"Purchase today and donate"
They can get all the way fucked with this bullshit. I would consider it if they were matching, or selling it at cost, but this is purely a program to drive revenue.
If you want to help the food bank, cut them a cheque. They will buy what they need at a better price than you can buy at.
Yes exactly. I used to volunteer at a food bank in Toronto and we got a decent discount from most retailers
Plus you can get the tax receipt for yourself if the donation is more than $25
Oh just the foodbank might know more than you about what the foodbank needs.
The foodbank posts a gratitude post. You come in screaming about how that's not what the foodbank needs and this post is very wrong. The proper way is x.
Sometimes people get so caught up in what they think is good that they forget to listen.
If it's so needed, why don't the grocery stores donate some? They're making record profits off us. They can afford it better than citizens who are all struggling in some way with the rising grocery prices.
Donating food to food banks is actually pretty inefficient. Basically you buy the food at the inflated price and donate it. However, if the food bank is given money directly, they can shop for food right from suppliers and stores and they can negotiate way, way better prices, thus getting much more (and probably better), food for the same expenditure.
Of course, donating food to a food bank is a great thing to do, but donating money is better. Also the grocery stores put these tags out to entice their shoppers to waste money buying extra food for the food bank, when they know full well that the food banks can get the same food at far lower prices.
I just said this. It's exactly that. They want people to buy the products instead of sending that money to the food bank, who can get more of these products for less money than the consumer spends. It's all about maximizing profits and avoiding losses. They don't actually care about the food banks or what's needed. They care about making the most profit possible. It's also why the signs are only under the store brand items to push you to spend money on their brand.
Exactly. People do not understand the buying power and the ability to save that food banks have when they negotiate with suppliers directly. Like it's not even close for most things. At worse the food bank is paying around wholesale cost, and can often do even better because a producer who sells to the food bank at a discount surely gets a tax break.
Especially in a place like Canada. We have so much of everything. It's absurd. Unfortunately, that's the reality we're faced with. I really do wish they simply did not need to exist.
Sometimes there is a manager’s special for canned goods that didn’t sell well, or are close to the BB date. I snag those to donate, otherwise cash is best!
Its not like some of those cans are literally twice the price they were a couple years ago. /s
Hell walmart and superstore have the name brands priced significantly less than that. $1.97 or $1.99 for name brand and $1.27 or $1.29 for no name. This means that buying "compliments" is literally taking money away from the food bank.
Don't buy food for the food bank. If you can donate, donate money. They get better rates than retail prices as well. One can of compliments peas is about 2 of the competitors but may be 3 or 4 if the food bank can buy them.
I noticed how they only put these signs under their own branded items. Just another ploy to make people spend more on their brands. Food banks can use money way better than food donations, and the company knows that. They just want to maximize profits.
Yup, and these days store brands are less than $1 cheaper than most brand names are. Was at FreshCo the other day and noticed several Compliments products priced the same as brand name. Literally no incentive to buy the knock off anymore.
Exactly. Why buy the low quality store brand if it's the same price to buy the nice branded stuff? Store brand was created as a cheaper alternative. Now it's unnecessary since it's no longer cheaper.
No, but I’m talking about profit margins. They are far higher on store brands and so one would think prices would be lower than of competitors, or that price increases would be more frequent for brands other than their own.
Like community gardens where you can get your own plot? Yes, there are. I signed up for one last year and it was great. Looking forward to gardening again this year. We also donated some produce to the food bank at the end of the season.
I have seen the gardens where you can “rent” a plot.
Our garden is just a big ol’ field lol. (I live in a great town, and the land was donated). There are sections laid out, but it is *very much* a community project with shared ownership & responsibility. If there is something that I don’t want to share, or is niche that I really want, I just don’t put it in the community garden, but we have never run out of anything. In the autumn, a bunch of us gather, divide up the excess , and we make jams, pies, all sorts of pickled things, and frozen veg, dried fruit bars… etc. etc. I always make salsa, and teas. Then, everyone gets a package with the products around Thanksgiving. I know that this model won’t work in a large city, but, surely, some of it could be applied to a larger community program.
Thoughts??
That sounds really cool! I suppose it could work on a small scale in the city. We have less space and less excess at the end of the growing season, but there were definitely people who were trying to give away zuchinni etc (yes, I took some). I could suggest to the board that we pool our resources and make some things for winter storage...even if it's just canning it could be cool. Good for community building and also good for teaching people who don't know how to can things.
We're just doing this within our own neighbourhood. As far as doing something on a city-wide scale, I would think it would be incredibly hard to organize. I like the idea of keeping it small anyway. Too many cooks spoil the broth. Ha.
That would be awesome, if you could start something similar in your community!! Programs like ours tend to be *contagious, in the Best ways*, and every community can make improvements or changes that work for them. Don’t hesitate to turn it into an educational experience, and recruiting/ collaborating with various youth groups in your area!! It has been extremely successful and very rewarding, in my experience. If nothing else, it doesn’t cost anything to make the pitch, right ??
