helps pad their bottom lines. Grocery prices were up 11 per cent year-over-year in October and they're not expected to ease any time soon. The total cost of groceries for a family of four is expected to be $1,065 more than it was this year, according to the most recent edition of Canada's Food Price Report.
Charlebois said inflation and grocery theft are affecting one another, meaning when prices go up, shoplifting surges, and to offset the loss, businesses have no other option but to further increase the prices. "Retail crime, including theft and arson, is sadly higher than it historically has been at Walmart Canada and across the entire retail industry," she said.Fefer said the company is implementing measures to prevent and reduce theft in order to keep prices low and keep its employees and customers safe.
“There is great concern among Canadian businesses right now about crime, and crime in Canadian workplaces,” he said. “Shoplifting is definitely being felt more, especially as we've come out of lockdown and restrictions.” “Fewer people on the floor ... makes shoplifters feel a little less intimidated to go in and take something," he said, adding that employees and customers alike feel more "intimidated and nervous" walking into the stores.
She pointed to the economic downturn, a growing resale market for stolen goods and an increase in organized crime as other factors behind the surge.
Thank a liberal at the poles. This is all TRUDEAU TrudeauIsDestroyingCanada TrudeauBrokeCanada TrudeauNationalDisgrace TrudeauCorruption
To make up for inflation fair game right
' I don't mind stealin' bread from the mouths of decadents'...... hunger strike. Temple Of the Dog
This will be the new reason to raise prices even more in the new year.Conditioning people to accept it.
People have to eat pay rent bills Wirh food and rent so high..... wtf is wrong with this countrys politicians? am embarrased to be Canadian!!!!!!
When government, through socialist policy that kills small business, combined with corporate trusts that are not only unchecked but often government endorsed. The only thing that can happen is we turn into a cleptocracy. I like to work, I just don't like my money being stolen.
How come some woke rag isn't calling this snow an 'atmospheric avalanche'?
What do you expect when you charge $28 for a 6pk of romaine lettuce
Thank your benefactor turdeau 💩🧻🚽🪠🚛 for that story, eh?
Excess profits are stolen wages. These industries are stealing from us
Canada is BROKEN thanks to the liberal_party and JustinTrudeau
When a government makes life difficult for its citizens, they will turn to alternative ways to survive. We need better government. A government who puts its people first. Remember they work for us not the other way around.
You shoplift for survival... I shoplift as a side hustle.... multiple streams of income is crucial... we are not alike
Companies that make BILLIONS in profit every year are complaining about theft.Perhaps stop ripping people off for profit?
If people are shoplifting food it is because they can't afford it but need to feed themselves and their families. This is directly caused by this lieberal governments overtaxing citizens and pretending to offer help to so many struggling Canadians. SHAME on liberal/ndp coalition.
Cards maxed.....
Do you just repeat the same stories over and over again? Must be slow in the news. No comment on the FDA?
Industry insiders say a lot of things
Cause the gov is COMPETENT and actively attempting to starve a nation- WE COUNTERED it with help from the Germans and Dutch w 25M tons of hay seed - so the gov poisoned waters w anthrax -
People are getting poor...
My son said something I couldn't disagree with. I was even proud: Reminder: If you see someone stealing food at the grocery store, no you didn't. I raised that boy right. We would never steal food, even if hungry, but I know why people do. If saw it, I wouldn't say a damn thing
Can't blame people. It's like Robin and stealing from the rich and giving to the poor so the people who need it now are taking it and the millionaires tough shit
Taxation, Justinflation, Liberals handing out billions to other countries, paying cerb to people who didn't even qualify, might have a weekend bit to do with it. LiberalHypocrisy LiberalCorruption TrudeauBrokeCanada TrudeauIsDestroyingCanada TrudeauLied TrudeauCorruption
I walk out with many groceries at Walmart so easy.fake the scan
None of those, it’s only the reporting of shoplifting that’s risen, always been the same amount , businesses are just reporting it more now.
