to avoid the large corps where I can (Amazon, Walmart) recently moved to buying what I can from farmers markets and honestly having someone remember you and be proud of their product is a game changer, and tastes better too.

So yeah absolutely boycotting em

Sure am, American though so no real choice in the matter. Fuck em though!

Yep. Bastards aren’t getting my dollars for the forseeable future. Fuck em

I’ve been avoiding their stores for years.

Not only was I spending 100% of my grocery budget at a Loblaws owned store, but I can probably count on one hand how many times I’ve visited one in the last 6 years.

Switching to alternative stores saved me thousands over the years.

I haven’t shopped there in years and have no plan to. I used to work for them and detest spending any more time in their stores.

I started a permanent loblaws boycott this week. Won’t be shopping at any of the other big names either. Preparing to participate in the boycott led me to sign up for a co op that I should’ve been using all along and I don’t see myself ever going back. Anything they don’t carry I can get at a local independent grocer and they’re usually a little cheaper than no frills anyway.

Co ops are a solution to corporate greed, use them whenever possible.

I’m doing my part
stocked up a bit more at Costco last month so I didn’t have to buy for this week and maybe next

https://lemmy.ca/post/20399097

There are similar posts on other subs, but this is from 3 days ago on the same sub.

Is there a good source to learn about this (scope, list of stores, etc)

So far so good… For me, Shoppers is harder to avoid than Loblaws or No Frills, but we’ll see how it goes.