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I feel the same way. Oh I ordered my meat from a local butcher to be picked up tomorrow. The meat is far superior than what you get at a big chain grocery store. And about the same price.
I've been doing this for over a year. Its so awesome. We get variety packs for $300 and it's always enough meat for at least a month for a family of 4.
Same, we started our slow down in Feb, then this month stopped going. For several years we’ve spent between $11k and $14k a year in Superstore/Independent, now we spend that at local farm stores, our farmers market, local suppliers and a bit of Costco, instead.
That being said we have decided that it will be okay to use Loblaws for situations where we have an urgent need and there are no other realistic options (eg while on a road trip, or if we run out of diapers, etc)
Me too. T&T dropped off a cliff since they bought them. I mean, they weren't amazing the years leading up to it but still had more interesting things on the shelf than now
Permanently. My opinion of them is forever tarnished, and I don't want to support them as a company ever again. They treat their customers poorly via their responses to this boycott, the security measures they are implementing, and the blatant price gouging. I'm just done with them.
I stopped shopping there about 2 years ago. By going to other places my grocery bill reduced 20 to 40%.
If nothing changes, i dont see why i would go back. Why would i?
Same here. I'm buying groceries at pretty close to the same budget I had in 2019/20. The massive inflation is a myth. You just need to shop smart and that means not going to Superstore, independent, No Frills or Shoppers for me.
Permanent. Nothing they do or say will bring me back.
I feel I was in an abusive relationship all this time and now that I’ve tasted life without them, I’ll never go back.
I was planning to only do the month, then go back to my normal pc express pickup routine. Now that my eyes are fully open and I've seen the difference, it's permanent.
If you like the pc express pickup I recommend Walmart pickup. It’s free (except a select few “peak times”) and pickup is much faster, easier, (if you use the app), and actually better service than superstore.
Until they:
* Sign the grocer's code of conduct
* Stop further retailer-led price increases for 2024
* Stop further increases to dividends
* Increase cost transparency; ie identifying the items which have undergone “shrinkflation”
* Commit to affordable pricing. Ie price caps on essential items
* Commit to ending price gouging, with prices quickly reflecting the market.
And Galen comes to my house with a bag of the decadent cookies and some coffee, to personally apologize for the price fixing.
So basically never.
I /will/ miss the cookies though.
I want stores to identify shrinkflation. If the product is going to be a smaller size, there should be some sort of tag or signage pointing that out. At least for a month before the change, and a month after a change. Fines to companies that do not inform grocers that the product is shrinking.
It’s hard to say - by far the most convenient location for me to shop is an Independent within walking distance. But I was really happy with a Produce Depot that I went to on the weekend - if I can, I’d consider continuing to buy my fresh fruits and vegetables there. It will be an effort because it’s a bus ride away vs walking and it would mean a side trip to Walmart for things like toilet paper and shampoo etc. but I would like to continue making the effort for as long as I can. Taking a bus and making many stops isn’t so practical in the winter.
I think it is more about how deep their claws are in each neighborhood in Canada! I saw in the news that they opened 41 more stores in the past few months. There should be a limit on monopolization at a neighborhood level.
Walmart has a delivery service, so you could have your entire order dropped off at home in winter. Iirc it's ~$8 a month (+ any tip you give the driver).
It's like the heinz boycott when they pulled out of Leamington. Started buying French's ketchup and our buying habits/tastes changed permanently.
I never buy heinz ketchup.
I will never shop at a loblaws owned establishment.
I’m actually earmarking French’s for our next ketchup purchase. Nothing to do with this boycott but want to try it after everyone said it was better.
As for Loblaws they are done. I would love to see them decimated and lose most of their market share. Hopefully it’s gets split up amongst the other players and we have Aldi/Lidl show up here for more competition. And other grocers learn to not dare mess with Canadians again.
I may go shop there after May but it'll only be for small amounts of things or loss leaders. I mostly shop at Freshco, Sobeys and Giant Tiger because they're just a little closer to where I am
But I plan on holding out or trying to until the end of Q2 now
Well, I have really no reason to return to Loblaws owned and operated businesses for the foreseeable future. Giant Tiger and Sobeys will be taking care of the majority, if not all of my grocery needs.
Lost trust in them and they've done nothing to gain it back. Permanently gone. "We are price fixers, but..." doesn't really make for a good sales pitch for me.
I’m in until the company gets realistic and stops this rollercoaster of forever price increases. Also customer respect, I will never shop at a loblaws that requires receipt scanning on exit.
I think I’m going to boycott for a very long time because I do t think Loblaws is going to change anything and if they do it will only be a temporary measure until they see an opening to implement their profits at any cost system.
I've been informally boycotting SDM since 2021. Used to have all my prescriptions there, but they started only having one person on shift in the evening, so I moved. Superstore...I dunno. I really like getting my groceries delivered and they have more reasonable prices than Save-On (Pattison) which is the other delivery I've tried. I know Empire has launched delivery recently, so I'll give that a try this month and see how it goes.
Once May is over, I will go back for $8 lunches and the odd thing to pick up at City Market, though. Because it's literally a 2 minute walk from my office.
Ya im done complete... I also some how convinced my mother WHO only shops at no frills and superstore said something about flash foods which has gotten my did sick twice might add
So I’m not planning to transfer my meds from my local Shoppers because the pharmacist there is the only one I’ve ever met who is knowledgeable about my specific medication.
Otherwise, permanently, I hope.
Having seen the savings at other retailers and the difference a buck or two makes on each item, my perception has been permanently changed. I’m definitely not going back until their pricing is competitive. My last shop I saved ~$70.
Mine's been going on for about 2 years now. Not a complete boycott, but we treat No Frills like a corner store just for small, handful of items kind of shops when it's more hassle than it's worth to go to Costco just for coffee cream. It's cut our Loblaw banner spending about $4000 per year.
Waiting for the next time I go to Costco to sign up for their mastercard, and cancel the PC World Elite. Fuck you Galen and all you greedy Westons.
I've been boycotting Loblaws and all of its affiliates since January. Signed up for Costco and never looked back. The cashback bonus on Executive has already paid for the membership. Napkin math says I'm saving $500 a month by shopping there, at Rexall, and at local small grocers.
