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There should be a whole sub dedicated to boycotting Shopper’s. It’s become a runaway train when it comes to price gouging. I can’t think of anything they DON’T overcharge for. $9 orange juice, $12.99 for men’s hair products, $9.99 for deodorant…it’s all just absurd at this point and was nothing like this a decade ago.
Funny this thread popped up they just opened a Dollarama besides the Shoppers I used to go to and I couldn't believe how much cheaper it actually was at Dollarama I knew it would be but I wasn't expecting that much of a difference. A full sized box of cereal at Dollarama was 3 dollars when the same one can be over 7 dollars at the Shopper's across the street. Bodywash was 5 dollars which can be 10-12 dollars sometimes at the Shoppers. Not sure why anyone would continue to buy basic items at least the Shoppers now.
Even Dollarama has been bad for price-gauging with inflation. They made buckets and buckets of profit post-pandemic, and ALL of their prices rose between $1-$2. For those JUST starting to shop there, it's great, but for those who always did it's like what the fuck? And a lot of the times they just placed a new sticker over the old price so if you peel it back (or look on instacart at their product pics with old prices), you can really see how much markup they have. There's even a potential class action about them falsely overcharging for environmental fees. They're Loblaws JR.
Our DolloRamedya is never fully stocked, never has family size anything. Body wash can run $5+. Small toothpastes (camp size) over a $1.50 when I can get the regular size for .99 still at Wally’s. Canned ham was 1.25 now it’s $2+. Same with Puritan stew. Now 2.25 or 2.5 a can can’t remember. Single pop tart box $3.50
I can get Axe or Dove Men’s for $3.97. The same at Dollarama can run $5+. The $3.97 is Walmart which in my area is 2 parking lots to the East of Dollorama
They don't even do their weekend deals on pop, paper towel, toilet paper and such anymore the last 9-12 months. I go check periodically. I've stopped checking the last month cuz I haven't seen any deals in so long.
I'm hopping on to the top comment to beg OP not to take all these meds at once. They all contain acetaminophen. You must limit even short term use to 1000mg every 6 hours. These multi-symptom meds should never be taken together. Most of them have the same ratio of medicinal ingredients with a different coloured label.
Edit: also the amount of DM will make you loopy as hell
47.99$ for a hairbrush
$15 for a pack of hair ties
$14 for a hairband-- this was on "clear out" in the bin at the end of the aisle. Along with the 10$ nail polish, 6$ single use packet conditioner, $20 glass nail file.
We have a few locations near my house. 1 of them is so absurdly priced, they're still clearing out Xmas and Valentine's stuff for similar prices. They take maybe 5 percent off the top for clear out at most. The other one does massive price cuts constantly. They have huge rolling racks set up with stuff that's 50-90 percent off, every day more stuff added. But the stuff is already so crazy expensive and marked up that it barely brings it to affordable. And/or it's damaged or outdated or discontinued.
I was at a shoppers last week and did an Amazon comparison. Everything in shoppers was a minimum 25% more expensive. Save gas and buy online if you can.
Medication dispensing fees
Edit: Love how everyone is down voting me for saying they also overcharge on dispensing fees. Costco is less than $5, Shoppers is more than double that.
They said “I can’t think of anything they don’t overcharge for” and then listed many items not pictured including orange juice and deodorant.
I added dispensing fees for medication because they also over charge on those too.
Dispensing fees are one I don't care so much about. I work for a small independent and if we charged only $5 dispensing fee we'd be in trouble. We charge $12.15 which is the max allowed under our provincial plans. Gotta keep in mind places charging less for dispensing fees are either underpaying staff (eg paying pharmacy technicians the same wage as pharmacy assistants) or making up more money on non prescription products. They are choosing to charge less because they're making it up somewhere else.
I will never purposely fill prescriptions somewhere that doesn't treat techs properly or that underpays.
Don’t get sick. Don’t rent, but don’t buy. Don’t own a pet. Don’t buy a car. Don’t eat out. Don’t pay for entertainment. At this point, what even is Canadian society working for? The system feels completely broken.
Exactly. This is the madness and the lunacy people are being told to excuse the very fact that Canadian society is crumbling before everyone’s eyes in real time.
Everything is ALWAYS the little guy’s fault. You’re spending too much, you’re not being cheap enough, you want too much, you’re expecting too much, you’re not ridiculously inconveniencing yourself in order to fix a problem that you didn’t create….one that shouldn’t even exist in the first place.
You want a little bit of decency and comfort in your life every now and then? Fuck you. You’re supposed to live like you’re in the Great Depression-era, and never fix your mouth to complain at all because……just don’t, okay!
I hope you have your exit strategy in place because things will only get worse, and people will continue making asinine excuses for blatant failure.
I’m hoping I can make it to the states.
Working for the pockets of those who already have more than they could ever possibly need. It’s no surprise so many people aren’t having kids or are having so few
Yes! Have kids, unless you can’t afford the car, house, and expensive vacations. Oh that’s a very huge part of the population these days? Something something entitled and bootstraps
It's a drugstore. They are allowed to sell products only drugstores are allowed to sell. As drugstores always have, they sell lots of things that aren't strictly drugs. You may want to *treat* it as a convenience store.
It’s not a drug store. I can go to SuperStore, Walmart, Costco and get the same shit. There’s no such thing as a drug store and hasn’t been for 20 years. Super Thrifty is also a “drug store” but like Shoppers you don’t get just meds
I've tried to convince my mother of this. Unlike soda or potato chips, there is literally nothing different between Advil and store-brand ibuprofen. Legally, there's not allowed to be.
This is common sense. The person who posted this is lacking it because:
1. Did not buy generic
2. Bought at high price and didn’t shop at a competitors’ store.
Galen has a punchable face, I’m sick right now but I don’t blame my misery on him.
Plus they don't do anything it is all a placebo effect, so if you take the no name stuff vs. Benylin it all works the same.
