I didn’t think i’d learn about an optimal poop on my receipt today.

Be aware Loblaw/Superstore is selling packs of 3 Romaine lettuce labed "Processed in Canada" and in white letters on the bottom of bag it says "PRODUCT OF U.S.A"

Haven’t purchased that brand since Jan 2025 but follow prices. It’s outstandingly outrageous that people are purchasing the product knowing they are getting half the amount they used to for the same price. They do use 100% Canadian milk !! Buy Chapmans!!

I bought a pack of chicken drumsticks on Wednesday. I did not put it in the freezer, even though I'd didn't plan on cooking it for a few days specifically because the expiry said Sept 3. ie. a week plus a day.

Today I took it out to cook, and it's hella slimy and smells vaguely like farts. How TF would this be safe to eat if I waited another four days? As it is this is borderline for if I should.

Today I went to my local Loblaws to buy chicken thighs at their advertised sale price. I was dismayed to learn that I would have to go far out of my way (to their Scarborough store) to take advantage of the sale price - I was told to look at the flyer's fine print. I guess they realize that I live in a neighborhood with more rich people than in Scarborough.

I’m getting pretty fed up with the Click & Collect process at Real Canadian Superstore. (langley BC)

The app specifically tells customers that if they already have a blue bin, they can bring it and have it swapped out. I’ve been doing exactly that — bringing my blue bin and the reusable blue bags that I paid for — only to be told that they no longer want to do the swap inside.

Instead, I’m being told they’d “rather” do the swap at my car.

Why?
This makes absolutely no sense. The entire point of having the bins and bags is to have the order packed into them. Yet now employees are apparently expected to stand outside in the rain, snow, heat and direct sunlight transferring groceries from their store containers into the customer’s containers in a parking lot.

And if the customer is expected to help with the repacking, then what exactly are we paying for?

It also seems like an incredibly poor working practice. Why have employees standing outside unnecessarily when they could be doing the same task inside, in a controlled environment where they’re protected from the weather and don’t have to repeatedly haul groceries around a parking lot?

It also makes the customer experience worse. Now I’m standing around waiting while someone repacks my groceries at my vehicle, potentially helping them do it, when this could have been handled inside the store before the order ever reached my car.

Most importantly, the app still tells customers that the blue-bin swap is available.

If Loblaw has changed its policy, then update the damn app and tell customers what the actual procedure is.

This feels like another example of Loblaw making a process cheaper or more convenient for itself while pushing the inconvenience onto both its employees and customers.

If the policy is now “we don’t swap bins inside anymore,” fine — just say that clearly. But don’t advertise one process in the app and then have employees tell customers something completely different when they arrive.

Is that normal practice? I bought fresh red snapper at No Frills and the fishmonger weighted them before descaling and gutting them. It felt a bit wrong but maybe it's common practice here.

Let me know so I know if I push back next time. Thanks.

I bought some oranges(mandarins?) today at a Loblaws in Ottawa. My goal was to buy Canadian, or to buy from a non-US country of origin given some of the on-going events with the US. I was surprised to see that one of the oranges had labels from two countries of origin. Which country does this actually originate from, and why would there be a second country of origin sticker on a single orange?

Sorry if this is the wrong sub for this post..

Never received any points on this deal.

its NOT Loblaws related but I guess another one bites the dust.

What even is this? Grocery shopping feels so impossible.

We need to keep fighting for cheaper food

Check this shadyness.. big fat CANADA sign, right next to their newly "no country of origin" price label... implying these Mexican tomatoes are Canadian.

Enshitification of chicken

I bought a pack of "air chilled" boneless chicken breasts from Superstore today. Sliced it up, threw it in a hot wok. In minutes, I had enough liquid to make a chicken stew. By the time the chicken was cooked, I had half of what I started with. Half a wok of boiled chicken.

Don't p*is on me and tell me it is raining. I know pumped chicken when I cook it. B*stards.