With their massive profits? Really What do they expect if they causing the inflation for greed
Immigration from 3rd world countries is a huge contributor
Trudeau has been shoplifting Canadians - GTA WAKE UP. All that is happening could of been much less of an issue if you didn’t vote for this uneducated narcissist.
Armed loss prevention officers are the solution.
it's the self-checkout discount
Thanks to this useless government and joker who said cut your Disney subscription. What else one would have expected from people who keeps voting for fraud, corruption and scandals over and over. They all deserve it. So let it go, let it go.
I’m going to steal food from people that had red signs out on their lawn last election.
Based on the price hikes, and the record setting profits, who’s robbing who?
I'm looking forward to when we finally eat the rich. I'm starting with leeches like Galen
Walmart is a multi-billion dollar company. they'll be more than fine if people steal from them.
When stores cut security costs to increase profits, these things happen
It wouldn't have anything to do with people being poor and getting taxed more; IE: the carbon tax?
Canada turning into the third world country we import from. JFC.
Labour shortages? Maybe if they paid a living wage and decent hours they wouldn't have this problem. And whose decision was it to reduce staff and install self serve check outs? Cry me a river you greedy bastards.
I can't tell you the number of times I've walked up to a self serve check out only to find the last transaction still on it and awaiting payment. Which means the previous customer went through the motions but never paid for the merchandise that they took from the store.
Hunger will do that
Hmmm, maybe this wouldnt have occurred if they weren't price gouging in an attempt to make up for quarterly losses during the pandemic.
People need to eat. If the PM does not start doing something like Biden has done to Curb inflation Canada will hit a Great Depression.
Good work everyone
Boo fucking hoo, if you didn't want people to steal from you maybe you shouldn't have spent 20+ years price gouging those same customers. You get what you paid for
Corps steal is just everyday business. Record profits. And more kiosks in every store. ,🙄
Ya food is a human right so do what you have 2! :)
Is it really shoplifting though, if there are no cashiers? In all fairness, I’ve received no official training or WHMIS courses in how to use those machines!
How much have they stolen from customers
Poverty, profiteers , meh Are we America where we criminalize poverty 25 years for stealing bread to feed their kids…sounds like being jerks to poor people and we can be better and do better Galen just made a mint, he should by us dinner
Ppl refusing 💉to get the job. After calling off sick from 💉injuries folks are fired, no compensation. Survival mode in effect have citizens stealing. Gas stations: everyone must pay before pumping gas. thingsnotnormal
Lobawls better get ready for US style mobs
So they are mad people are stealing but yet they steal from all of us. F*** the major chains
Thats the beginning… more to come!!
My heart breaks for them
I'd you saw someone steal food, you didn't
Profits surged too?
The best inflation fighter is ringing in everything as a banana at the self checkout.
Seems to me that food should be free. I have no problem with this.
If I see someone stealing food I didn't see a thing. I think a lot of us feel the same way.
Don't excuse crime
surprise surprise .. as people are hurting financially and corporations are taking in record profits…
Is it shoplifting or is it employee discount for using self checkout and providing your own bags?
Look at Loblaws profits since the pandemic hit! Shame on you cp24 for writing this! You can do better than this garbage article, just read through your replies!!! But hey, whatever makes the CEO’s of these companies sleep better at night!
Corporations are stealing money from us, so it makes sense people are returning the favour
Who’s robbing who?
I'm rarely with shop lifters, but when it comes to food you do what you need to do. Maybe CEOs have gouged to the point of desperation.
How much of the shoplifting is through self checkout scams?
Price gouging…… oh right “inflation“
In a parallel note, Loblaw’s profits are all time high…
Funny how all these people that condone shoplifting complain about prices going up not realizing it’s one of the reasons. We all end up paying for it.
I don’t really blame some people. Just paid $8 for one small squash
Trudeau's Canada. Keep raising those taxes. He won't be happy until every citizen is an involuntary criminal so he can release his storm troopers (RCMP) on anyone he sees as a threat to his power.