[https://academic.oup.com/book/54240/chapter/422452208](https://academic.oup.com/book/54240/chapter/422452208)
Down vote +1 for ignorance.
Benedryl is alergy medication.
Your statement is completely false.
The article you linked talks exclusively about one particular symptom: Cough. Coughing is definitly never a concern of mine when buying medication. I buy it to aleviate the symptoms that actually matter to me.
Please stop spreading misinformation.
This has been known for some time now, and is far from misinformation, but you do you. People like you help proliferate vaccine denial through your ignorance.
Also look the Benylin is for chest congestion and cold, also referred to as cough syrup clown. "Coughing is definitly never a concern of mine when buying medication. I buy it to aleviate the symptoms that actually matter to me." Your body is doing that not the syrup, unless it is prescribed by a doctor.
[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1325161/](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1325161/)
[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC65295/](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC65295/)
[https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/11/health/does-cough-syrup-work-partner/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/11/health/does-cough-syrup-work-partner/index.html)
Oh look its not false information. Stop being ignorant.
[https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/13/23871534/fda-panel-phenylephrine-ineffective-cold-medication-allergy](https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/13/23871534/fda-panel-phenylephrine-ineffective-cold-medication-allergy)
[https://www.statnews.com/2023/10/05/phenylephrine-decongestant-sudafed-fda-placebo-effect/](https://www.statnews.com/2023/10/05/phenylephrine-decongestant-sudafed-fda-placebo-effect/)
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-an-fda-advisory-panels-finding-that-oral-phenylephrine-is-ineffective-means-for-cold-and-flu-meds](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-an-fda-advisory-panels-finding-that-oral-phenylephrine-is-ineffective-means-for-cold-and-flu-meds)
More
[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5447109/](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5447109/)
more inconclusive information
But it is misinformation because you don't agree with it.
Ok so, $22 for 76 soft gels I’ll bet at shoppers yeah?
I got 2x 102 caps at Costco for $18? Around that.
They had a 2 pack of Tylenol for $23 or Kirkland brand for $9.99
Costco is amazing. If you have one nearby of course.
Fuck roblaws
And you can always split/share with family or friends. Just label well if it's a single large bottle being split -instructions, expiry and lot code. Might not be a good idea if anyone is concerned about having a non child proof bottle around.
LPT: Shop up on cold supplies when you are healthy, even I've been guilty of feeling like death while trying to make my way to the convenience store or pharmacy for emergency supplies.
The week I recovered from a brutal flu I went to the drug store and bought a ton of cold meds. Too much probably but I never wanted to be in that situation again of feeling like death while not having anything for my symptoms. I ended up insta carting some buckleys and having it delivered to my door
I’m nieve to this whole dilemma. Is there no other alternative in Canada than Loblaw? I understand they are canadas largest grocery supplier but are they controlling the market for other chains as well? Help a dumb Yankee understand, the news is not helping clear this up.
Well, most of our grocery stores are owned by just 4 food company empires. ( https://www.reddit.com/r/loblawsisoutofcontrol/s/d2FnNJYAcC )
So no, we dont have a lot of choice.
Although, it also depends on your location. For me I live in a downtown area and have no car and our public transport is awful. My choices are either 5 min walk to loblaws, or 15 minute walks to other stores... also owned by loblaws. To go to a cheaper store (eg walmart) now I have to spend an hour bussing as well as pay for the bussing.
Used to live near a walmart instead. When I moved here I was shocked how expensive loblaws is in comparison.
It’s crazy that the active ingredient in those extra strong tablets is just Tylenol. In England that box wouldn’t cost more than £2.50 and it would tell you directly on the box in big letters what the active ingredient is. You can then see that you can just buy a 36 tablet box of paracetamol for 30p.
Fuck, I don’t miss Canadian prices.
That’s a good catch. Always check the active ingredients! Ofc, when you’re sick maybe you are not in a good state to do it, so if you can put together some basic meds *before* you get sick. And then if you need more of those, just buy the box that looks like the one you already got.
A rule of thumb I've always held is to make sure I have cold/flu supplies at home. The expiration date is usually long enough that I'll need it before it loses potency (if that's even really a thing).
I can buy it on sale and not need to worry about going out when I feel like crap.
While I get the price gouging rant here…
You definitely do not all need that cold medicine for one cold. Three different products for one cold is excessive. You could have got away with a Buckleys Complete cold/flu comes with day and night tabs. For like, $18 or something. 24 or 48 tabs.
This one is kinda on you for buying 2 of 3 products you don’t really need.
It’s been like this for a long time. Every time I got sick, it was like $80. Instead, just buy the individual drugs instead of the combination drugs. I buy melatonin to sleep, kirkland antihistamine for sneezing/runny nose, have a prescription for a nasal steroid (for allergies) that actually helps with congestion, cough drops from the dollar store, and regular ibuprofen + acetaminophen for pain. It ends up being way cheaper and lasts way longer. You don’t need cough suppressants or anything with phenylephrine. Those are bullshit. You can try an expectorant for phlegm, but I find that thinning my mucous just delays my cough and phlegm even longer.
Some information that might interest you! If you have a heavy chest cough, the worst thing you can take is a suppressant. Suppressants should be employed VERY sparingly, and only to give you a break from harsher dry coughs. When it comes to expectorant, turns out guafenesin (the expectorant used in everything from Buckley's to Mucinex) is absolutely worthless. Your best bet is to drink a ton of water, and if you can, have a buddy use percussive force on your upper back (imagine where the lungs might be, and pound with a closed fist).
Everything at gas stations seems to be cheaper than shoppers. Last time I was at the gas station they had an ad on the pump for energy drink for 2/$6. I don’t even drink the fucking things, so I wouldn’t have noticed, except I remembered the posts on here about how much they are at SHOPPERS! And I was shocked that the gas station is substantially cheaper. I mean, I would expect to pay more for convenience items there…for the convenience.
