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Why Canadians are angry with their biggest supermarket (www.bbc.com)

submitted 5 months ago by TokenBoomer to c/progressivepolitics

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Canada is searching for an international grocer to enter its domestic market, after years of anger from shoppers over high food prices, much of it directed at one of the big players. But would an Aldi or a Lidl solve the problem?

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[–] Hobbes_Dent 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In a statement to the BBC, the company added that it plans on opening more discount stores to make affordable food more accessible.

Fucking whoosh.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

I used to shop at their "affordable" stores. While technically cheaper than their main-line stores, almost everything would be on the verge of expiry, the stuff that wasn't would go bad before the date. Fresh goods were basically halfway to compost.
This was in Vancouver, not a small back of beyond town.
Then I moved to London, England. And literally all the food was less than a quarter of the cost after exchange rate. And the quality....goddamn. Even the really cheap shops here have generally better quality produce than the expensive shops back home. It's ridiculous.