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Shoppers Drug Mart in Ontario accused of price gouging after baffling grocery find (www.blogto.com)
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A Shoppers Drug Mart in Ontario is being accused of price gouging on social media after one customer shared a photo of the store's exorbitant peanu...

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[-] postscarce@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Shoppers is not a grocery store, so of course they're going to charge more for things like peanut butter, when compared to grocery stores like No Frills or Costco. You're paying extra for convenience, and they're selling lower volumes. A better comparison would be peanut butter at convenience stores.

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Nobody is debating that they can charge more, but to charge double is absurd

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