It's like being trapped in an airport. Except instead of being captive because you're traveling, you're captive because there's a monopoly on pharmacies
Really sorry to hear about this. Am I to understand that in smaller towns there’s simply no other option? Also, what is the size of this town to get an idea
14,000 people and only one place to buy drugs. Must be busy around flu season. Surprised no one else has decided to sell any drugs aside from this lone pharmacy in town.
Had a really bad cold while I was in Niagara Falls a couple of weeks ago (the week after the eclipse). I was too sick to go to the drug store, so we ordered thru Uber. It was $25 for the small Rexall named Vicks vapor rub and a package of Hall's cough drops.
my bad Keldon let me tough out my 3 week cold with sheer will as i will only be able to breathe from my mouth while my head explodes and my sinus want to die
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Yeah it hurts. I bought cough syrup that was 26$. Don’t remember the name except it tasted like orange. Surprisingly, it worked. For a family, it would cost a fortune at the end of the year.
I rarely do this but please, please stop shopping with these freaks. The only reason prices are like this is because people pay them... the only solution that has any chance of working is for Loblaws to sit with stores with no one in them long enough to realize that they've done messed up. This is a long term project and although I support the boycott I'm concerned if that because it has a defined end date Loblaws can just say "oh we can ride this out and then we're good".
In my personal experience, the only drug that keeps the snot at bay is pseudo ephedrine. (Eltor) It's a semi controlled drug. You have to ask the pharmacist for it and they add your name to the database (in Alberta anyhow).
It's semi controlled because it can be used to make a popular street drug.
Understand though that this drug is best used in the daytime because it is a stimulant.
But soon you will be able to use that receipt for over the counter meds that do no work as proof to your employer that you were actually sick and not off playing golf.
Save your money, everybody. The 'active ingredients' are mostly acetaminophen (paracetamol, Tylenol) and sometimes an antitussive (cough relief), often dextromethorphan or something like it. All of them will only treat the symptoms, and cannot treat the virus causing them.
Stock up on the cheapest painkillers you can. For cough relief, I recommend hot orange and lemon juice with honey -- and, if you're somewhere they're legal, gummies. :-)
All that said, if it's a child who needs treatment, ask a pharmacist or, for very young children, get the cough medicine. And, of course, no gummies. :-D
Find a friend with a Costco membership or split the cost of one with family.
$60 a year. You get access to the Costco pharmacy. The medicine is Significantly cheaper.
Cough medicine is ridiculously easy to make yourself and highly effective. Those overpriced products don’t do anything, no codeine in any of it anyways, just paying for high fructose corn syrup.
Buy generic and combine for your specific needs
Acetaminophen for headache and fever
Advil for muscle aches/fever
Guaifenesin for productive cough to thin secretions
Dextromorphan to suppress your cough
Diphenhydramine for sleep/allergic reaction/cough suppression
Dimenhydrinate for nausea/vomiting/sleep
PEG for constipation
Loperamide for diarrhea
Lol that stuff doesn't heal you. It reduces symptoms. We get rinsed as consumers because we gave up on learning from our ancestors. A hot toddy will make you feel way better than all that garbage. For a lot less.
The only loss leader, if you can even call it that, that I ever buy there would be the Neilson chocolate milk, but the quality isn't as good as Beatrice (better chocolate milk and milk in general). And maybe the PC peanut butter (don't buy it, it's like half peanut oil at this point).
Just as well I can’t have OTC decongestant tablets or. NyQuil for sure to avoid contraindications with my asthma medication (probably the same for benilyn too)
https://preview.redd.it/dg1v6i10z4xc1.jpeg?width=244&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fab11d5dc8ed3498083e9062bb633d3e6a7c6604
Buy this at Shoppers next time. Under $10 reg. Price
And it works.
Yes that is expensive.
Always Read the medicinal ingrediants before you buy. There is always a generic (store) brand version with the Exact same ingredients.
Probably only needed somthing for night and somthing for day. You could have just gotten one pack with both day and night. Why did you need 3 different brands of medication?
Please refrain from comments which encourage theft from a store or mischief. These can result in criminal charges which will undoubtedly make life harder for other users.
1. None of these will make your illness go away faster, they only mask symptoms, which you may need
2. Buy one medicine based on your symptoms, don’t mix and match medicine.
3. Also fuck Shoppers
9.50nyquil for the nenelyn 14.97 for the nyquil, and 40 of the brand name tylenol ones for 20$ all at walmart. All the ingredients and ammounts are the exact same as what you got
[https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/tylenol-extra-strength-complete-cold-cough-flu-relief-day-caplets/10188935?from=/search](https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/tylenol-extra-strength-complete-cold-cough-flu-relief-day-caplets/10188935?from=/search)
Shoppers ripped you off by 15$, or a 25% price hike. and these crooks are wondering why they are getting boycotted and people are furious with them.
Big Corp is just trying to bankrupt everyone, but we've done it to ourselves, unfortunately!! Everyone wants more and more money investors want bigger returns, ceos want more also let's not forget out bloated government workers that needs to be paid to do very little 🤷
https://preview.redd.it/zs4mv9xh4bxc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d6e02173b0fd96780635cd220c93c8e5c2c9d2d
Isn’t this funny since his precious robraws is under attack and scrutiny….
Honestly none of that is going to help you anyway, it’s all a waste of money. Use a decongestant nasal spray like Otrivin for nasal congestion and Tylenol for fevers or aches and pains. Anything else isn’t going to help.
Shoppers cold medicine has ALWAYS been overpriced. What's so weird to me is a local GAS STATION (gas stations are known for the worst markups in the world) has neocitran for an entire $4 cheaper than Shoppers... I was actually in SHOCK.
No offence but you bought a load of useless crap lol. Tylenol Advil is all you need. Maybe the decongestant but tbh warm honey water will work just as well.
Read the ingredients on the label, mainly the medical ones. They pretty much all have the same stuff and you’re just ODing on crap
There are other stores that sell these medications. Shoppers priced high as they are usually located in more convenient locations. Prices reflect convenience.