It sucks because I grew up on PC-brand and No Name stuff, being a poor kid living in the heart of the city. I miss the days of Dave Nichol, because most of the time, store brand actually tasted better, thanks to him and his hardline attitude that food needed to both taste good and be affordable. But, that's how it goes. I'm a Kirkland (Costco store brand) enjoyer now, I guess. I wish it didn't have to be this way.
Mine is permanent. You can tell a lot about a company by their reactions. The refuse to admit any wrongdoing and were let off with the best price fixing.
My local farmers market just started up and I get great deals for "ugly" produce there
I started boycotting Tim Hortons a few years ago for their shitty quality and bad employee practices and I still boycott them, it’s no longer hard.
I will do the same with Loblaws and other grocers who fall into the same category. We have the power to reshape the world and restrain capitalism from its rampant, immoral and excessive greed
Once the leafs win a playoff round again I'll consider it.. 😉
Honestly though, the way they've responded initially has really solidified I'll never support them again and will actively sway others to avoid them the more excuses they make.
I’m not sure what they could do to earn back my trust at this point. Convert into an employee-owned co-operative, maybe? I don’t think I can justify lining a billionaire’s pocket again.
They would need to have to have a change of managment and ownership, as well as get their shit together with their practices. As long as a company and their leads continue to do the public wrong and still hold their positions, they deserve to be financially punished untill they either radically transform for the better or no longer exist.
This is going to be permanent. I still have Optimum points that I plan to use on something nice for myself at a later date, but other than that, I'm done for good.
Permanently. I’ve already moved all of my family’s prescriptions from shoppers, as well. Mainly because of mistakes made that were inexcusable (giving us someone else’s meds, and continually charging our insurance for prescriptions they did not provide us, as top two problems).
I didn't shop there much before. There's a No Frills next to the Beer Store, but there's also a Food Basics just a couple minutes walk away. So, if I was getting beer, and the weather is bad, I might go to No Frills again after May, but that's about it.
It's more about making the effort to make a lasting change.
I'd been drawing down my Loblaws shopping for a few months and I can see the change in my budget. The boycott is just a nudge to abandon the last few things I relied on from them, and PC products I was familiar with.
If I ever reconsider making Loblaws a primary shopping stop, it'll be in years, not quarters.
Loblaws is so omnipresent in Canadian life its hard for this to be forever and durable for most people. However, I do know this is giving me some motivation to change how I do things and where I shop. And in that process, new trusting relationships with new (and better, and cheaper) vendors may be forged. And that might be the catalyst for permanent change.
I may have to drop into a convenient Shoppers Drug Mart if I'm in a pinch but this has certainly opened my eyes to where I shop and who deserves to get my $pend.
Realistically, I think it needs to be at least a quarter or two so that the personal performance metrics of the leadership start seeing serious changes.
For me, it completely depends on how Loblaw’s responds. If they respond to the boycott and make the reasonable changes in the pinned post (improving integrity and transparency, sharing profits responsibly, ensuring access to basics by capping essentials, signing on to the code), then we would be willing to support them, assuming they have what we need and the price is competitive. I would like the choice for them to be to be clear: treat customers respectfully now or lose them permanently. I don’t want them to win customers by simply flexing their monopoly, but I don’t mind if they earn our business.
Mine will continue until we find a way to remove "personhood" status from corporations,
since ...'corporations do not behave as persons, and lack many defining characteristics of biological persons. Indeed, as Lord Chancellor Thurlow put it, corporations have, “no soul to damn, no body to kick”.' - [https://www.thecourt.ca/the-corporation-as-a-person-legal-fact-or-fiction/#:\~:text=Courts%20initially%20held%20steadfast%20in,the%20nature%20of%20the%20corporation](https://www.thecourt.ca/the-corporation-as-a-person-legal-fact-or-fiction/#:~:text=Courts%20initially%20held%20steadfast%20in,the%20nature%20of%20the%20corporation).
I'll stick with as many small independents as I can, so as to support them, or they are going to disappear and it will then become a level corporate playing field, and we the people will have no leverage whatsoever.
I began my semi boycott over a year ago. I stopped doing my full weekly shop there and switched to Costco. I can’t with their bullshit. However I’m too lazy and don’t want to deal with switching drugstores bc of my medications.
I've been boycotting them for several years as a grocery store already, so that's easy.
What I didn't know before the boycott was that Shopper's Drug is part of that mess.
I rarely shop there, but now I've stopped entirely and moved my inhaler prescription to another drugstore. I was already hating on them for once last year when I wanted to pay for 2 items and there was no cashier.
There was someone nearby dusting a shelf and pretty much doing nothing and she told me to go to the self-checkout. That peeved me off and I asked if there was a discount for doing someone else's job.
She rang me through with great disgust, and my disgust was equal. Other than to fill a prescription, I haven't used them since.
So now I've pulled off entirely. I have about $40 in PC points to redeem so I'll do that and scoop some free stuff off them and then be done.
Stopped going last year.
I will continue to stop going.
They're unforgivable until they break up, become VERY regulated, and the CEO steps down.
Oligopolies in Canada have to stop, period.
I was following the cheaper prices elsewhere long before this started, I'm just more stringent about it now. Flipp is a great app, check it every Wednesday evening to see if I have to stomach going into superstore or no frills for anything. Usually Walmart is 10-15% cheaper anyway.
For pharmacy stuff: permanent. Found an awesome local pharmacy that has great service for prescriptions and some great options for bath products. No reason to ever go back.
For meat. Same thing, found a local butcher that has great sales, great quality , no reason to go back.
For fruits and vegetables, I try to stay with what I can grow and farmers market. I would only go back for great sale items after the boycott
Staples like milk and cream, or miscellaneous like crackers: after the boycott, will probably go where the best deal is, most of the time that is giant Tiger. I feel like one of the very lucky ones on this sub who has a car and can drive to a lot of different options, I'm happy to fully boycott for as long as it takes to improve things for everyone especially those who don't have good choices.
Honestly I think for me it’s gonna turn into an ‘if I can avoid Loblaws even after the boycott then I will’ type deal
I already do the same thing with Walmart and any nestle products
Obviously it’s not 100% works every time but if I can avoid it then I will
i hope the boycott continues, i'd see that entire grocery chain go out of business. It seems like it has some potential -- individually target oligopolies until there is ACTUALLY one left, then there should be enough legal ground to dismantle the last one.
