Gee, I wonder why people have started stealing from our grocery stores? Could it be the price gouging?

No, it's our customers who are wrong.

I wish that were the case everywhere. Unfortunately, I've found it to be the other way around here in Winnipeg. Superstore and No Frills are among the cheapest places to shop here, and the ethnic grocers tend to be among the most expensive.

Because that's only an option if you live in a City. I'm barely outside of Toronto and once you get into the country roads, you're looking at Foodland or bust for the most part.

On the bright side they also double as a LCBO!

I miss Vancouver for this. I've yet to find anything that compares to Superstore/ big box pricing in Calgary. There are smaller stores, but they're few and far between with higher pricing.

In Montréal I find it depends what you're shopping for. I've found its cheaper to go to the Asian market for fruits and veggies, for anything else it's best to go to the franchise supermarkets.

I literally only shop there when the in app deals are better than the advertised sales at Shoppers Drug Mart, which tend to equal or best sales elsewhere like Food Basics, plus I get points at shoppers for every penny spent but not at Loblaws. It's not a hard decision where and when to shop. No Frills used to be good but their sales tend to be on par with Loblaws these days

It shouldn't be, nor is there anything they can do to stop you if you choose to ignore them.

The only place this is normal is at Costco as it's part of the membership. Any other store it's not normal.