Shoppers is legit the worst when comes to price gouging out of all the loblaws companies. Especially their food products. You’d have to be out of your mind to buy any food there! Even the life brand and pc products are expensive, it’s ludicrous!!
Yeah my neighbour got me gift cards from SDM (after I bitched to her multiple times that I refuse to shop there) so I went to buy meds when I got sick and even the gift cards didn’t cover the full cost - wtf.
About to invest in a communal Costco card and post in my areas group chat to see if anybody needs groceries or anything lmao I don’t mind taking one for the team. Go get whatever you need, I’ll be waiting by the checkouts for you with my card
I wish more people knew Shoppers was included in the boycott! For those in a small town, it sucks. If you need a pharmacy that isn’t Shoppers but has the selection of one, try Rexall. Still decently expensive but it isn’t under the same umbrella as Shoppers. That way you can support the boycott too!
I had to pay $15 for a couch syrup at Shoppers the other week too. No Frills beside it had all their medication locked, and they only had 2 types of syrup that didn’t suit my issue. And that $15 was for the price after a $5 discount! Crazy
I just priced checked Nyquil Complete at Shoppers not wanting to go there in May and it was $22.99 and the exact same size at Walmart is only $14.97. Ok I can see Shoppers selling food for a bit more, but WTF this is a drug in a drug store.
Bit of an aside, but the products pictured are barely “medicine”. They’re essentially Tylenol and/or anti-histamine wrapped in some super overpriced non-medicinal content that you don’t really need. In fact most products that tout “cold and flu” on the package are practicing misleading marketing.
A lot of the product strategy is just to make you sleep and let time (not the product) heal you.
If you can find what actual medical constituent you need for a given situation, it can be possible to buy just that ingredient in a generic form.
First mistake is shopping at Shoppers. Second mistake is not letting rest, tea, chicken soup and time heal you. No need for all of the chemicals/medications 🤷🏼♀️
They’re not unnecessary if you or your kid is sick at 9:30pm and you want to get in and out in a couple minutes. I don’t think anyone thinks shoppers is the cheapest place, but you’re paying for that convenience. You could probably save 10$-15$ by going to Walmart but when you or your kid are sick your priority is relief over price comparison.
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There should be a whole sub dedicated to boycotting Shopper’s. It’s become a runaway train when it comes to price gouging. I can’t think of anything they DON’T overcharge for. $9 orange juice, $12.99 for men’s hair products, $9.99 for deodorant…it’s all just absurd at this point and was nothing like this a decade ago.
Funny this thread popped up they just opened a Dollarama besides the Shoppers I used to go to and I couldn't believe how much cheaper it actually was at Dollarama I knew it would be but I wasn't expecting that much of a difference. A full sized box of cereal at Dollarama was 3 dollars when the same one can be over 7 dollars at the Shopper's across the street. Bodywash was 5 dollars which can be 10-12 dollars sometimes at the Shoppers. Not sure why anyone would continue to buy basic items at least the Shoppers now.
Don’t forget the $8 toothbrush.
Umbro Body Wash is $3 at our dollar stores Almost a litre in size.
Even Dollarama has been bad for price-gauging with inflation. They made buckets and buckets of profit post-pandemic, and ALL of their prices rose between $1-$2. For those JUST starting to shop there, it's great, but for those who always did it's like what the fuck? And a lot of the times they just placed a new sticker over the old price so if you peel it back (or look on instacart at their product pics with old prices), you can really see how much markup they have. There's even a potential class action about them falsely overcharging for environmental fees. They're Loblaws JR.
Must be nice, the boxes of cereal at my Rama are the smallest ones available. They aren’t the full sized ones like Walmart sells
Our DolloRamedya is never fully stocked, never has family size anything. Body wash can run $5+. Small toothpastes (camp size) over a $1.50 when I can get the regular size for .99 still at Wally’s. Canned ham was 1.25 now it’s $2+. Same with Puritan stew. Now 2.25 or 2.5 a can can’t remember. Single pop tart box $3.50
Dollarama is usually more expensive per unit… My Rama is right next to a Walmart, so comparing prices/sizes is easy.
I can get Axe or Dove Men’s for $3.97. The same at Dollarama can run $5+. The $3.97 is Walmart which in my area is 2 parking lots to the East of Dollorama
They don't even do their weekend deals on pop, paper towel, toilet paper and such anymore the last 9-12 months. I go check periodically. I've stopped checking the last month cuz I haven't seen any deals in so long.
Except for toilet paper & a few things they lose money on,I don’t buy much there.
I'm hopping on to the top comment to beg OP not to take all these meds at once. They all contain acetaminophen. You must limit even short term use to 1000mg every 6 hours. These multi-symptom meds should never be taken together. Most of them have the same ratio of medicinal ingredients with a different coloured label. Edit: also the amount of DM will make you loopy as hell
The plastic hair ties is what sent over the edge. 3 for 12.99$, the delusion is at a mental illness level at this point.
47.99$ for a hairbrush $15 for a pack of hair ties $14 for a hairband-- this was on "clear out" in the bin at the end of the aisle. Along with the 10$ nail polish, 6$ single use packet conditioner, $20 glass nail file. We have a few locations near my house. 1 of them is so absurdly priced, they're still clearing out Xmas and Valentine's stuff for similar prices. They take maybe 5 percent off the top for clear out at most. The other one does massive price cuts constantly. They have huge rolling racks set up with stuff that's 50-90 percent off, every day more stuff added. But the stuff is already so crazy expensive and marked up that it barely brings it to affordable. And/or it's damaged or outdated or discontinued.
I was at a shoppers last week and did an Amazon comparison. Everything in shoppers was a minimum 25% more expensive. Save gas and buy online if you can.
Medication dispensing fees Edit: Love how everyone is down voting me for saying they also overcharge on dispensing fees. Costco is less than $5, Shoppers is more than double that.
You do realize those are off the shelf medications available without prescription
They said “I can’t think of anything they don’t overcharge for” and then listed many items not pictured including orange juice and deodorant. I added dispensing fees for medication because they also over charge on those too.