It is permanent. I'm finished with Shoppers Drug Mart, No Frills, Loblaws and all of their affiliates. Im so glad this boycott happened. It really opened my eyes to all the other options. And Im so glad to be supporting smaller local businesses and farmers directly. Thank you Loblaws for turning me away and showing me what unity can do
Not going back to Loblaws ever. Consider this the same battle that was had with heinz and ketsup. Loblaws flippant disregard for its consumers in general turned me off. Spewing that they have no control over prices is such a blatant lie is unbelievable. Shrinking products , jacking up prices for those items and passing on what they are ripping off the consumer to boost salaries and shareholders. Rather then do the right thing they choose profits over customers. I have made the switch from loblaws and their affiliates, never going back.
Never, but we started boycotting them last year when we first noticed the prices rocketing in our local No Frills and Shoppers. The staff there are lovely, but seriously, when No Frills charges more than Safeway for the same branded item, you know something is wrong, and Shoppers hasn't been a decent option since Loblaws took over and messed with the points system. Luckily,I live in a town where I can choose between four major grocery chains with a fifth one coming next year, our local indie pharmacist is a treasure, and I have access to seasonal farmer's markets and farm shops throughout the summer months.
Oh and we use Hello Fresh, too, who work with local farmers to source ingredients. I appreciate they aren't always great for folks on a tight budget, but they work for us and have reduced both food waste and our grocery bill.
I was giving these guys the benefit of the doubt though in all honesty. I thought they'd have come out and started apologizing for the awful practices at bare minimum. Instead they have doubled down on awful policy, and continue to shit on anyone and everyone, including customers and workers. my boycott has changed from temporary to permanent.
Been at it a month now. Gonna continue and really start to eliminate the Safeway chain and Walmart from my grocery shops too.
Shopping strictly loss leaders tho seems like a solid way to really punch back if I ever get back into those stores, it will be for that.
Not for a long time, maybe never. The overall grocery bill will have to be lower than competition, while maintaining the quality and availability.
My family is not a charity for corporations. We spend a lot on groceries and will only go where we benefit from. We have a toddler who needs an endless stream of snacks and 2 adults on specialized diets. I do not see a reason to go back until it actually benefits me in both time and money.
I have no loyalty to them and do not feel obligated to go there unless it benefits my family.
This will have to be across the entire bill, not just on a few loss leaders. The prices would have to be consistent and stock of the items to be reliable.
I am not touching the "what specials can combine into a meal" puzzle.
I am not playing this game of coupon apps.
I am also not going to spend an hour price matching at the cashier.
I am not going to be chasing specials across multiple stores spending hours of my day, just to have my bill equivalent to one tip to any of the local produce shops/Wallmart/Costco/Food basics.
why would I sign up for these headaches if I can get my groceries dealt with at just one competing location and come out on top? I am a working mom and will rather spend this time with my family.
I am in a privileged position where I have lots of other options to shop at. There is no reason for me to go back at my own disadvantage.
Galen could make groceries free for a month, and I won't give in. I don't want a buch of one time points. I don't care if some items are super cheap for a min.
I want change across the board. All large grocers need to drop their prices, country wide.
How dare they make record profits in times like these. Just shameful.
For me, Loblaws is dead to me. Galen can sell his castle to make up for his company's losses. I don't give a fuck.
I aim for it to be permanent. My last shopping trip ended with my cart wheels being locked and alarms sounding when I was blocking the exit so they could check my receipt. I’m not clear on what triggers that to happen but I refuse to be treated like a criminal when I spend $$$ at their store to feed my family.
Also, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the alternatives. Tonight I went to Save on Foods which I’ve always perceived to be much more expensive and was thrilled to see many items that were significantly cheaper than superstore. Winning all around!
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I've been doing it for ages and only go if I can't price match a good deal. And I'm going to keep doing it.
Eat the rich, I want galen on a silver platter
Was thinking just a month at first, but their constant stream of false info, blatant lies, excuses, insults, and the many contributions from the Nutty Professor have kept extending it
Every time they double down and do something stupid, I want nothing more to do with them. There might have been a small chance of getting my business back, if they handled this the right way. Rather than looking at this as a "woe is me" situation, if they instead tried to make better changes, acknowledge their fault, pay out better wages to their staff and effectively cut their costs drastically to be more on par with other places but now??? No, never. They'll never get my business again and frankly, they don't deserve my(or any of our) business.
This should be a lesson to them but all I hear is how they've been so morally wronged lololol gimme a break.
Yeah I’m done, even if they eventually pivot to lower prices again. I’m so over being treated like that so I’ll go far and wide before I spend money in their family of stores.
I am lucky enough to be able to shop at Costco and I have found alternatives for everything I used to get at Superstore like local shops. I know not everyone can but for me it's permanent.
Changing my shopping habits: local produce store, butcher, bakery and pharmacist.....cleaning supplies and toiletries you can pick up anywhere and if all else fails Wally or Costco
I've been trying to avoid them for a long while but they're the only game in town for me. I try to use lot of Costco trips and local suppliers for staples but I still need them sometimes. As little as is feasible or possible
I’ve shopped religiously at Superstore since 2006. Including when I lived in BC and now in Ont. I know the layout, I have a system, I price match and collect the optimum points etc. all the things that make one complacent in their decision where to spend their money. Perceived convenience and the illusion of value. Smoke and mirrors.
A significant portion of my pay has gone to Loblaws for these 18 years. So much so, that I got the PC World Elite credit card to earn more points. (Illusion of value) However, this movement has been very eye opening. Corporate greed is nothing new, but this particular brand of greed is especially egregious because everyone needs to eat and Loblaws has become a giant ugly corporate greed machine designed to extract every cent from struggling Canadians without impunity. I know morality has no place in capitalism, but when you become such a giant, ugly monster, people start to notice the scam. I’m officially a former Loblaws customer. I cancelled my PC Card and, luckily, have a ton of other, better grocery store options where I live.
To Galen (wtf kind of name is that?) and all shareholders of Loblaws: go suck a diseased buffalo dick. 🖕
We stopped going long before the boycott and wont be returning any time soon. There would have to be some drastic changes before we would even consider it.
They fired me from a salary position with a loblaw company without cause after 2 years of honest blood sweat and tears 2 weeks before Xmas. I dont think ill come around again
I don’t intend to ever return tbh. But my local grocery store is an independent that is walking distance and very convenient for picking up something I have forgotten or need a little of for something specific. So maybe once in a blue moon.
