This is why Galen West is a card-carrying member of the Parasite Class.
And yes, I confirmed the no-shipments, zero-stock with the store manager. 5 days and counting with no stock so far, when the sale started there was maybe 12-24 bottles for 128,000 residents in the city.
Isn’t there an ongoing strike at Loblaws distribution centres? I legitimately can’t find any news as to whether it ended, but I also can’t find very much news on other strikes that I’m pretty sure did get resolved. Fuck Loblaws, and fuck Google’s ever worsening search capabilities.
Isn’t there an ongoing strike at Loblaws distribution centres?
Sounds like a great time to issue a sale on products that you know you won’t have to actually sell at the discounted price, and then blame it on the union.
Do stores do rain checks there if you ask for them?
I’ve seen it at some stores in the US in the past, but not something that would be advertised, just some people getting a rain check if they specifically ask for it.
Yes but it varies store to store. you could also submit a corporate complaint and hope they reply with a coupon of some sort…
Never known someone to care about pop this much
It’s not about the soda, it’s about the corporate hypocrisy, gratuitously fake goodwill, rampant greed, and bait-and-switching of hard-working Canadians.
If you’re going to be defending Galen West in any way, I strongly suggest you find elsewhere to be licking those boots.
I’ve found most stores stock very minimal amounts of whatever gets I to the flyer as a pretty good deal.
They just do it to trick you into making the trip so you spend your money on the over priced stuff since you’re already there.
Except in this case, the store was out of stock 24hrs a day from the day the sale started. It’s now the sixth day of the sale, it ends on Thursday.
Those shelves usually have about 48 rows of 7 bottles across 5 different flavours of PC Cola. It tends to have some stock at all times, the only time I ever saw it totally out of stock was during the first COVID lockdown. Never before, and for the first time since.
I had talked to the store manager, who confirmed ZERO DELIVERIES since the sale started. Not one delivery in any of the five days, and I’m betting this sixth day will be more of the same.
That isn’t just gross incompetence - it’s intentionally malicious.
Surprised to hear Canada doesn’t have laws against bait advertising, I know the UK, Australia & New Zealand all do.
Deliveries are usually done once a week and flyers aren’t typically store specific
But I appreciate they needed pop so badly that they checked every day and talked to the manager
Deliveries are usually done once a week
Sorry, no. I see those racks being re-stocked at least twice a week under normal circumstances. There are 3-5 full trucks coming in each and every day to this particular RCSS. This is not a tiny town, we have more than a quarter-mill residents in the overall region, about half of which live within city limits.
But I appreciate they needed pop so badly that they checked every day and talked to the manager
You can turn that negative sarcasm off, now. I was making a comment about the Parasite-Class greedwashing first and foremost, the fact that it was soda was just incidental.
And when soda is normally $1.50 to $2.00 per 2L (yes, even the PC cola stuff), it’s a pretty big deal when it’s 68¢ apiece.
Plus, we’ve been out of soda for a month-plus now. Just wanted to stock up for the next half a year (and have some at Christmas) at that price. Is it wrong to take advantage of a deal and have something special to drink for Christmas?
I’m quite certain there’s ways to bring attention to your point without sounding absolutely insufferable, hopefully it doesn’t continue to elude you.
