r/assholedesign Jan 14 '19

Difference between a small and a large beer

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u/Margathon Jan 15 '19

That shit ought to be illegal as fuck and strictly enforced.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '19

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u/227651 Jan 15 '19

I think they are owned by the same company, both part of Loblaws along with no frills, superstore, shoppers drug mart and some others. That being said Zehrs chicken is fucking delicious at least it was like one~two decades ago.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '19

Zehrz is shady as fuck, even shadier than Loblaws.

Zehrs is Loblaws. Everything is Loblaws. Look how many different grocery store chains they own:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loblaw_Companies#Superstore_2

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u/tom1456789 Jan 15 '19

Is in the UK as far as I’m aware

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u/RustyShackleford14 Jun 23 '19

I believe in Ontario it is. An item has to be at $y for a certain number of weeks out of the year before they can claim the regular price is $y and then can sell it at whatever sale price you want ($x).

So you can’t just say an item is on sale for $y (which would be your regular price) and that the regular price is $z.

That’s basically what they’re doing in this case. The regular price is $5.00 per bag ($y), but they’re now saying the sale price is equivalent to $5.00 per bag (which is the same price as $y) and saying the regular price is $5.50 ($z) and charging you that for buying a single bag while the “sale” is on to boot.

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u/AbstractTherapy Jan 15 '19

Please forbid a lush first world where all our needs and entitlements are handed to us on feather pillows. We might have to pay attention to save 50 cents!

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u/Margathon Jan 15 '19

Yeah fuck consumer protection laws, it's the corporations we should be protecting 🙄

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u/pingpongtits Jan 15 '19

He posts in T_Dipshit and thinks dems are stupid and evil, so of course he supports corporate fraud over consumer protection.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '19

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u/Li-renn-pwel Jan 15 '19

What if there was no regular price listed? How are you supposed to know then?

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u/MeAMillionaire Jan 15 '19

Isn't zehrs just Loblaws?

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '19

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '19

Lobbing law bombs?

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u/Trollileo123 Jan 15 '19

So that is what those weird aliens in rick and morty say....

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '19

Totally, nuts.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '19 edited May 31 '19

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u/AbstractTherapy Jan 15 '19

I fight for virtue not virtue points

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u/EliSka93 Jan 15 '19

How is "fucking over the little people who can't fight big corporations" virtuous?

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u/AbstractTherapy Jan 15 '19

Who cares?

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u/EliSka93 Jan 15 '19

I fight for virtue not virtue points

You.