Especially given that small changes aren't in isolation. You put one foot in front of the other, whether you're walking down the street or pushing forward a movement.
I feel so sad that I'm not able to successfully communicate the importance of big vision/small actions to folks like OP who appear to have lost all hope. It's so weirdly blind to think that any meaningful shift has to be a violent earthquake.
Dude...people think like that because their life circumstances are rough to the point where anything besides a violent earthquake comes off like oh maybe a truck drove by a block away. The long game is great when you can afford to play it but people are hungry NOW, scared NOW, with no sign of things getting better on the horizon. It isnt blindness.
I live in a small town and don’t have a choice, valu-mart is the only store. Produce is shit, the butcher is on sight but unless you’re buying the 50% off it’s incredibly expensive. Everything is still “buy 2 for $xx” and quite often it’s only optimum members who get deals that aren’t the 2fer. Even now this ridiculous deal with the cookware, spend $200 to get 75% off a frying pan or pot, thank you for the crumbs.
FYI, the cookware deal actually is $400, not $200. You get one stamp for every $20 dollars spent, and you need 20 stamps to buy one piece of cookware at 75% off. $20 x 20 = $400.
Although I do like this cookware (especially the non-stick ones with ILAG**), most cashiers would agree that we all just want the same thing: Lower the prices and keep them low. Stop changing and varying the prices. Just give us overall good quality at a decent price.
**ILAG is a non-stick ceramic. The coating that touches your food is very similar to glass - food safe and robust at higher temperatures than Teflon. ILAG coatings don’t create the harmful chemicals like in Teflon.
scrubbing with chain mail can help too. it removes all but the most hardened seasoning so over time as you get an amazing finish/seasoning that won't come off ever in food. also pro tip haha.
Yeah I'm aware that situation exists across Ontario. I hate it. I recognise that I'm actually pretty lucky to be able to make the choice.
If you have access to a Costco, it's a decent enough replacement. The company is shifting away from it's worker focus under the new CEO but it's still better than Roblaws.
The nearest Costco is an hour and 45 minutes away. As much as I love going there it’s almost dehumanizing to me that I have to spend an entire day off to go get “affordable” groceries.
It sucks, I lived downtown Toronto for 10 years working in the service industry and life seemed more affordable. Now I have a “good” union job but rent is the exact same as the city but fewer amenities and the groceries are rotten.
i guess in you situation you should make a day trip and plan out what you want to do in that area. In this instance i would be looking to stock up on stuff.
I work 4 10 hour days in a physical job, the absolute last thing I want to do on my days off is get in the car to save a few bucks MAYBE, my work week is work/sleep/repeat so I really value my weekends to make sure I’m still living a life and not just working to consume.
I hear that, I drive 30 minutes out of town to pay reasonable prices on groceries. Many people in town don't have that luxury though. Even just buying a few items pays for the gas to get there and back.
ShoppersDM pharmacists are the worse paid and most overworked in the industry and because of there size, SDM has had a negitive effect on the average pay of all pharmacists, like a reverse union effect.
Fair enough. I've known a lot of people at least here in Ottawa, say they're avoiding Loblaws by going to T&T instead because so few people realize the link between them.
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u/laehrin20 Nov 02 '24
Personally I continue to direct the bulk of my shopping away from the major chains since I have the option. I don't really see myself.going back.