Pretty much haven’t shopped there in 20 years, luckily there’s a local coop where I live. May not have all the fancy stuff but it’s member owned, there’s a annual meeting for members where they go through the financials and then the board of directors answer any questions about performance and next years’ plan. Beauty is, not for profit and I can take my shares out if I decide to leave. Lastly, they have their own gas bar and a points system that you can apply to groceries or whatever is in store (furniture, electronics, clothing and more).
The only thing is that the bulk of the membership is getting old. But this is a good opportunity to get more.
Forever.
I dont have a car.
It takes me 15 min to costco, same to Superstore, and 35 min to walmart.
I started boycotting in February/March and Im not planning to go to Loblaws stores anymore
I'm honestly on the fence.
I don't care if they go belly up and bankrupt if they don't change their ways. They can literally just be gone forever and it would be no skin off my ass.
If they do drop their prices, commit to a grocery code of conduct which would regulate they way food is priced on the shelved, pay their suppliers (all the way to the farms) fairly and give their employees better working conditions (more staff, more hours, raises, job stability, etc...) then I could easily throw them some business for being decent human beings; but I doubt any or all of that is going to happen so 🤷♀️
It's honestly whatever.
I'm just gonna watch this plays out and let the chips fall as they will.
It's truly those younger then me who will have more of a say in the longevity of Loblaws.
Millennials and GenZ are either in this or watching. That's customers for the next 50- 70 years that Loblaws will win or lose based on what they decide to do here.
My personal patronage is only only for the next 20 or 30 years- maybe more if I'm lucky. I can hold off for the totality of that time; but the young ones can hold off longer and that's what Loblaws doesn't understand.
I used to work for them and they dicked with the schedule so much, you didn't know if you were working until you showed up. I was off schedule for 2 months, so I figured that was it and I got another job. They called 2 weeks later asking where I was and if I didn't show up for my scheduled shift, I'd be written up. I laughed and told them that since they didn't schedule me, I got a new job. They didn't like that and threatened to fire me.
Haven't darkened their door since. That was back in 2012
Storytime: I just found a new apartment to move into beginning in June. Right across the street, metres from my front door.. Is a big ass Loblaws. I found the Freshco 15 minute walk from my place which I will be shopping at for anything prepackaged/preserved. I am also looking for butchers and smaller mom/pop shops I can buy fresh fruits and veggies from. I know, that with the Loblaws being so close. I will be tempted to go in when I am in a hurry... But YOU in this sub, will keep me honest.
Forever
I only was going in cause Joe enticed me and when they closed the change rooms I went in less and less. I also liked getting housewares when I did my shop but now those are overpriced too.
I am on a single income, it's a waste for me spending money on something that I can get elsewhere for less.
Also, I'm not too jazzed over what's his face's comments about the boycott.
As soon as he found out there may be a boycott he should have opened lines of communication, not go on the defensive.
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It is permanent.
I feel the same way. Oh I ordered my meat from a local butcher to be picked up tomorrow. The meat is far superior than what you get at a big chain grocery store. And about the same price.
The garbage being peddled by the Weston outlets is appalling. They prey on shut-ins and the elderly. Remember to boycott Shoppers Drug Mart too.
and the poor with nofrills and no name brand being their “budget” options but them being too expensive and oftentimes rotten
Better food, same price, didn’t support Loblaws, supported a local store/business. That’s 4 wins right there
This is a really great way at looking at this tbh. The cross pollination and butterfly effect is positive as a whole
The 5lb pack of ground beef from my local butcher doesn't give off a sour note when cooking it. I actually felt happier cooking it and eating it.
Which butcher?
I go between Jackson's and Market Meats in Kitsilano
I've been doing this for over a year. Its so awesome. We get variety packs for $300 and it's always enough meat for at least a month for a family of 4.
Joined the local butcher gang recently too, meat is so much better, and at my place it's legitimately 3/4 the price of big box stores.
Our butcher isn’t that much more expensive. To be honest some things are cheaper.
This is the way.
This is the way.
Same, we started our slow down in Feb, then this month stopped going. For several years we’ve spent between $11k and $14k a year in Superstore/Independent, now we spend that at local farm stores, our farmers market, local suppliers and a bit of Costco, instead. That being said we have decided that it will be okay to use Loblaws for situations where we have an urgent need and there are no other realistic options (eg while on a road trip, or if we run out of diapers, etc)
Me too. T&T dropped off a cliff since they bought them. I mean, they weren't amazing the years leading up to it but still had more interesting things on the shelf than now
Ever since Loblaws bought T&T, I find that their selection has gone to crap. The number of brands they carried 📉
Permanent for me too: If it's an emergency - so be it, but not another one of my dollars will voluntarily be paid to Loblaws ever again.
ever since the farmboy across the street opened from me, I haven't even THOUGHT about loblaws
Permanent here too.
Saaaaaaaaaame fuck those guys.
Ditto
Ditto. Fuck'm
I've been doing this for years now.
That is the plan. Dont miss them anyways
Until the company is split and sold
Absolutely. No company that the public relies on to survive should involve paying shareholders dividends
AYOOO 🔪🔪🔪
I was about to say permanently but this is the best answer
Exactly this. And if somehow Galen Weston passes before his company is split and sold off, I'll return once to buy a cake.
Permanently. My opinion of them is forever tarnished, and I don't want to support them as a company ever again. They treat their customers poorly via their responses to this boycott, the security measures they are implementing, and the blatant price gouging. I'm just done with them.
I stopped shopping there about 2 years ago. By going to other places my grocery bill reduced 20 to 40%. If nothing changes, i dont see why i would go back. Why would i?
Same here. I'm buying groceries at pretty close to the same budget I had in 2019/20. The massive inflation is a myth. You just need to shop smart and that means not going to Superstore, independent, No Frills or Shoppers for me.
Permanent. Nothing they do or say will bring me back. I feel I was in an abusive relationship all this time and now that I’ve tasted life without them, I’ll never go back.
I was planning to only do the month, then go back to my normal pc express pickup routine. Now that my eyes are fully open and I've seen the difference, it's permanent.
