Buying Groceries in Canada
Am I the Only One that finds it exhausting to stay local, loyal, organic and healthy? I’m adding one more, affordable. Groceries are the biggest expense for families and many are struggling to put meals on the table, let alone healthy ones.
When I pay $3.49 for romaine lettuce, I still need dressing and a cucumber. An $8 bag of apples is pretty expensive but I want my kids to eat healthy so I buy it. All the sugary and high sodium products are affordable but no parent really wants to feed junk to their kids, do they?
The excuse use to be because fuel was so high but oil has been going down for months and groceries are going up so that’s not it.
Maple Leaf Foods just laid off 400 employees. Their Canadian workforce isn’t the only thing shrinking. Look what they did to their packaging? This is corporate greed at its finest.
Kellogg’s has been in London Ontario for 100 years. The CBC headlines were “plant closing as cereal consumption declines,” what kind of a right wing statement is that? First of all, what family doesn’t buy cereal? The true headline should be “They found a way to make it cheaper”
It would make sense that this cost cutting would keep prices reasonable for the consumer but that’s not the case. Spending more and getting less is the new normal.
Then you have grocery stores that force you to buy 2 or 3 of the same item in order to get the sale price? This deal or no deal business is wrong. It feels like we’re being bullied into helping them clean out stock. Sometimes I wonder whether I should buy a new freezer to stock pile it for them too. Don’t penalize me for buying just one. I don't want stale wraps sitting on my counter.
We need your very best price on every item. Perhaps we will buy two but please don’t force me to buy more groceries than I want, need or can afford. I will be watching for these signs to change.
This is food, not furniture.
Signed,
Am I the Only One?
When I pay $3.49 for romaine lettuce, I still need dressing and a cucumber. An $8 bag of apples is pretty expensive but I want my kids to eat healthy so I buy it. All the sugary and high sodium products are affordable but no parent really wants to feed junk to their kids, do they?
The excuse use to be because fuel was so high but oil has been going down for months and groceries are going up so that’s not it.
Maple Leaf Foods just laid off 400 employees. Their Canadian workforce isn’t the only thing shrinking. Look what they did to their packaging? This is corporate greed at its finest.
Kellogg’s has been in London Ontario for 100 years. The CBC headlines were “plant closing as cereal consumption declines,” what kind of a right wing statement is that? First of all, what family doesn’t buy cereal? The true headline should be “They found a way to make it cheaper”
It would make sense that this cost cutting would keep prices reasonable for the consumer but that’s not the case. Spending more and getting less is the new normal.
Then you have grocery stores that force you to buy 2 or 3 of the same item in order to get the sale price? This deal or no deal business is wrong. It feels like we’re being bullied into helping them clean out stock. Sometimes I wonder whether I should buy a new freezer to stock pile it for them too. Don’t penalize me for buying just one. I don't want stale wraps sitting on my counter.
We need your very best price on every item. Perhaps we will buy two but please don’t force me to buy more groceries than I want, need or can afford. I will be watching for these signs to change.
This is food, not furniture.
Signed,
Am I the Only One?
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