Well no shit, thanks JustinTrudeau !
They steal from us, time to steal form them.
Professionally shoplifters have been around for a while. Now more regular folks making ends meet. Minimum wage too low and higher paid people owning/leasing shit that really can’t afford. Some very new big vehicles at food banks.
yea there's no limit to the depravity of millennial marxists. We'll all get to foot a higher grocery bill to compensate
They’ve been price gouging for months now with no consequences. I don’t feel bad at all.
who cares? if someone steals from a bazzillionaire like Galen Weston more power to them!! Galen is stealing from his employees by not paying a decent f*cken wage!!!
U think? Keep jacking up the prices and it will get worse. People have families to feed and can’t get by on 40-50hrs pay
The company are robbing Canadians with their pricing , it’s just fair I guess
if you see someone stealing essentials, no you didn't.
You didn't see a fucking thing!
people don't understand one thing, inflation has nothing to do with shoplifting, people going to steal regardless the price. the only difference is how much money companies want to spend on staffs and securities. shoplifters used to get arrested by cops, now just let them walk
my company hired 6 securities in the past, they had record low shoplifters. now they hired 2 or 3 for the whole week, and most of the time there is no security, now they have record high lost. go figure.
When the people have no food to eat they will eat the rich.
This is because the 💉and 😷 has altered people's DNA as oart of the human chimera experiment funded by the US government, using the Area 51 project. Things will only keep getting worse. PfizerLiedPeopleDied pfizerdocuments Pfizer Area51 DNA experimental
Its all due to trudo’s cerb loan to businesses
Thanks Justinflation!
Canadian oligarchs are lucky that that's their biggest problem amid record profits and self checkouts. When the people shall have nothing more to eat...
Is it a 'surge' or an 'uptick' (or neither?). We don't know because no actual figure or hard source is used in this propaganda piece.
That is a direct result of Canada’s journey towards socialism. We keep introducing failing socialist policies, resulting in crime, shortages, debt, lineups, misery and poverty. VenezuelaNorth
Had a guy try to steal 4 cases of beer today…every day fight against shoplifters
But things are going great, right?
GOOD! after all the food gets lifted out,the termites could eat the wall that remain standing
Labour shortages? I wonder why?
For once I condone it
How much money have these corporations have profited off the working class of this country? Take back what is yours.
I hope the CEOs of these grocery chains are eating well. I know the frontline clerks at the stores need to work two jobs, come in sick, and don't get proper benefits.
Lol imagine reposting this but adding that it's the fault of a labor shortage, which it definitely isn't
Stop stealing from your workers then. Stop paying them starvation wages.
Thanks Trudeau 👏
Record profits suggest greedy grocery chains will be ok.
Add lack of support for the disadvantaged and impoverished among us
Quick! Contact the news corporations to let them know it's not greed and increased revenues that are jacking up prices and blame it on the poor. People love blaming the poor, right?
The amount of perfectly edible and good food is thrown out each and everyday at these grocery stores, it’s such a shame. But nah, it’s the thefts that are the “issue”..
Gotta get compensated if we’re the cashiers now eh rhum01
actually it's fine i know because even if i see some shoplifting from loblaws, it didn't happen
The amateurs are you and me stealing food, the pros are the traitors in parliament hill stealing from you.
Conservatives to turn this into a national scandal and demand Trudeau’s resignation
Good!
inflation and labour shortages made worse by failed politicians.
Thats a weird way to say “Price Gouging”
What do you expect when prices on some item have doubled or tripled Loblaws Corp. are greedy fukks.
If people are hungry, all I can say is 'here's to self-checkouts' and fuck you Galen Weston.
man they think it's bad now, next couple weeks people aren't gonna make rent and they'll be glad people are only taking the food
This is the country Trudeau created. Is it just me or does it make sense to get rid of the people in charge? I mean, things are going to sht real quick and he still has supporters. It’s mind boggling
and the floor is lava
Instead of 100% of our public space be ornamental trees ,bushes & flowers, how about 80% be fruit trees, berry bushes & vegetable plots. It'd be the same costs for maintenance, but would help so many people.
