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GROW YOUR OWN FOOD, AS MUCH AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN. ...

2009-09-25T19:19:42.100-07:00

GROW YOUR OWN FOOD, AS MUCH AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN. A tomato plant and other veggies can easily fit in the corner of anyone's apartment or home.

Its so easy to blame walmart for profit loss at loblaws retail outlets, but let me tell you, i work at the Maple Grove Distribution center, the main feeder building for SW Ontario loblaw stores...

This is just one example of what is wrong with this company, i could write a book on the rest.

We throw out about 1.2 million worth of GOOD CLEAN FOOD every year, the janitors on our shifts (mostly high school dropouts, ex-convicts and untrained in their jobs) will throw out whole cases of good clean product because they are in the wrong location or in their way, They cant be bothered to take it to inventory control or think before they act... 100's of $$ worth of food, every day we fill our compactor TWICE, and it holds 16 tonnes!!!!!! We have told management that the janitors need proper training and they laugh, they think its a waste of money to train some guys on recouping product, yet they are solely responsible for 1.2 million $$ in inventory LOSS in our DC alone every year!!!

This doesn't count all the overstock product we throw out, or any of the the product we give to the local food-bank.

Furthermore, i don't know if anyone has noticed but Shoppers Drug Mart has managed to setup its own grocery shelf, you people might not think its is anything of consequence, but the other week i was in getting a prescription filled, and the old lady in-front of me was buying 84$ worth of groceries from Shoppers Drug Mart. So we really shouldn't be worried about just walmart cutting in on our business.

If you own stocks in loblaw, i suggest you find a more stable business to invest in. One that actually cares about the Country its in and the people who work for it.

Be smart with your investments. Giving to companies like loblaw just empowers them, it doesn't make them better.

Walmart has shit products from all over China and ...

2008-08-24T18:30:00.000-07:00

Walmart has shit products from all over China and the employee's don't give a rats ass about their job or the customer.

IF ANY OF YOU THOUGHT ABOUT GOING TO UNIVERSITY BU...

2008-02-26T10:09:00.000-08:00

IF ANY OF YOU THOUGHT ABOUT GOING TO UNIVERSITY BUT THOUGHT IT WAS OUT OF REACH I HAVE ADVICE. aPPLY TO ANY UNIVERSITY AS A MATURE STUDENT. MAKE UP A STORY LIKE HOW YOU VOLUNTERRED AND STUFF (DONT WORRY THEY DONT CHECK REFERENCES) JUST DO THAT AND YOU WILL BE IN.

I am getting tired of people always "BLAMING" Walm...

2008-01-15T22:23:00.000-08:00

I am getting tired of people always "BLAMING" Walmart for other companies going down. Quite honestly, the store and the way they had decided to run it was an ingenious idea that went out and did what every store sets out to do, to take peoples money. The fact that they have totally over ridden every other retail store is somthing I suppose that they should be proud of, wouldn't you be if it were you?
I had worked there for 5 years and was never treated poorly and for a job which required.... well not to much... I didn't think the pay was so bad for what I had to do. By the time I left I was at 12.45 an hr.
Whatever the problem is with Loblaws/zehrs maybe the employes should be looking at how to help there own company rather than looking for somthing to blame.
And by the way, I would shop Walmart any day compared to your stores, the prices are WAY to high for what food should be worth.

Stop shopping at walmart , that would make the fig...

2007-12-03T16:33:00.000-08:00

Stop shopping at walmart , that would make the fight even.

this is so true. I've seen it first hand, I've wor...

2007-11-15T15:40:00.000-08:00

this is so true. I've seen it first hand, I've worked there for ten years. It's as if the Devil himself runs that place. At my store two people commited suicide because of the pressure. Another lady commited suicide at another store five years back because of my boss, She said so in the suicide letter. Rught now five managers are on stress leave. Loblaws sucks the soul out of you. DON'T SHOP THERE!!!!

Fuck Walmart.

2007-11-04T16:03:00.000-08:00

Fuck Walmart.

What happened to all the big wigs in Zehrs? They g...

2007-11-04T16:01:00.000-08:00

What happened to all the big wigs in Zehrs? They got cut lose!!!
Now the company is being run by x Wal-mart executives.
Talk about bad getting even worse.
Wal-mart....the lowest of low companies.

OK LOBLAWS IS AWESOME SO THERE.

2007-10-18T07:45:00.000-07:00

OK LOBLAWS IS AWESOME
SO THERE.

I work for Zehrs and agree that Wal-Mart is a joke...

2006-10-03T12:34:00.000-07:00

I work for Zehrs and agree that Wal-Mart is a joke why does our gov't allow these companies to pursue the "American Dream" in our country I am not american and all we get is a loss of good paying jobs that boost our economy and for all those who say your saving money by shopping at Wal-Mart you better get saving because in the future yourselves and your children will only be able to afford the bare minimum when working for a garbage wage as provided by Wal-Mart this dosen't just affect us Loblaws employees but also everyone else looking for a compettitive wage even you college boy why do you think you make a low wage while "educated" because of dirt bag companies like Wal-Mart thats why so stop complaining about us being overpaid you eat too don't you?????