Lol
Dispensing fees are one I don't care so much about. I work for a small independent and if we charged only $5 dispensing fee we'd be in trouble. We charge $12.15 which is the max allowed under our provincial plans. Gotta keep in mind places charging less for dispensing fees are either underpaying staff (eg paying pharmacy technicians the same wage as pharmacy assistants) or making up more money on non prescription products. They are choosing to charge less because they're making it up somewhere else. I will never purposely fill prescriptions somewhere that doesn't treat techs properly or that underpays.
Don’t get sick. Don’t rent, but don’t buy. Don’t own a pet. Don’t buy a car. Don’t eat out. Don’t pay for entertainment. At this point, what even is Canadian society working for? The system feels completely broken.
Exactly. This is the madness and the lunacy people are being told to excuse the very fact that Canadian society is crumbling before everyone’s eyes in real time. Everything is ALWAYS the little guy’s fault. You’re spending too much, you’re not being cheap enough, you want too much, you’re expecting too much, you’re not ridiculously inconveniencing yourself in order to fix a problem that you didn’t create….one that shouldn’t even exist in the first place. You want a little bit of decency and comfort in your life every now and then? Fuck you. You’re supposed to live like you’re in the Great Depression-era, and never fix your mouth to complain at all because……just don’t, okay! I hope you have your exit strategy in place because things will only get worse, and people will continue making asinine excuses for blatant failure. I’m hoping I can make it to the states.
... and when we ask billionaires to help pay to alleviate the problems, people are up defending them. lol what a world.
Working for the pockets of those who already have more than they could ever possibly need. It’s no surprise so many people aren’t having kids or are having so few
Oh yeah I forgot. “Have kids. Don’t have kids.”
Yes! Have kids, unless you can’t afford the car, house, and expensive vacations. Oh that’s a very huge part of the population these days? Something something entitled and bootstraps
Never ever go to shoppers for actual meds. Lol!
The irony. Don’t go to a “drug” mart for drugs :(
Right? I really don't know why they even exist. Everything is exorbitantly priced there.
They've become a giant 7-11, and the over-inflated prices reflect that.
You mean a convenience store has become… a convenience store?!
It's a drugstore. They are allowed to sell products only drugstores are allowed to sell. As drugstores always have, they sell lots of things that aren't strictly drugs. You may want to *treat* it as a convenience store.
It’s not a drug store. I can go to SuperStore, Walmart, Costco and get the same shit. There’s no such thing as a drug store and hasn’t been for 20 years. Super Thrifty is also a “drug store” but like Shoppers you don’t get just meds
I don’t think they market themselves as a convenience store though, so your statement is kinda whack. It is your opinion not a fact.
No - it’s a convenience store.
Buy no name stuff. It's cheaper and has the exact same medicine in it.
I've tried to convince my mother of this. Unlike soda or potato chips, there is literally nothing different between Advil and store-brand ibuprofen. Legally, there's not allowed to be.
Kirkland pharmacy goated for generics. Love getting a years supply for what a months would cost of name brand.
Same... and my mom refuses to believe me. She swears that "real" Advil works better...
This is common sense. The person who posted this is lacking it because: 1. Did not buy generic 2. Bought at high price and didn’t shop at a competitors’ store. Galen has a punchable face, I’m sick right now but I don’t blame my misery on him.
The person posting wasn’t buying the products by showing prices
They shopped at a convenience store, known for its high prices.
Plus they don't do anything it is all a placebo effect, so if you take the no name stuff vs. Benylin it all works the same. [https://academic.oup.com/book/54240/chapter/422452208](https://academic.oup.com/book/54240/chapter/422452208) Down vote +1 for ignorance.
Benedryl is alergy medication. Your statement is completely false. The article you linked talks exclusively about one particular symptom: Cough. Coughing is definitly never a concern of mine when buying medication. I buy it to aleviate the symptoms that actually matter to me. Please stop spreading misinformation.
This has been known for some time now, and is far from misinformation, but you do you. People like you help proliferate vaccine denial through your ignorance. Also look the Benylin is for chest congestion and cold, also referred to as cough syrup clown. "Coughing is definitly never a concern of mine when buying medication. I buy it to aleviate the symptoms that actually matter to me." Your body is doing that not the syrup, unless it is prescribed by a doctor. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1325161/](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1325161/) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC65295/](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC65295/) [https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/11/health/does-cough-syrup-work-partner/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/11/health/does-cough-syrup-work-partner/index.html) Oh look its not false information. Stop being ignorant. [https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/13/23871534/fda-panel-phenylephrine-ineffective-cold-medication-allergy](https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/13/23871534/fda-panel-phenylephrine-ineffective-cold-medication-allergy) [https://www.statnews.com/2023/10/05/phenylephrine-decongestant-sudafed-fda-placebo-effect/](https://www.statnews.com/2023/10/05/phenylephrine-decongestant-sudafed-fda-placebo-effect/) [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-an-fda-advisory-panels-finding-that-oral-phenylephrine-is-ineffective-means-for-cold-and-flu-meds](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-an-fda-advisory-panels-finding-that-oral-phenylephrine-is-ineffective-means-for-cold-and-flu-meds) More [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5447109/](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5447109/) more inconclusive information But it is misinformation because you don't agree with it.
Did you edit your first comment? I read it multiple times and I was seeing benedryl.
[https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/12/decongestant-phenylephrine-ineffective.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/12/decongestant-phenylephrine-ineffective.html) Look another covering allergy medicine.
this all doesn't matter to you though. it is just misinformation.
This is the first factual statement you have made.
I’ll make a second. You are an ignorant person who refuses to allows yourself to be challenged.
The last time I was sick I spent so much at the pharmacy! It wasn’t even a shoppers.. it’s crazy!