No surprise there, with the cost of most food items. I wouldn't blame them for trying.
Stop blaming inflation. Maybe hire back trained cashiers, not more self check outs, and shoplifting will go down.
And Trudeau is tone deaf!
Well maybe the government should be taking care of Canadians instead of everyone else
Is that a grocery store or a nightclub for vegetables? Why doesn’t my grocery store look that cool?
I think they can afford it
Yet … our Gov't is making a round of donations oversea ?!! Stop the Corporate monopolization in our country would certainly help a bit … Under Loblaw brand, we have Superstore, TnT, Sobey, City Market, Safeway, Shoppers Drug, No frills, Fresh Mart and etc…
Thank the PM
Maybe grocers should stop choosing to raise prices then. Prices don't magically rise just because more money gets printed.
“Grocery shoplifting on the rise in Canada amid unprecedented corporate greed and artificially inflated prices” Fixed it for you.
Oh well.
No shit , Sherlock. Thanks JustinTrudeau
People can't afford to live anymore. Trudeau Government has destroyed so many lives He's also helping people with financial problems end their lives easier.
Fake news. The only theft is the one being openly committed by the grocery companies.
The season is here. I call uptick in robberies this week cause, you know, it’s Christmas.
Well hey - you gotta eat you will do whatever it takes, especially for your kids. They will just raise the prices again to make up for it.
Hohoho....
Good.
Fake news on the raise led by CP24
You don't say
They're on the CUSP of figuring out how to stop the shoplifting...
Nice!
What you expect. People cannot afford their families because the owners of the groceries stores are greedy especially Loblaws
Good.
It's almost like those records profits the greedy grocers keep posting are causing more harm than good
Stores anyway throw huge quantity of daily food and do not even donate because of some laws so it better if if someone take it even if they did not pay for it
It's hardly theft when the stores are charging 4x what they charge before this year.
Canada is not broken, Trudeau said so.
But Canada isn’t broken 🤡🤡
It is estimated shoplifting costs Canadian retailers approximately $3.6 billion a year. That was before the cost of living skyrocketed due in part to scandalous food prices. The crime of shoplifting will no doubt increase as people experience food insecurity.
It’s okay isn’t it? It was okay when BLM protestors stole stuff-it must be okay for others to steal stuff to make up for the injustice of exorbitant food prices.
People posting record savings at the self-checkout
Record profits for grocers say otherwise. They're just trying to reap money from us.
Literally capitalist propaganda... At least the so called state media forces their journalists to spread propaganda, in Canada pur journalists do it for free.
It’s not shopping lifting if you miss it well scanning… right
Terrible how they pretend that we are going to have healthy life. Now we eat what is affordable otherwise we will die from hunger 🤦🏼♀️😩😢 but richest people don’t have problems. Because they are rich off course.
'representatives of Canada's fertilizer sector are warning that cash crop farmers and consumers are the ones bearing the cost'
They installed security gates at my RealCdnSS in Sherwood Park. I have little interest in being herded like cattle, so not sure I'll be spending much time there in the future.
That’s what happens when you price gouge food and people literally cannot afford to eat.
It's ok! The budget will balance itself, remember?
Always remember. You have no legal obligation to show your receipt upon request. Costco being the only exception as you agree to their terms when signing up for a membership. If they ask you, say no and walk past them. They will do nothing. If they do, call the police.
Gee what a shock people are getting g to the point where they can't afford food so they are stealing it to get by yet Trudeau is going to take more of our pay and increase carbon taxes to further hurt these people, with Trudeau in charge crime is only going to get worse
As it should 💅💅💅
I'm surprised by comments, not by the article. It looks like a lot of people see no problem with stealing from corporation, because it is corporation? Socialism doesn't work.