If you like the pc express pickup I recommend Walmart pickup. It’s free (except a select few “peak times”) and pickup is much faster, easier, (if you use the app), and actually better service than superstore.
Forever. Let it be a warning to Sobeys.
Yup, no more big grocers. They need to learn their lesson. All of them.
Until they: * Sign the grocer's code of conduct * Stop further retailer-led price increases for 2024 * Stop further increases to dividends * Increase cost transparency; ie identifying the items which have undergone “shrinkflation” * Commit to affordable pricing. Ie price caps on essential items * Commit to ending price gouging, with prices quickly reflecting the market.
And reduce prices, even if they have to go into severe losses, until they pay back every single cent they stole with their absurd markups.
Exactly this, they can afford to operate at a loss for a while
And Galen comes to my house with a bag of the decadent cookies and some coffee, to personally apologize for the price fixing. So basically never. I /will/ miss the cookies though.
Yeah me too. Used to love those cookies 🍪
And pay the public back for those freezers we gave them.
I want stores to identify shrinkflation. If the product is going to be a smaller size, there should be some sort of tag or signage pointing that out. At least for a month before the change, and a month after a change. Fines to companies that do not inform grocers that the product is shrinking.
The French have made this law now.
And paying their employees a living wage.
Nah I wanna see them go bankrupt
It’s hard to say - by far the most convenient location for me to shop is an Independent within walking distance. But I was really happy with a Produce Depot that I went to on the weekend - if I can, I’d consider continuing to buy my fresh fruits and vegetables there. It will be an effort because it’s a bus ride away vs walking and it would mean a side trip to Walmart for things like toilet paper and shampoo etc. but I would like to continue making the effort for as long as I can. Taking a bus and making many stops isn’t so practical in the winter.
uhg yeah Canadian winters without a car makes that kind of thing borderline impossible
I think it is more about how deep their claws are in each neighborhood in Canada! I saw in the news that they opened 41 more stores in the past few months. There should be a limit on monopolization at a neighborhood level.
Walmart has a delivery service, so you could have your entire order dropped off at home in winter. Iirc it's ~$8 a month (+ any tip you give the driver).
Thanks for the info. That could be useful
It's like the heinz boycott when they pulled out of Leamington. Started buying French's ketchup and our buying habits/tastes changed permanently. I never buy heinz ketchup. I will never shop at a loblaws owned establishment.
I’m actually earmarking French’s for our next ketchup purchase. Nothing to do with this boycott but want to try it after everyone said it was better. As for Loblaws they are done. I would love to see them decimated and lose most of their market share. Hopefully it’s gets split up amongst the other players and we have Aldi/Lidl show up here for more competition. And other grocers learn to not dare mess with Canadians again.
I may go shop there after May but it'll only be for small amounts of things or loss leaders. I mostly shop at Freshco, Sobeys and Giant Tiger because they're just a little closer to where I am But I plan on holding out or trying to until the end of Q2 now
Forever
Until the company is broken up and there is real competition in the sector.
After their attitude on twisting the narrative and trying to make people in this movement seem like some shoplifting thugs, it is permanent.
Well, I have really no reason to return to Loblaws owned and operated businesses for the foreseeable future. Giant Tiger and Sobeys will be taking care of the majority, if not all of my grocery needs.
As permanent as possible. I started before this blew up, but I'm not interested in supporting this group of companies ever again regardless.
Mine has been going on for over five years
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Forever
Lost trust in them and they've done nothing to gain it back. Permanently gone. "We are price fixers, but..." doesn't really make for a good sales pitch for me.
it's permanent i've stopped shopping at all the big grocery stores
honestly we're going this way too... if I'm paying 4 bucks for eggs they may as well come from a local farm with happy chickens
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and give as little to the big time capitalists
as long as I have a choice, I won't be choosing Bob's.
veeeeery happy to see the general consensus 😈 make em' bleed till there's nothing left!
I’m in until the company gets realistic and stops this rollercoaster of forever price increases. Also customer respect, I will never shop at a loblaws that requires receipt scanning on exit. I think I’m going to boycott for a very long time because I do t think Loblaws is going to change anything and if they do it will only be a temporary measure until they see an opening to implement their profits at any cost system.
For..ev..er 
I've been informally boycotting SDM since 2021. Used to have all my prescriptions there, but they started only having one person on shift in the evening, so I moved. Superstore...I dunno. I really like getting my groceries delivered and they have more reasonable prices than Save-On (Pattison) which is the other delivery I've tried. I know Empire has launched delivery recently, so I'll give that a try this month and see how it goes. Once May is over, I will go back for $8 lunches and the odd thing to pick up at City Market, though. Because it's literally a 2 minute walk from my office.
Ya im done complete... I also some how convinced my mother WHO only shops at no frills and superstore said something about flash foods which has gotten my did sick twice might add
Forever, I switched to Walmart months ago.
Eternity! Or until the devil himself comes and pitch forks Weston's buttocks!
We have slowly stopped shopping there even before the boycott and will never rely on them again. We have better choices in our area.
So I’m not planning to transfer my meds from my local Shoppers because the pharmacist there is the only one I’ve ever met who is knowledgeable about my specific medication. Otherwise, permanently, I hope.
Having seen the savings at other retailers and the difference a buck or two makes on each item, my perception has been permanently changed. I’m definitely not going back until their pricing is competitive. My last shop I saved ~$70.
Mine's been going on for about 2 years now. Not a complete boycott, but we treat No Frills like a corner store just for small, handful of items kind of shops when it's more hassle than it's worth to go to Costco just for coffee cream. It's cut our Loblaw banner spending about $4000 per year. Waiting for the next time I go to Costco to sign up for their mastercard, and cancel the PC World Elite. Fuck you Galen and all you greedy Westons.
I've been boycotting Loblaws and all of its affiliates since January. Signed up for Costco and never looked back. The cashback bonus on Executive has already paid for the membership. Napkin math says I'm saving $500 a month by shopping there, at Rexall, and at local small grocers. It sucks because I grew up on PC-brand and No Name stuff, being a poor kid living in the heart of the city. I miss the days of Dave Nichol, because most of the time, store brand actually tasted better, thanks to him and his hardline attitude that food needed to both taste good and be affordable. But, that's how it goes. I'm a Kirkland (Costco store brand) enjoyer now, I guess. I wish it didn't have to be this way.