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Did you know that Loblaws give free rent to Good L...

2006-04-20T06:59:00.000-07:00

Did you know that Loblaws give free rent to Good Life fitness clubs for a hole year then they cut our salaries!!!

Wal-Mart is the worst company on the earth. Greed ...

2006-04-05T13:57:00.000-07:00

Wal-Mart is the worst company on the earth. Greed at the top. The Walton family is worth over 82 BILLION dollars privately, yet they cheat the low end workers.
Walmart sucks more than any other retailer.

Maybe some of you should go work for WalMart see w...

2006-02-22T08:53:00.000-08:00

Maybe some of you should go work for WalMart see what they did for there people in New Orleans after Katrina,just left there employees and there families rotting on the streets with the dead bodies!!! They have not done a thing to there store severly damaged by the storm!!!! Loblaws isn't so bad I know from experience they would not do that!!!!

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What is for sure is the Loblaw's is just fashionin...

2006-01-03T14:47:00.000-08:00

What is for sure is the Loblaw's is just fashioning itself like Walmart. Demanding more and more from the staff, while providing less and less pay/benefits. And the fat boys at the top take the cream when it comes to salaries.
Lee Scott from Walmart USA took home 17.5 million while the company cheated their employee's with low, low pay and benefits.

Walmart sucks. Loblaw is taking a page from this pathetic business model.

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when the big boys want more, middle class has to s...

2005-12-18T16:08:00.000-08:00

when the big boys want more, middle class has to settle for less. no exceptions.

ya gotta love the christmas price gouging.

2005-12-18T15:54:00.000-08:00

ya gotta love the christmas price gouging.

Shop at Walmart they are the future and they are t...

2005-12-01T18:04:00.000-08:00

Shop at Walmart they are the future and they are the biggest threat to those big suits. Give it another 2 years and they will all be out of commision. They spend way to much on stupidity like new store's renos and name changes.They should have left things the way they were cause they have ruined themselfs now. There running scared!!

...I can understand what the non-loblaws people ar...

2005-11-16T10:40:00.000-08:00

...I can understand what the non-loblaws people are saying-the part-time wages that LCL pays are above the industry standard and in some areas they are excellent.Consider that a good proportion are women-mothers who are trying to supplement their family income with a part time job.Others are people who simply cannot make ends meet without some sort of supplement.Not everyone can work the maximum hours allowable.They are not pulling in $400 per week as one of the commentators alluded to.The average wage is about $8-$10/hour.Only the old timers-people who have been working for the company for over 9 years will ever see $15/hour.Does the working class not expect hirer wages for those who have been loyally working for the same company for that long?Who thinks that it is actually a great job to stand all day and scan groceries.It's mind numbing-akin to warehouse work.You get one 15 minute break every 4 hours to sit down.mostly evenings and weekends.It sucks sometimes too.And somebody has to do it.In some of the loblaws stores the turnover rate is staggering and it is difficult to keep departments staffed.This is before the cut in pay.Enough said.
The problem faced by the employees of LCL are that,although we are working in the #1 grocery chain in the country,with record profits,share price,market share and expansion,we,the little people,are the ones who are being told are the barriers to true competition with Walmart.It is our wages,not the salaries of the top execs,that are excessive.It is us that are going to have to tighten our belts.
Consider this-as Walmart moves in an spreads its debilitating effect throughout the entire country-what industry will feel the pinch next.Loblaws wants its full time employees to take a cut in pay equal to almost 25%.could you afford that?Most can't.At this point there is really no reason to do it.They say they are acting to save our jobs in the future in case Walmart actually does squeeeze their market share-proactive they say.Do we really need to act so rashly in a proactive case?

Don't tell people to get an education as if your s...

2005-11-14T18:22:00.000-08:00

Don't tell people to get an education as if your some great student. Two college diplomis are probably equal to the high school that others had 30 years ago by learning standards of the time.
I hope that later in your life some cocky little bastard like yourself tells you to get an education because he has 2 masters.

Quit complaining and get an education! Try Univers...

2005-11-05T18:03:00.000-08:00

Quit complaining and get an education! Try University grads who are working for minimum wage. Or better yet, I make barely what you do, working over 10 years in my field and I have 2 college diplomas, no overtime paid, no breaks (since I'm not a smoker)and daily and monthly obligations that are used by many facets of the organization...Whoopee, you ring through someone's grocery order and have to smile! Tough life!

I just wanted to say that instead of putting the b...

2005-10-31T09:21:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to say that instead of putting the blame on Loblaws as a whole we should be putting the blame on ourselves. The reason why they HAVE to do this is so the company can still be one of the leading employers in Canada. Walmart is killing them so fast it's not even funny. So instead of pointing the finger you should be looking at yourself. Do you get sucked in to Walmart's low prices? Well then you are a contributor to your OWN wage loss!!!

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