Comments here justify theft and blame it on corporate greed. Completely blind to the fact that bank rates and prices of every single object have gone up to extreme levels in the last two years worldwide. It is not done by stores, it is done by leaders & elite bankers worldwide.
I used to teach my kids NOT to steal. Now I’m actively showing them tips and tricks how to get a head of lettuce through the doors. 😎
Maybe the Weston Family should stop price gouching and earning record profits while Canadians struggle to eat.
I don’t blame them!
Self checkouts are not helping.
We now have profiteers trying to justify their behaviour by accusing their customers of being thieves.
Beyond_Mystic Really? Gee, wonder why? Where's the food being stored away JT? Your cottage?
And entitled people
well have u seen the inflation rates and profits these oligopoly grocery stores are taking in while most ppl are broke !!
Does this surprise anyone?
What did you expect? Wait until the carbon tax doubles on January 1st.
aw! poor billion dollar profit-making grocery chain stores, how ever will they survive 😢
Grocery stores are often independently owned private businesses. You aren't stealing from the westons. You are stealing from a community member who provides jobs.
Canada is not the same as it was!!!very disappointing!!!
Good. They are stealing right out of our bank accounts, so if you need to steal some potatoes to feed your kids, don't feel one ounce of guilt.
Amid grocery chains raping us in the ass. I fixed it for you.
CanadaIsBroken TrudeauBrokeCanada TrudeauIsDestroyingCanada
Yes, shoplifting is on the rise. Same with fare evasion on the TTC. Neither one has anything to do with inflation.
While I'm not encouraging shoplifting, I'm not surprised when even basics like eggs are up 192%. Also, that's a really funny way of saying. 'Greedy corporations continue to price gouge Canadians, whilst refusing to pay a living wage'. Really interesting way to put it.
These guys wish everyone a happy holiday.
We asked grocery industry insider Balen Geston Jr. why people are stealing food: here's what he had to say
Trudeau is screwing us
This should have Trudeau and Singh's name written all over it.
Ofcourse it is. When u add an out of control Carbon Tax on fuel.. production and distribution price increases, wages were forced to increase - profits stay the same or increase, so we get inflation (*which benefits this crappy govt because we pay higher HST*)
But don't worry, Justin will be OK during the holiday season. We are doing without a lot of normal Christmas goodies this year, thank you Trudeau.
Anyone who sees people shoplifting food is lying.
The theft in Loblaws is ridiculous.
So is poaching deer and moose
With what's happening right now, desperate people need to feed themselves and families. These corporations can certainly afford it.
What about wage theft?
Excellent news. We should all look the other way and run interference with the mall cops
As with gas, clothing and other general merchandise…Duh! 🙄 Perhaps should instead be investigating why and what fiscal & monetary policies are currently driving these types of desperate acts and what if any, are these so called leaders/experts going to do about it? 😶
Maybe some consumers figure hey you're gouging me and I have to check myself out and pay for a bag and pack it myself so let me pay myself since I'm basically working here
We are behind on rent n hydro .I need to feed my 5 year old and 17 year old..
people just cant afford the prices of food. time to drop the carbon tax.
Based
The real thieves are the grocery chains.
When citizens from one of the richest countries on the planet cannot afford to eat. 😭
Good.
And I'll guess its everyday items ppl need for their children .
good
MattamyWatch Hard to believe
Of course it is. When the money is broken you naturally will get this.
I bet you harsher punishment for these shoplifters stealing a loaf of bread while JT, CF and Mary Ng continue rob us of millions
gottogetoutof When I was young I worked in grocery stores. I saw shoplifting a couple times and I always looked the other way. If you have to shoplift food you have to be incredibly desperate and that's just sad for our society in general
You don't think that was going to happen you are taking food out of our mouths with these high prices.
of course it is. there’s something called CAUSE AND EFFECT! might want to investigate that … nvm, almost forgot that you’re yellow journalism
Or just goto LoblawsON and apply these stickers on the items in your cart. The staff usually leaves a roll lying around in one of aisle. 🤣😭🤣
I see people putting things in their jacket and give them the nod.