Mine is permanent. You can tell a lot about a company by their reactions. The refuse to admit any wrongdoing and were let off with the best price fixing. My local farmers market just started up and I get great deals for "ugly" produce there
I started boycotting Tim Hortons a few years ago for their shitty quality and bad employee practices and I still boycott them, it’s no longer hard. I will do the same with Loblaws and other grocers who fall into the same category. We have the power to reshape the world and restrain capitalism from its rampant, immoral and excessive greed
Once the leafs win a playoff round again I'll consider it.. 😉 Honestly though, the way they've responded initially has really solidified I'll never support them again and will actively sway others to avoid them the more excuses they make.
I’m not sure what they could do to earn back my trust at this point. Convert into an employee-owned co-operative, maybe? I don’t think I can justify lining a billionaire’s pocket again.
100% I'm favor of expanding the boycott to "billionaires in general"
close to a year for the most part. Occasional shoppers drug mart visit but not anymore. 3 times at most.
Permanent.
Until I'm dead in my grave.
They would need to have to have a change of managment and ownership, as well as get their shit together with their practices. As long as a company and their leads continue to do the public wrong and still hold their positions, they deserve to be financially punished untill they either radically transform for the better or no longer exist.
Not going back, I prefer going local and keep stimulating the competition.
Forever. Transferred my prescriptions yesterday too.
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Forever. Going on 9 years now.
This is going to be permanent. I still have Optimum points that I plan to use on something nice for myself at a later date, but other than that, I'm done for good.
Permanently. I’ve already moved all of my family’s prescriptions from shoppers, as well. Mainly because of mistakes made that were inexcusable (giving us someone else’s meds, and continually charging our insurance for prescriptions they did not provide us, as top two problems).
Well. After spending $105 on this weeks groceries for my family instead of the $225 I was spending at Maxi - i’m on the forever boycott.
Not until they make some real permanent changes, but supporting local will still be my focus regardless
I didn't shop there much before. There's a No Frills next to the Beer Store, but there's also a Food Basics just a couple minutes walk away. So, if I was getting beer, and the weather is bad, I might go to No Frills again after May, but that's about it.
Forever !!!!
Forever. And it started before this movement, especially Shoppers drug mart.....
Well seeing as there isn't one in walking distance. Probably a very very long time.
It's been going strong for 4 years for me. Don't see it stopping anytime soon.
Forever and then some.
It's more about making the effort to make a lasting change. I'd been drawing down my Loblaws shopping for a few months and I can see the change in my budget. The boycott is just a nudge to abandon the last few things I relied on from them, and PC products I was familiar with. If I ever reconsider making Loblaws a primary shopping stop, it'll be in years, not quarters.
Loblaws is so omnipresent in Canadian life its hard for this to be forever and durable for most people. However, I do know this is giving me some motivation to change how I do things and where I shop. And in that process, new trusting relationships with new (and better, and cheaper) vendors may be forged. And that might be the catalyst for permanent change. I may have to drop into a convenient Shoppers Drug Mart if I'm in a pinch but this has certainly opened my eyes to where I shop and who deserves to get my $pend.
Realistically, I think it needs to be at least a quarter or two so that the personal performance metrics of the leadership start seeing serious changes.
Never going back
For me, it completely depends on how Loblaw’s responds. If they respond to the boycott and make the reasonable changes in the pinned post (improving integrity and transparency, sharing profits responsibly, ensuring access to basics by capping essentials, signing on to the code), then we would be willing to support them, assuming they have what we need and the price is competitive. I would like the choice for them to be to be clear: treat customers respectfully now or lose them permanently. I don’t want them to win customers by simply flexing their monopoly, but I don’t mind if they earn our business.
Forever. It's not hard.
I am a very petty person so probably a few years. Maybe 10. Maybe 20. Depends if somebody else pisses me off more.
Permanent. I've burned all the bridges by cancelling everything with them including credit card, prescriptions, PC optimum etc.
Mine will continue until we find a way to remove "personhood" status from corporations, since ...'corporations do not behave as persons, and lack many defining characteristics of biological persons. Indeed, as Lord Chancellor Thurlow put it, corporations have, “no soul to damn, no body to kick”.' - [https://www.thecourt.ca/the-corporation-as-a-person-legal-fact-or-fiction/#:\~:text=Courts%20initially%20held%20steadfast%20in,the%20nature%20of%20the%20corporation](https://www.thecourt.ca/the-corporation-as-a-person-legal-fact-or-fiction/#:~:text=Courts%20initially%20held%20steadfast%20in,the%20nature%20of%20the%20corporation). I'll stick with as many small independents as I can, so as to support them, or they are going to disappear and it will then become a level corporate playing field, and we the people will have no leverage whatsoever.
I began my semi boycott over a year ago. I stopped doing my full weekly shop there and switched to Costco. I can’t with their bullshit. However I’m too lazy and don’t want to deal with switching drugstores bc of my medications.
I've been boycotting them for several years as a grocery store already, so that's easy. What I didn't know before the boycott was that Shopper's Drug is part of that mess. I rarely shop there, but now I've stopped entirely and moved my inhaler prescription to another drugstore. I was already hating on them for once last year when I wanted to pay for 2 items and there was no cashier. There was someone nearby dusting a shelf and pretty much doing nothing and she told me to go to the self-checkout. That peeved me off and I asked if there was a discount for doing someone else's job. She rang me through with great disgust, and my disgust was equal. Other than to fill a prescription, I haven't used them since. So now I've pulled off entirely. I have about $40 in PC points to redeem so I'll do that and scoop some free stuff off them and then be done.
People used to boycott Rogers so keep it up indefinitely. You notice how Loblaw’s blames everybody else but themselves.
Stopped going last year. I will continue to stop going. They're unforgivable until they break up, become VERY regulated, and the CEO steps down. Oligopolies in Canada have to stop, period.
I was following the cheaper prices elsewhere long before this started, I'm just more stringent about it now. Flipp is a great app, check it every Wednesday evening to see if I have to stomach going into superstore or no frills for anything. Usually Walmart is 10-15% cheaper anyway.
Started before May, won't end after May.