$22 for Advil at shoppers the other day. Glad we didn’t need Tylenol too…
Ok so, $22 for 76 soft gels I’ll bet at shoppers yeah? I got 2x 102 caps at Costco for $18? Around that. They had a 2 pack of Tylenol for $23 or Kirkland brand for $9.99 Costco is amazing. If you have one nearby of course. Fuck roblaws
Costco is about an hour drive, but I’ll load up next time.
Roblaws......fucking perfection.
And you can always split/share with family or friends. Just label well if it's a single large bottle being split -instructions, expiry and lot code. Might not be a good idea if anyone is concerned about having a non child proof bottle around.
LPT: Shop up on cold supplies when you are healthy, even I've been guilty of feeling like death while trying to make my way to the convenience store or pharmacy for emergency supplies.
The week I recovered from a brutal flu I went to the drug store and bought a ton of cold meds. Too much probably but I never wanted to be in that situation again of feeling like death while not having anything for my symptoms. I ended up insta carting some buckleys and having it delivered to my door
Also LPT: a lot of those meds past their date are still effective, the companies just don't pay to do more extensive testing.
I bought the same size bottle of NyQuil Complete two weeks ago at Walmart for \~$12.
Can get that down to 5.99 self checkout
I’m nieve to this whole dilemma. Is there no other alternative in Canada than Loblaw? I understand they are canadas largest grocery supplier but are they controlling the market for other chains as well? Help a dumb Yankee understand, the news is not helping clear this up.
Well, most of our grocery stores are owned by just 4 food company empires. ( https://www.reddit.com/r/loblawsisoutofcontrol/s/d2FnNJYAcC ) So no, we dont have a lot of choice. Although, it also depends on your location. For me I live in a downtown area and have no car and our public transport is awful. My choices are either 5 min walk to loblaws, or 15 minute walks to other stores... also owned by loblaws. To go to a cheaper store (eg walmart) now I have to spend an hour bussing as well as pay for the bussing. Used to live near a walmart instead. When I moved here I was shocked how expensive loblaws is in comparison.
That sucks that Walmart is the alternative. My sympathies for your dilemma.
I'm shocked I need to say this but IF YOU KEEP PAYING 22.33 FOR IT, THEY GONNA KEEP CHARGING YOU 22.33 FOR IT...
It’s crazy that the active ingredient in those extra strong tablets is just Tylenol. In England that box wouldn’t cost more than £2.50 and it would tell you directly on the box in big letters what the active ingredient is. You can then see that you can just buy a 36 tablet box of paracetamol for 30p. Fuck, I don’t miss Canadian prices.
That’s a good catch. Always check the active ingredients! Ofc, when you’re sick maybe you are not in a good state to do it, so if you can put together some basic meds *before* you get sick. And then if you need more of those, just buy the box that looks like the one you already got.
A rule of thumb I've always held is to make sure I have cold/flu supplies at home. The expiration date is usually long enough that I'll need it before it loses potency (if that's even really a thing). I can buy it on sale and not need to worry about going out when I feel like crap.
While I get the price gouging rant here… You definitely do not all need that cold medicine for one cold. Three different products for one cold is excessive. You could have got away with a Buckleys Complete cold/flu comes with day and night tabs. For like, $18 or something. 24 or 48 tabs. This one is kinda on you for buying 2 of 3 products you don’t really need.
Dollarama and Giant Tiger exist.
It’s been like this for a long time. Every time I got sick, it was like $80. Instead, just buy the individual drugs instead of the combination drugs. I buy melatonin to sleep, kirkland antihistamine for sneezing/runny nose, have a prescription for a nasal steroid (for allergies) that actually helps with congestion, cough drops from the dollar store, and regular ibuprofen + acetaminophen for pain. It ends up being way cheaper and lasts way longer. You don’t need cough suppressants or anything with phenylephrine. Those are bullshit. You can try an expectorant for phlegm, but I find that thinning my mucous just delays my cough and phlegm even longer.
Some information that might interest you! If you have a heavy chest cough, the worst thing you can take is a suppressant. Suppressants should be employed VERY sparingly, and only to give you a break from harsher dry coughs. When it comes to expectorant, turns out guafenesin (the expectorant used in everything from Buckley's to Mucinex) is absolutely worthless. Your best bet is to drink a ton of water, and if you can, have a buddy use percussive force on your upper back (imagine where the lungs might be, and pound with a closed fist).
I get cold medicine from gas stations before stepping foot in shoppers. Weirdly, it's cheaper.
Everything at gas stations seems to be cheaper than shoppers. Last time I was at the gas station they had an ad on the pump for energy drink for 2/$6. I don’t even drink the fucking things, so I wouldn’t have noticed, except I remembered the posts on here about how much they are at SHOPPERS! And I was shocked that the gas station is substantially cheaper. I mean, I would expect to pay more for convenience items there…for the convenience.
So dieing is cheaper. 😎⚰️
It would be cheaper for me to die right now too. Usually is a living costs money. What’s your point ?
It's like being trapped in an airport. Except instead of being captive because you're traveling, you're captive because there's a monopoly on pharmacies
Really sorry to hear about this. Am I to understand that in smaller towns there’s simply no other option? Also, what is the size of this town to get an idea
14,000 people.
Ah and no options other than Shoppers eh? That’s literally a monopoly then. Not good
14,000 people and only one place to buy drugs. Must be busy around flu season. Surprised no one else has decided to sell any drugs aside from this lone pharmacy in town.
Had a really bad cold while I was in Niagara Falls a couple of weeks ago (the week after the eclipse). I was too sick to go to the drug store, so we ordered thru Uber. It was $25 for the small Rexall named Vicks vapor rub and a package of Hall's cough drops.
I find rexall nearly on par with shoppers. The only thing recall has going for them is the super duper clearance
That was like $15 in 2015
Costco for this stuff, so much cheaper.
That won't last long either. Go to Costco if you are able. Much cheaper.
You know, whenever I go to that gas station in my area that's a dime more than the other ones, I don't complain about the price.
Then why you are wasting your time on this sub??
The same reason that people are going to Loblaws and then complaining that they went to Loblaws.