Given the BILLIONS in extra profit that grocery chains are making from their greedflation lately, I have no sympathy for them…
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Wait wait, let 1500000 more families come. Then we will see if it’s shoplifting or killing or what. Canadas future is in pits. yousurethisiscanadq
In grocery stores across Canada it is not inflation that is driving up the price it is price gouging by super greedy billionaires that own the grocery store chains!! Keep in mind inflation is only 3% more than normal.
This article is to justify the coming armed security guards at a Loblaws doorway near you!
Poor Canada.
I really feel for the multi billion dollar corporations on this one.
Yo what store is that? I want to play 'floor is lava'
The fine for shoplifting is probably less than the items your stealing so yeah this checks out.
Sure. But stores don’t even stop people - they walk right out
What Grocery chains should we steal most from?
Shoplifting is an American term.
Poverty breeds crime. Maybe if we paid people a living wage instead of suppressing wages this wouldn't be an issue
judging by the comments on this post, Canada will be like S Africa in no time.
Maybe there would be less shoplifting if they had actual cashiers instead of self checkout.
I’m sure it is on the rise but theft in all stores is an never ending problem that make businesses raise their prices to cover the loss, most ppl who steal are not poor just losers.
Everybody stealing and it’s not limited to ppl banks wifi cell providers too. Food prices up, what they want to do, suck out our little blood? Cloth gone up, the raise at work, let’s not talk about the raise haha cussing 🥩 rotten
It's is wrong to shoplift but grocery stores are gouging. Inflation is the excuse.
Anyone else calling bullshit on these shoplifting stories that seem to be everywhere now that food prices are out of control?
..... have fun being ESG ClimateAction ClimateScam poor, cold, hungry and unsafe theJagmeetSingh VassyKapelos telfordk shoffmanAB 🥶🥶🥶🥶
Perspective
Good.
Beyond_Mystic It is on going here where I live as well. People just fill up carts and walk out!
Survival of the fittest. It’s a sad reality. The consumer will pay the price. Let’s look at the price they put it on compared to the sale price. Let’s go in the middle so it can still be affordable. Made in China 10 cents on the dollar. Clothing does not need to be that costly.
Ive witnessed many shop liftings at a grocery store done daily by high schoolers on their lunch break. I reported it to the store mgr and they’ve done nothing. Im sure if these child were minorities more action would be done. The teens are not poor.
Holding water for the greedy grocers again I see.
Well, can you blame them? This is GREED-flation, not inflation. We are not here to support the over the top lifestyles of the Weston’s, or other family owners, nor to give shareholders their big cheque. Let them cut back on extravagance instead of us cutting back on basics!
Retailers calculate shoplifting as a normal cost, just like rent or lights. This will help raise prices in the long run.
I can’t use the word ‘shoplifting’ to describe the situation where someone takes food to eat. I refuse to acknowledge that dynamic. If you are hungry, you are hungry. Money is a capitalistic invention, it doesn’t trump the reality of being hungry.
nab it all !!
The amount of people I hear who deliberately steal at the self checkouts, I dont think it's inflation,its an 🖕 to companies like Walmart.
And Canada isn’t broken…
Good for them
Lol. My sister hasn’t paid for cat litter in over a year. Ha ha ha!
Whenever I see people stealing food, no I didn't
Sadly they'll never be able to steal half as much as the grocery companies have gouged away.
Seems like a problem that could be solved by a guaranteed universal basic income
And yet they are still posting record profits? So…good? Stop gouging and I bet this will magically decline.
Remember when loblawco made hundreds of millions off of price gouging during the pandemic?
In NS, the Superstore has increased security guards at the door and rails to limit entry and exit; I hope it deters theft.