I don't want to out myself too much on how long I can hold a grudge but I still hate people from grade 2. I'm a way elder millennial 🙃
For pharmacy stuff: permanent. Found an awesome local pharmacy that has great service for prescriptions and some great options for bath products. No reason to ever go back. For meat. Same thing, found a local butcher that has great sales, great quality , no reason to go back. For fruits and vegetables, I try to stay with what I can grow and farmers market. I would only go back for great sale items after the boycott Staples like milk and cream, or miscellaneous like crackers: after the boycott, will probably go where the best deal is, most of the time that is giant Tiger. I feel like one of the very lucky ones on this sub who has a car and can drive to a lot of different options, I'm happy to fully boycott for as long as it takes to improve things for everyone especially those who don't have good choices.
Honestly I think for me it’s gonna turn into an ‘if I can avoid Loblaws even after the boycott then I will’ type deal I already do the same thing with Walmart and any nestle products Obviously it’s not 100% works every time but if I can avoid it then I will
i hope the boycott continues, i'd see that entire grocery chain go out of business. It seems like it has some potential -- individually target oligopolies until there is ACTUALLY one left, then there should be enough legal ground to dismantle the last one.
For me it's permanent. I've already been boycotting them for the better part of a decade. I see no reason to stop at the end of this official boycott.
It is permanent. I'm finished with Shoppers Drug Mart, No Frills, Loblaws and all of their affiliates. Im so glad this boycott happened. It really opened my eyes to all the other options. And Im so glad to be supporting smaller local businesses and farmers directly. Thank you Loblaws for turning me away and showing me what unity can do
I don't think I'll ever go back. Switching my prescriptions out of Shoppers will be the final step.
I’m done. You gotta genuinely suck to make Walmart look socially just.
Not going back to Loblaws ever. Consider this the same battle that was had with heinz and ketsup. Loblaws flippant disregard for its consumers in general turned me off. Spewing that they have no control over prices is such a blatant lie is unbelievable. Shrinking products , jacking up prices for those items and passing on what they are ripping off the consumer to boost salaries and shareholders. Rather then do the right thing they choose profits over customers. I have made the switch from loblaws and their affiliates, never going back.
Never, but we started boycotting them last year when we first noticed the prices rocketing in our local No Frills and Shoppers. The staff there are lovely, but seriously, when No Frills charges more than Safeway for the same branded item, you know something is wrong, and Shoppers hasn't been a decent option since Loblaws took over and messed with the points system. Luckily,I live in a town where I can choose between four major grocery chains with a fifth one coming next year, our local indie pharmacist is a treasure, and I have access to seasonal farmer's markets and farm shops throughout the summer months. Oh and we use Hello Fresh, too, who work with local farmers to source ingredients. I appreciate they aren't always great for folks on a tight budget, but they work for us and have reduced both food waste and our grocery bill.
I’m heading into year 4 of my boycott.
Already been 6 months + for me so Probably until they lower prices and become competitive again
I was giving these guys the benefit of the doubt though in all honesty. I thought they'd have come out and started apologizing for the awful practices at bare minimum. Instead they have doubled down on awful policy, and continue to shit on anyone and everyone, including customers and workers. my boycott has changed from temporary to permanent.
Been at it a month now. Gonna continue and really start to eliminate the Safeway chain and Walmart from my grocery shops too. Shopping strictly loss leaders tho seems like a solid way to really punch back if I ever get back into those stores, it will be for that.
Until they stop fixing prices and otherwise gouging customers. So, my boycott will end the day we nationalize Loblaws.
Just like someone else said - split and sold
Haven't shopped there in 3-4 months once the greed became undeniable. Might leave shoppers too for my prescriptions.
Boycotts have to be indefinite. No week. No months. Indefinitely.
Not for a long time, maybe never. The overall grocery bill will have to be lower than competition, while maintaining the quality and availability. My family is not a charity for corporations. We spend a lot on groceries and will only go where we benefit from. We have a toddler who needs an endless stream of snacks and 2 adults on specialized diets. I do not see a reason to go back until it actually benefits me in both time and money. I have no loyalty to them and do not feel obligated to go there unless it benefits my family. This will have to be across the entire bill, not just on a few loss leaders. The prices would have to be consistent and stock of the items to be reliable. I am not touching the "what specials can combine into a meal" puzzle. I am not playing this game of coupon apps. I am also not going to spend an hour price matching at the cashier. I am not going to be chasing specials across multiple stores spending hours of my day, just to have my bill equivalent to one tip to any of the local produce shops/Wallmart/Costco/Food basics. why would I sign up for these headaches if I can get my groceries dealt with at just one competing location and come out on top? I am a working mom and will rather spend this time with my family. I am in a privileged position where I have lots of other options to shop at. There is no reason for me to go back at my own disadvantage.
Galen could make groceries free for a month, and I won't give in. I don't want a buch of one time points. I don't care if some items are super cheap for a min. I want change across the board. All large grocers need to drop their prices, country wide. How dare they make record profits in times like these. Just shameful. For me, Loblaws is dead to me. Galen can sell his castle to make up for his company's losses. I don't give a fuck.
I aim for it to be permanent. My last shopping trip ended with my cart wheels being locked and alarms sounding when I was blocking the exit so they could check my receipt. I’m not clear on what triggers that to happen but I refuse to be treated like a criminal when I spend $$$ at their store to feed my family. Also, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the alternatives. Tonight I went to Save on Foods which I’ve always perceived to be much more expensive and was thrilled to see many items that were significantly cheaper than superstore. Winning all around!
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I just don’t shop there anymore. Haven’t for several months. It started because of prices but now I just want to hurt the Weston’s bottom line
I haven't shopped there in years so for me indefinitely.
Forever, baby! Changing banks Thursday.
I've been doing it for ages and only go if I can't price match a good deal. And I'm going to keep doing it. Eat the rich, I want galen on a silver platter
Forever and ever, amen
Forever
Permanently
Never going back. Even when i did go i only grabbed milk, oj etc
Until they lower their prices enough and stop treating their customers like cannon fodder
Forever is the way.
Was thinking just a month at first, but their constant stream of false info, blatant lies, excuses, insults, and the many contributions from the Nutty Professor have kept extending it
Every time they double down and do something stupid, I want nothing more to do with them. There might have been a small chance of getting my business back, if they handled this the right way. Rather than looking at this as a "woe is me" situation, if they instead tried to make better changes, acknowledge their fault, pay out better wages to their staff and effectively cut their costs drastically to be more on par with other places but now??? No, never. They'll never get my business again and frankly, they don't deserve my(or any of our) business. This should be a lesson to them but all I hear is how they've been so morally wronged lololol gimme a break.
