Someone grab a few bags of 'Ketchup Chips'.... I'll provide a shipping address and throw you a few $$.
Lefty Memes
An international (English speaking) socialist Lemmy community free of the "ML" influence of instances like lemmy.ml and lemmygrad. This is a place for undogmatic shitposting and memes from a progressive, anti-capitalist and truly anti-imperialist perspective, regardless of specific ideology.
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If you are new to socialism, you can ask questions and find resources over on c/Socialism101.
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0. Only post socialist memes
That refers to funny image macros and means that generally videos and screenshots are not allowed. Exceptions include explicitly humorous and short videos, as well as (social media) screenshots depicting a funny situation, joke, or joke picture relating to socialist movements, theory, societal issues, or political opponents. Examples would be the classic case of humorous Tumblr or Twitter posts/threads. (and no, agitprop text does not count as a meme)
1. Socialist Unity in the form of mutual respect and good faith interactions is enforced here
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The only dangerous minority is the rich.
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All dressed are better
Well, I need a taste test. Grab some.
10/10 would steal some for you.
Nice
So the CEO of Loblaws (the parent company that owns most of the grocery chains/stores in Canada) has very explicitly been engaged in price-fixing of groceries.
These people are stealing from us. It is correct to steal from them.
I'm what I would describe as Loosely Christian. I still think it's correct and fair to steal from these state sanctioned thieves.
IDK about Canada but here in the US I gotta say that it is technically not theft because corporations are NOT people, despite the Lies of the Law.
You don’t ask questions about “Project Mayhem.”
For a moment, I thought this was a marketing gag from the chain. How can I be so naive?
Just this morning I read an article posted to Lemmy about an effort to hold a boycott against Loblaws and the difficulties of boycotting what is basically a monopoly for an essential service (in many places lacking competition, or where the competition is pulling the same shit, it wouldn't be a boycott so much as a hunger strike). Looks like someone found a way around that conundrum!
Capitalism stans: competition means the prices have to reach a fair value.
Capitalist grocery: [purchasing all the smaller groceries at a fair value]
I switched to the local international grocery and Longo's. At least then I'm supporting small business. I am at an advantage living in a large city with local options which many don't have, but it's honestly working well.
Longo's is owned by Sobeys now 🤷🏻♂️
Oh fuck me I did not know. Fuck. Starsky's it is then.
T&T is owned by Loblaw...
How the fuck did this happen? Bring back knobhill farms!
Blue Sky in duram is independently owned AFAIK, plz correct me if I am wrong
Loblaws is the largest grocery conglomerate in Canada. Its owner, Galen Weston Jr., the chairman and CEO of George Weston Limited, a holdings company that owns so much shit in Canada. And also executive chairman and president of Loblaws Companies Limited.
Weston jr is the figurehead of food price inflation in Canada. He's basically responsible for starting the trend and everybody else followed.
Food insecurity has become a serious problem if Canada and food banks have been solicited like never before since the pandemic.
This is doing to be a hot topic issue in the next federal elections. But already, Loblaws lobbyists are already courting the main party leaders to ensure they don't do anything to decrease the control they have on the food industry and the profits they make.
It's disgusting. I approve of this steal from Loblaws day. But it shouldn't be limited to Loblaws. This should be every major grocery store like Metro and IGA.
It's not stealing.
It is returning to us what was stolen.
Also, the Weston family live in a literal castle that was built for the royal family.
To the gallows with them.
Its* owner,
Thank you. Autocorrect got the best of me.
Everyone should go the day before, they'll see it coming on the 12th.
Sure. I don't know why Sobey's gets off the hook.
Sobeys doesn't exist in my town anymore
Even way before this price gouging I always found them wildly expensive.
Damn they were the cheap option growing up for me
Some time ago, we lived in a place where the only grocery was Sobeys. Now that we've moved to a place with half a dozen options around - chain and independent alike - the grocery bill is down 30%.
Get caught? Call Bob Loblaw and check out Blob Loblaw’s Law Blog!
"Have you committed a crime that somebody noticed?" slams book shut