Pretty sure that studies will show that they are all vaccinated as they stated lately that unvaccinated are likely to cause a car crash😂😂😂😂😂😂
When enjoying that steak at a restaurant - ask the owner where it came from
But who are the real thieves
Trudeau's Canada
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It's a shame, because only the honest ppl end up paying for it. The crazy thing is a lot of this was avoidable, but as long as we remain steadfast to our political teams, we'll continue to ignore their bad actions. Which they seem to be encouraging...
Aka self defense against monopolies and price gouging
If u snitch on someone stealin food , ur a rat 💀
That really upsets me when huge corporations are making record profits! 😮
Leading to only, you guessed it increased prices…
Good, you deserve this
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Charging 20 bucks for a bag of salad isn’t theft?
Grocery Shoplifting is on the Rise in Canada, more than ever and it Supersedes other Petty crimes since the COVID-19; despite shortages of items, Labour Lay-Offs and Material Supply Shortages
There is a threshold of how much BS everyday people will put up with. We, my friends, have reached that point. The same people posting record profits are now complaining that people are stealing from THEM? Beautiful.
And if they keep pushing self-checkouts, it will only get worse. Good.
Stop calling it inflation and labour shortages, that is fake news. It is purely and only GREEDY CORPORATIONS. People want a living wage, there is no shortage of workers, there shortage of workers willing to be exploited any longer. Stop the profiteering.
Nothing to see here
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Good, how y'all gunna raise the prices for everything yet still pay ur employees the bare minimum
Thank a Trudeau supporter
Self checkout is always buy one get one free 🙏🙏🙏 pro tip. Happy hunting
Just cancel your Disney plus and you’ll have enough money for groceries. Listen to the grinch Chrystia Freeland
If you ever see someone stealing food. Mind your business and look the other way. As a former employee I looked away all the time.
Trudeau's Canada. Create conditions so bad that citizens are forced to become criminals. Demonize farmers and hunters. Impose laws to muzzle free speech and limit information and disarm citizens.
ain't it a bitch.
R u talking about eating the grapes? ..Cuz that’s been goin on for decades.
Everyone in the comments defending shoplifting deserves to get their business/house robbed. Do not defend scum turning Canada into a banana republic…
Crazy the things people will do when they're unable to afford necessities of life
Guess those record corporate profits are gonna have some shrinkage
I guess LoblawsON forgot about the bread scandal? I guess what goes around comes around?
Well deserved
Well shit…No one saw this coming,Oh yeah grocery stores all over are also making record profits while the majority of people can’t afford rent, food or other bills or pay their employees a decent wage.But it’s not the companies faults.😢
Bring back cashiers, there u go problem fixed
Yet Trudeau says Canada is not broken 🙄
Hmm good idea, I might start skipping some items on the scanner
Grocery stores are making more money because people are eating at home more. The profit rates remain 3%, if they made any less they'd start closing or laying off employees. Jagmeet has you all thinking stealing is acceptable by shifting the blame from their own policies
Good thing Loblaws froze the extremely high prices
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Thank you, Justin. Canada isn't broken.
At least this headline kind of gets the cause and effect right
Good. Greedy corporations using inflation as an excuse to make record profits? They deserve it.
A couple of store I went to are now checking receipt.
If you ever see someone stealing food, you didn't...
And hell why not? They've stolen from us multiple times before.
This is solely on big corporations moving from paying cashiers to self checkout. So I am sure they are still generating more than enough profit.
I work in it all day, it’s gotten violent with some and it’ll only get worse unless penalties are stiffer.
If prices on food are so high that people have to resort to stealing to just eat, maybe the industry should look at the boardroom table to cut the fat to bring prices down.
Wealth gap, poverty, hopelessness for those who’ve experienced misfortune, crime spikes every time these things do. Ford’s government is a worst-case scenario during such times. At least Ontario will have new luxury homes and highways through the former green belt.
