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submitted 6 months ago by lautan@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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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[-] HungryJerboa@lemmy.ca 29 points 6 months ago

Fuck Shoppers. High dispensing fees mean literally anybody else can do it better. Switch to your local pharmacy.

[-] Beaver@lemmy.ca 21 points 6 months ago
[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 months ago

I've heard Shoppers described as "surge pricing for Loblaws". It has corner store/gas station prices for grocery items. Don't shop there.

[-] 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

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

The food basics near me rips you off a different way. They purposely leave expired items on the shelf long past their date. Every single trip I find multiple items that are weeks past and they're still front and center. If you don't check the dates religiously, you end up with a few things that are expired. I've complained to the store and head office and they don't even respond, they couldn't care less.

They also never clean the produce racks, I've been seeing the same muck and stains for months

And they've been selling frozen/thawed bread as fresh. When I go buy English muffins or fresh bread. I find many of the bread packages are cold and half frozen

[-] joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

This feels like unnecessary noise. Yes Shoppers Drug Mart, like corner stores, sell food at a large markup. They've always done this, they know that if you're picking up food there you're willing to pay a convenience markup.

Shifting any focus here gives Loblaws a potential out by just reducing prices at shoppers, which has nothing to do with what we actually want to happen.

this post was submitted on 12 May 2024
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