If Trump starts the trade war, you guys should seriously stop shopping at Walmart and helping the Bentonville, Arkansas Walton family get richer. Costco too, unfortunately.
Between Giant Tiger, Canadian Tire, Canadian owned grocery and drug stores you can find almost everything that a Walmart sells.
I thought Canadian grocery stores were the bad guys? Hard to keep things straight these days...
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Whoa, I don't remeber that one, but I just had an old TSC jingle pop into my head!
"TSC Store, you get a good deal more, at the incredible country hardware stoooorrre!"
I remember that one very well.
Did Peavey Mart have a jingle? I can't recall.
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I don't think we have Peavey Mart in BC. I used to go to one in Alberta once in a while, the prices weren't that competitive for items other stores carried but they were good for interesting bits.
We've been shopping relatively locally for a while. Small markets have great prices, and we buy direct from some farms where possible. A large freezer helps. I'm sure we'll be hit with price increases since demand from these types of products are in somewhat limited supply.
If we shop at a grocery store it's often Whole Foods, and often for fresh fruit and veggies where you can see the origin anyway. You can still shop at grocery stores and make sure you are buying Canadian grown produce, or packaged food (the source of ingredients can get murky though).
I don't think we have Peavey Mart in BC. I used to go to one in Alberta once in a while, the prices weren't that competitive for items other stores carried but they were good for interesting bits.
There are a few in the BC Interior/North. There's a fairly large one on the Alaska Highway in Dawson Creek.
He takes the extra money to buy wax to shine his dome.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell). Sweet Loretta fart thought she was a cleaner, but she was a frying pan. (John Lennon)
Your constant mocking of others' physical appearances is not cool man.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell). Sweet Loretta fart thought she was a cleaner, but she was a frying pan. (John Lennon)
The point is that local stores, even giant grocery chains, buy lots of things from local producers. You can indirectly support those producers no matter where you shop. WF has quality product and it's easy to see where it came from. I'm not sure about Walmart.
Whole Foods is actually a pretty good place to work in that industry, so I'm told. Costco is the clear #1 of course.
Next time I will talk instead about Bezos's $500 million yacht. Almost like a caricature of Bond villain. Who needs hair when you have this?
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A Yacht? Bezos envisions a pristine Earth with all the dirty jobs moved onto massive space stations. Billionaires inhabiting the Earth with everyone else on cramped, dirty stations. That's a Bond villain.
Trump's a business buffoon. The only plausible outcome from his prolific Trumpian dictatorship is the MAGA movement realisation to turn against their saviour.
The Canadian government threatening with tarriffs of their own setting off a trade war is asinine. We're not on equal footing.
The point is that local stores, even giant grocery chains, buy lots of things from local producers. You can indirectly support those producers no matter where you shop. WF has quality product and it's easy to see where it came from. I'm not sure about Walmart.
Whole Foods is actually a pretty good place to work in that industry, so I'm told. Costco is the clear #1 of course.
I'm not a big Weston fan, but for me the Westons aren't the same degree of bad. The biggest issue I have with Bezos is being blatantly anti-union and interfered with many attempts to unionize (and mis-treating low-level employees beyond mere low wages) while many Weston stores have unions.
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I'm not a big Weston fan, but for me the Westons aren't the same degree of bad. The biggest issue I have with Bezos is being blatantly anti-union and interfered with many attempts to unionize (and mis-treating low-level employees beyond mere low wages) while many Weston stores have unions.
The only two grocery stores where I live that are unionized are No Frills and Your Independent Grocer. Both are franchisee-owned by still part of Loblaws. They are also the best stores for appearance and selection. Our Metro, Food Basics and Foodland have kind of gone downhill as they don't pay well and have high staff turnover.
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