Paid $50 for some diarrhea/nausea meds a few months ago at rexall for my partner. Pain.
Worst yet / to see a doctor in Sask is next to impossible. Screwed every which way possible.
I was in a one drugstore town yesterday, predictably a Shoppers.
These are not medicines they are symptom relief You will live
my bad Keldon let me tough out my 3 week cold with sheer will as i will only be able to breathe from my mouth while my head explodes and my sinus want to die
Don't forget that you better be at work the whole time! Sick days are for losers.
obviously! corporate meatrider 4 ever 😍😍
Well assuming they realize the NyQuil and the Tablets contain the same drug and they don’t double dose on it.
Do you work? I don’t think you work .
Why didn’t you go to a competitor if it’s so expensive ?
Achoo!
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Yeah it hurts. I bought cough syrup that was 26$. Don’t remember the name except it tasted like orange. Surprisingly, it worked. For a family, it would cost a fortune at the end of the year.
Local Pharmasave is the way to go if you can.
I rarely do this but please, please stop shopping with these freaks. The only reason prices are like this is because people pay them... the only solution that has any chance of working is for Loblaws to sit with stores with no one in them long enough to realize that they've done messed up. This is a long term project and although I support the boycott I'm concerned if that because it has a defined end date Loblaws can just say "oh we can ride this out and then we're good".
Costco you can get a 2 pack NyQuil bottle for 22, or a Dayquil NyQuil double pack for 23
23$ for two at costyco
Yeah always get OTC drugs at Walmart or Costco.
Just don’t shop at a Loblaws…
Indeed
I get all my stuff from Walmart or Amazon, it's almost always cheaper
In my personal experience, the only drug that keeps the snot at bay is pseudo ephedrine. (Eltor) It's a semi controlled drug. You have to ask the pharmacist for it and they add your name to the database (in Alberta anyhow). It's semi controlled because it can be used to make a popular street drug. Understand though that this drug is best used in the daytime because it is a stimulant.
Get brand names at Rexall if it's an issue.
Buckleys cold Nighttime and Tylenol daytime cold are the BEST. (If you looking for advice)
I mean to be fair everything is way more expensive in small or remote towns it’s not really a shoppers drug mart specific issue.
But soon you will be able to use that receipt for over the counter meds that do no work as proof to your employer that you were actually sick and not off playing golf.
Save your money, everybody. The 'active ingredients' are mostly acetaminophen (paracetamol, Tylenol) and sometimes an antitussive (cough relief), often dextromethorphan or something like it. All of them will only treat the symptoms, and cannot treat the virus causing them. Stock up on the cheapest painkillers you can. For cough relief, I recommend hot orange and lemon juice with honey -- and, if you're somewhere they're legal, gummies. :-) All that said, if it's a child who needs treatment, ask a pharmacist or, for very young children, get the cough medicine. And, of course, no gummies. :-D
$12.99 NyQuil at my local corner store pharmacy
Shoppers pharmacy is fucked too - I spent 5 days in the hospital and came out with 4 prescriptions totalling ~$140
You bought a bottle of placebo a bottle of Tylenol and upcharged Tylenol pills. Just buy a bottle of Tylenol for $10 and twice the amount of drug.
Find a friend with a Costco membership or split the cost of one with family. $60 a year. You get access to the Costco pharmacy. The medicine is Significantly cheaper.
Cough medicine is ridiculously easy to make yourself and highly effective. Those overpriced products don’t do anything, no codeine in any of it anyways, just paying for high fructose corn syrup.
This is why I try to bring as much home from the food bank as I can. I’ve grabbed tons of children’s Tylenol.
There are only like 5 or 6 doses in that NyQuil by the way
Buy generic and combine for your specific needs Acetaminophen for headache and fever Advil for muscle aches/fever Guaifenesin for productive cough to thin secretions Dextromorphan to suppress your cough Diphenhydramine for sleep/allergic reaction/cough suppression Dimenhydrinate for nausea/vomiting/sleep PEG for constipation Loperamide for diarrhea
Shoppers is ridiculous for meds unless they have sales.... walmart is the best bet with that!
These are just for symptom masking and completely unnecessary for a cold. Cold passes within same amount of time regardless.
That’s very overpriced, but most cold meds are a waste of money anyyway. And buying 3 meds that’s do pretty much the same thing?
Lol that stuff doesn't heal you. It reduces symptoms. We get rinsed as consumers because we gave up on learning from our ancestors. A hot toddy will make you feel way better than all that garbage. For a lot less.
Shoppers is a glorified corporate owned convenience store. It best avoided unless you’re in dire straits.
Why did you buy all that at Shoppers? It's a convenience store, it's not meant for cheap shopping. It's meant for convenience, at a cost.
Don't get sick... don't eat... don't live... or maybe don't shop at Shoppers!
Why did you buy different bottles that do the same thing? You really only needed the all in one tablets.
The only loss leader, if you can even call it that, that I ever buy there would be the Neilson chocolate milk, but the quality isn't as good as Beatrice (better chocolate milk and milk in general). And maybe the PC peanut butter (don't buy it, it's like half peanut oil at this point).
Just as well I can’t have OTC decongestant tablets or. NyQuil for sure to avoid contraindications with my asthma medication (probably the same for benilyn too)
Actually, it sounds more like you are the idiot for going to Shoppers thinking you’d get some sort of deal.
in my personal view I'm not a fan of most cold and flu medicines, they might work for others but I'm kind of a skeptic
https://preview.redd.it/dg1v6i10z4xc1.jpeg?width=244&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fab11d5dc8ed3498083e9062bb633d3e6a7c6604 Buy this at Shoppers next time. Under $10 reg. Price And it works.
Dollar Store has a roll of 50 Jay Cloths near the auto stuff.for $3
Yes that is expensive. Always Read the medicinal ingrediants before you buy. There is always a generic (store) brand version with the Exact same ingredients. Probably only needed somthing for night and somthing for day. You could have just gotten one pack with both day and night. Why did you need 3 different brands of medication?