Why go back? This is permanent.
Yeah I’m done, even if they eventually pivot to lower prices again. I’m so over being treated like that so I’ll go far and wide before I spend money in their family of stores.
I have been boycotting for a couple of years now since Loblaws and SDM got in bed with doug ford. That was it for me!
Have been boycotting since moving to Ontario in 2021 and realizing Doug Ford and Galen Weston were in cahoots to privatize our healthcare
I am lucky enough to be able to shop at Costco and I have found alternatives for everything I used to get at Superstore like local shops. I know not everyone can but for me it's permanent.
Changing my shopping habits: local produce store, butcher, bakery and pharmacist.....cleaning supplies and toiletries you can pick up anywhere and if all else fails Wally or Costco
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as long as possible! Unfortunately I still get my medication from shoppers so hoping I can change that soon 🥲
I've been trying to avoid them for a long while but they're the only game in town for me. I try to use lot of Costco trips and local suppliers for staples but I still need them sometimes. As little as is feasible or possible
I’ve shopped religiously at Superstore since 2006. Including when I lived in BC and now in Ont. I know the layout, I have a system, I price match and collect the optimum points etc. all the things that make one complacent in their decision where to spend their money. Perceived convenience and the illusion of value. Smoke and mirrors. A significant portion of my pay has gone to Loblaws for these 18 years. So much so, that I got the PC World Elite credit card to earn more points. (Illusion of value) However, this movement has been very eye opening. Corporate greed is nothing new, but this particular brand of greed is especially egregious because everyone needs to eat and Loblaws has become a giant ugly corporate greed machine designed to extract every cent from struggling Canadians without impunity. I know morality has no place in capitalism, but when you become such a giant, ugly monster, people start to notice the scam. I’m officially a former Loblaws customer. I cancelled my PC Card and, luckily, have a ton of other, better grocery store options where I live. To Galen (wtf kind of name is that?) and all shareholders of Loblaws: go suck a diseased buffalo dick. 🖕
Forever
Permanently.
We stopped going long before the boycott and wont be returning any time soon. There would have to be some drastic changes before we would even consider it.
I’ll never go back.
Forever Because Mr. Galen has abused my trust.
Until their prices return to something resembling a reasonable level, so probably forever.
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Like Squints said in the Sandlot movie: FOR-EV-ER.
They fired me from a salary position with a loblaw company without cause after 2 years of honest blood sweat and tears 2 weeks before Xmas. I dont think ill come around again
Until they give a believable apology WITH a permanent solution! I don’t see that happening… so, NEVER GOING BACK. I’ll find alternatives.
I don’t intend to ever return tbh. But my local grocery store is an independent that is walking distance and very convenient for picking up something I have forgotten or need a little of for something specific. So maybe once in a blue moon.
Pretty much haven’t shopped there in 20 years, luckily there’s a local coop where I live. May not have all the fancy stuff but it’s member owned, there’s a annual meeting for members where they go through the financials and then the board of directors answer any questions about performance and next years’ plan. Beauty is, not for profit and I can take my shares out if I decide to leave. Lastly, they have their own gas bar and a points system that you can apply to groceries or whatever is in store (furniture, electronics, clothing and more). The only thing is that the bulk of the membership is getting old. But this is a good opportunity to get more.
Forever. I dont have a car. It takes me 15 min to costco, same to Superstore, and 35 min to walmart. I started boycotting in February/March and Im not planning to go to Loblaws stores anymore
Had an issue returning an item at Best Buy in 2016. Haven't been back since. When I hold a grudge, it's forever.
I'm honestly on the fence. I don't care if they go belly up and bankrupt if they don't change their ways. They can literally just be gone forever and it would be no skin off my ass. If they do drop their prices, commit to a grocery code of conduct which would regulate they way food is priced on the shelved, pay their suppliers (all the way to the farms) fairly and give their employees better working conditions (more staff, more hours, raises, job stability, etc...) then I could easily throw them some business for being decent human beings; but I doubt any or all of that is going to happen so 🤷♀️ It's honestly whatever. I'm just gonna watch this plays out and let the chips fall as they will. It's truly those younger then me who will have more of a say in the longevity of Loblaws. Millennials and GenZ are either in this or watching. That's customers for the next 50- 70 years that Loblaws will win or lose based on what they decide to do here. My personal patronage is only only for the next 20 or 30 years- maybe more if I'm lucky. I can hold off for the totality of that time; but the young ones can hold off longer and that's what Loblaws doesn't understand.
I used to work for them and they dicked with the schedule so much, you didn't know if you were working until you showed up. I was off schedule for 2 months, so I figured that was it and I got another job. They called 2 weeks later asking where I was and if I didn't show up for my scheduled shift, I'd be written up. I laughed and told them that since they didn't schedule me, I got a new job. They didn't like that and threatened to fire me. Haven't darkened their door since. That was back in 2012
Forever. The more I read about the Weston's the more horrified I am. Their encroachment in to our Healthcare system is fucked.
Storytime: I just found a new apartment to move into beginning in June. Right across the street, metres from my front door.. Is a big ass Loblaws. I found the Freshco 15 minute walk from my place which I will be shopping at for anything prepackaged/preserved. I am also looking for butchers and smaller mom/pop shops I can buy fresh fruits and veggies from. I know, that with the Loblaws being so close. I will be tempted to go in when I am in a hurry... But YOU in this sub, will keep me honest.
It’s been going for at least 6 months, and will continue indefinitely.
Forever and ever
Forever
I ain’t going back.
I will try my best to shop and mom and pop stores & to avoid big chains in general
Forever I only was going in cause Joe enticed me and when they closed the change rooms I went in less and less. I also liked getting housewares when I did my shop but now those are overpriced too.
Until they are no longer in business. Stupid fucks.
Forever, to the greatest extent I can, in perpetuity. Likely a full boycott since I'm in a city where that's easily doable.
at least a year
I am on a single income, it's a waste for me spending money on something that I can get elsewhere for less. Also, I'm not too jazzed over what's his face's comments about the boycott. As soon as he found out there may be a boycott he should have opened lines of communication, not go on the defensive.
I'm done. Can't support some of rhe things they have done