Don't blame people... Food banks don't hand out meat and dairy... Gotta stay healthy... CanadaIsBroke TrudeauBrokeCanada
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Record profits for the conglomerates. The people? More money to Ukraine 🤡
You know is not worry and won't affect him
People stealing maybe $20 out of $400 billion? Someone's greedy.
How many articles have you had about corporate price gouging the legalized theft that's the greatest cause of inflation right now?
But Canada isn’t broken
Where’s the problem? Loblaws steals millions from Canadians every single day. loblawco
The comments on this article are proof that the Canadian education system is extremely poor quality. Let’s get this straight. Inflation is caused because Trudeau and Biden cancelled Energy Projects everything you buy starts at the pumps. Everything in a grocery store goes up in
Bringing home the bacon
If you see someone stealing food. No, you didn't.
This is great news! About time people took a stand. 🎵🎶🎷My teas gone cold I'm wondering why..I got out of bed at all. 🎷🎶🎵
It'll get worse if they increase pricing in grocery stores. It's already begun under self checkouts
After we all see the amount of money the grocery stores are making on us, the shoplifters to get away. Good for you. I hope you need it and make good use of the food
Did you see someone shoplift food? No you didn't.
We need to stop arresting people for stealing food. 🤨
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Anybody who reports shoplifting from any of the chains is a wrongun
Maybe Loblaws actually paid employees to be cashiers instead of having self-checkout, and didn’t gouge consumers, people would steal less?
People are becoming more brazen. Look how many losers will walk into a TTC bus and not pay. Some are not even bothering to give drivers their lame excuses anymore. Just board and sit down for free. It's a way of life for those people.
You think? The people will only handle it to the point where the rich will start making you starve then the people will fuck the rich and take what they want.
Well, good
inflation is inequality
Thank you Canada...
Grocery shoplifting=Survival.
Shoplifting is already baked into the prices at grocery stores.
I was at Shoppers drug Mart, all the checkouts had closed signs but I had a gift card to purchase. Cashier said ' well this register is technically closed but I can help you I guess' As the article says, no one is at the front of the stores. They did it to themselves.
Shocking!!
100% pure propaganda on behalf of the rich.
Well!! what did you expect? an eye for an eye!!
I'm as upset as everyone with grocery chains using inflation as an excuse while recording record profits. But the ones that pay the biggest price are the honest lower income families. Shame on everyone who steals, especially those greedy corporations stealing from poorer families
No shit
Guarantee the next headline about grocery stores after this one will be “Grocery store Price Increases Fueled by shoplifting”. They’re just getting ready to make another excuse for large price increases!!
Same for the gas as we need to pre-pay before filling the car's tank ⛽ povertyonrise
Yuuup. And it will continue to happen . With masks on too 😷
No surprise
I honestly don’t blame the shoplifters. These grocery stores have been robbing the people for years.
Oh no the mega corporations. How will they survive with record profits and price gouging.
No shit.
You rob us we rob you.
With self checkouts it has become much easier
Mr. West and his fam will be just fine
I see no problem here other than the absurd prices of food.
I DID THAT
Low character people doing low character things.
Grocery chains are gouging. Record profits
And people wonder why prices are skyrocketing....
That’s great news
Those self checkout only mean 1 for you 2 for me
deserved. greedy corps keep increasing prices. fuck around and find out.
*amid greedy grocery corporations using inflation as a cover-up excuse for price-gouging. There; fixed it for ya.
If I'm checking myself out, I'm getting paid for it
It has always been a huge problem. Most of it is done by organized crime groups, and people who make a living through theft.
Yeah, that'll happen. You can only fuck people for so long by pretending it's inflation while companies post huge profits before people figure out it's not inflation, it's just greed.
Now do wage theft instead of passing along these scare pieces ginned up by the corporate lobby and cops.
Probably cause grocery stores have been robbing us for years...
They’re stealing from us, so we’ll steal from them.
Must be the anti vaxxers. Crashing cars. Stealing groceries. And breathing global warming.
Always remember...if you see someone stealing food, you didn't.