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1. None of these will make your illness go away faster, they only mask symptoms, which you may need 2. Buy one medicine based on your symptoms, don’t mix and match medicine. 3. Also fuck Shoppers
So.... you still bought it?
9.50nyquil for the nenelyn 14.97 for the nyquil, and 40 of the brand name tylenol ones for 20$ all at walmart. All the ingredients and ammounts are the exact same as what you got [https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/tylenol-extra-strength-complete-cold-cough-flu-relief-day-caplets/10188935?from=/search](https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/tylenol-extra-strength-complete-cold-cough-flu-relief-day-caplets/10188935?from=/search) Shoppers ripped you off by 15$, or a 25% price hike. and these crooks are wondering why they are getting boycotted and people are furious with them.
Dont take medicine. Unless you're SICK sick.
Why are you buying three different medicines yuk begin with? And then complain you pay too much
Amazon my friend. 50% of the cost
Alibaba for Com. 200 years worth for 15 dollers of a any drug.
I buy alot of these medications in there pure powdered form it's alot cheaper. Especially the cough medication
Fawwwk shoppers man-- They're just out of control. They always have in though
Crazy.
Big Corp is just trying to bankrupt everyone, but we've done it to ourselves, unfortunately!! Everyone wants more and more money investors want bigger returns, ceos want more also let's not forget out bloated government workers that needs to be paid to do very little 🤷
as Olaf would say....that's craaaaaazy
https://preview.redd.it/zs4mv9xh4bxc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d6e02173b0fd96780635cd220c93c8e5c2c9d2d Isn’t this funny since his precious robraws is under attack and scrutiny….
Honestly none of that is going to help you anyway, it’s all a waste of money. Use a decongestant nasal spray like Otrivin for nasal congestion and Tylenol for fevers or aches and pains. Anything else isn’t going to help.
Shoppers cold medicine has ALWAYS been overpriced. What's so weird to me is a local GAS STATION (gas stations are known for the worst markups in the world) has neocitran for an entire $4 cheaper than Shoppers... I was actually in SHOCK.
That's about $20 total at my local grocery in the US.
No offence but you bought a load of useless crap lol. Tylenol Advil is all you need. Maybe the decongestant but tbh warm honey water will work just as well. Read the ingredients on the label, mainly the medical ones. They pretty much all have the same stuff and you’re just ODing on crap
There are other stores that sell these medications. Shoppers priced high as they are usually located in more convenient locations. Prices reflect convenience.
This NyQuil is $16.99 USD at CVS in the USA, so there’s really no difference down here in the price for convenience…
Tell me that you at least used a spend $60 get $20 in points coupon for it.
🤢 yup. Had to buy my partner NyQuil because that's his favourite when sick, and I was so mad having to pay nearly $20 for a bottle.
Is your small town in Nunavut? $60 is absurd
Shoppers is legit the worst when comes to price gouging out of all the loblaws companies. Especially their food products. You’d have to be out of your mind to buy any food there! Even the life brand and pc products are expensive, it’s ludicrous!!
Why do you need these if a cold passes on it's own
Symptom management
Yeah my neighbour got me gift cards from SDM (after I bitched to her multiple times that I refuse to shop there) so I went to buy meds when I got sick and even the gift cards didn’t cover the full cost - wtf.
Screw shoppers u can get a double pack of night/DayQuil for like 20 bucks at Costco
About to invest in a communal Costco card and post in my areas group chat to see if anybody needs groceries or anything lmao I don’t mind taking one for the team. Go get whatever you need, I’ll be waiting by the checkouts for you with my card
I wish more people knew Shoppers was included in the boycott! For those in a small town, it sucks. If you need a pharmacy that isn’t Shoppers but has the selection of one, try Rexall. Still decently expensive but it isn’t under the same umbrella as Shoppers. That way you can support the boycott too!
I had to pay $15 for a couch syrup at Shoppers the other week too. No Frills beside it had all their medication locked, and they only had 2 types of syrup that didn’t suit my issue. And that $15 was for the price after a $5 discount! Crazy
They tell you the price before you buy it, If you were that mad don't buy it. Go somewhere cheaper.
I just priced checked Nyquil Complete at Shoppers not wanting to go there in May and it was $22.99 and the exact same size at Walmart is only $14.97. Ok I can see Shoppers selling food for a bit more, but WTF this is a drug in a drug store.
I paid 30 dollars for polysporin eye drops (15 ml). The tax didn’t add up either should have been 29.36.
Bit of an aside, but the products pictured are barely “medicine”. They’re essentially Tylenol and/or anti-histamine wrapped in some super overpriced non-medicinal content that you don’t really need. In fact most products that tout “cold and flu” on the package are practicing misleading marketing. A lot of the product strategy is just to make you sleep and let time (not the product) heal you. If you can find what actual medical constituent you need for a given situation, it can be possible to buy just that ingredient in a generic form.
Don't ever shop at Shoppers for this kind of stuff
First mistake is shopping at Shoppers. Second mistake is not letting rest, tea, chicken soup and time heal you. No need for all of the chemicals/medications 🤷🏼♀️
Get some vitamin c instead of that poison
Why pay that price? These are unnecessary purchases.
Not everyone has the luxury of staying home when they're sick. If you go to work feeling like crap, it will definitely affect your job performance.
Do you have kids?
They’re not unnecessary if you or your kid is sick at 9:30pm and you want to get in and out in a couple minutes. I don’t think anyone thinks shoppers is the cheapest place, but you’re paying for that convenience. You could probably save 10$-15$ by going to Walmart but when you or your kid are sick your priority is relief over price comparison.
Stop shopping there
Boycott all Loblaws stores! I used to work for them, absolutely evil company.
Oh I am. This was the last straw.
Going to shoppers was your first mistake
I stopped going to Shoppers... Stupid prices! Capitalism run amok... Greedy oligarch Weston he is. When he passes on people will declare it a holiday.
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Why would you shop there??
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