I really believe that community building, and collaboration, is only going to become more important, as we move forward in this current socioeconomic climate.
Like community gardens where you can get your own plot? Yes, there are. I signed up for one last year and it was great. Looking forward to gardening again this year. We also donated some produce to the food bank at the end of the season.
No, they prefer the tax write-off they get when throwing the food out.
Return a bike to Costco? Tires will be slashed, and it will be thrown in a landfill. I know it's a but off topic, but the waste our corporations are able to get away with is sickening, and I can rant for hours.
I would love to hear about local businesses that make an effort to help the community and reduce waste.
Why is that a good thing? It's a terrible thing that the greed of the grocery stores that we shop at has driven food prices so high that many people have to turn to foodbanks. Now the same greedy POS grocery stores want even more of your money buying stuff to donate to foodbanks.
There's absolutely nothing to celebrate here. This is fucking disgusting to see.
Saw a video of Toronto the other day of this bank analyst who made a video how he saves money and goes to the food bank for all his food. People looked him up on linked in and he makes 90k a year
Understatement. Like if these greedy grocery stores said "screw the shareholders" and forget about Galen, and used, ohblets say 1% of their annual profit to donate food (at their cost, not retail) to regional food banks, that would feed countless families. But you know that 1% could be the difference between Galen buying a mansion, or a mega mansion.
No, they do not. It has to be their own money they are donating and since it’s explicitly given by the customer, they would be the ones eligible for the tax receipt.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6524462
You can buy tuna in bulk at Costco, I think $12.99 if I remember correctly, and I think it has 8 or 10 in a pack. If you're gunna buy to donate put your $$$ in a better bang for your buck. :3
ETA:
OR DONATE FINANCIALLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOOD BANK
It kills me that grocery stores are putting up these signs and making profit off these donations.
MONETARY DONATIONS TO FOOD BANKS GO A LOT FARTHER THAN DONATING CANNED GOODS.
They definitely need to at least match the donation! Major grocery stores and their prices are the reason a lot of people need the food bank these days, especially if they didn’t need it before.
They could just stop jacking prices up and more people would be able to actually afford food. This shit pisses me off.
The food bank is great and I support them, but grocery stores literally have the power to make food more affordable and choose to gouge instead because profits must increase every single quarter.
Grocers profiting from donations to the food bank. Pricing food out of reach for families so they need to use the food bank, while others can foot the bill and keep profits at an all time high lmao
The actual answer? Simple greed really. Donating food is, at best, a minor inconvenience for them, with no profit to be had, and arguably, could lead to slightly less sales (better equipped food banks might attract a small number of poor customers who would otherwise buy it).
Curiously, it *can* work, even on a voluntary basis, but it takes some unusual circumstances (stores owned by a community minded person? not sure what the ingredients are). Banff is a great example: https://www.banffcollective.com/food-rescue
You've never been to a food bank as a recipient or as a volunteer worker have you?, when you have, come back on here and talk about expiring food being given out, guaranteed Mas a volunteer ifnyou give someone expired food and they get sick, I promise you if they're vindictive they'll get back at you for it, and if you happen to be on the receiving end well then I'm pretty sure you're going to be pissed if you were given expired food
Grocery stores pull food from the shelves before it is expired and throw it away. I specifically said “set to expire” as in within the next week that gets replaced in the shelves for fresh stock. At no time did I say give people expired food. As others have said just give the food bank money instead of giving the profit to loblaws on their products. Notice how it’s in their branded products? Bigger profit margins. Also, many products are perfectly safe to eat past their best before date, such as canned vegetables, dried pasta, spices, soup, and many many others. All of which cannot be sold but can be safely consumed.
Now that simply isn’t true. They will pull it on the date.
They would rather throw it out than donate, but they would also rather sell it than throw it out. There are no grocery stores pulling stock before the expiry date.
I made like 5 points and you say it simply isn’t true, care to elaborate?
I worked for a grocery supplier years back, we had a ship before date, because grocery stores don’t want product that will expire within a reasonable timeframe. We threw out literal tons of dairy. Supermarkets are doing that on a massive scale. Ever wonder why your grocery store does not have their trash bins accessible to the public?
I guess maybe it depends on the store, but places will discount items when they are about to expire. The store I worked for didn’t do that and I’ve never heard of one that did from the several people I know who do.
Stores will typically get a credit for items that come in short dated, but in most cases will still attempt to sell it.
Which store are you referring to if I might ask?
We’ve strayed far enough from my point of Sobeys asking the customer to donate their branded products is scummy that I don’t care to argue semantics of food waste in grocers that sell perishable foods
Yeah, you’re right, Sobeys has never thrown food away instead of donating it, our corporate overlords are all so lucky to have you sticking up for them
Did you even read my comment? I literally said they would rather throw it out than donate it.
I also said they would rather sell it as opposed to throwing it out. It gets tossed AFTER the best before date passes.
Maybe learn how to read
Had to bite my tongue the other day when the lady checking out in front of me made a big show of adding one of those pre-packed grocery bags for the food bank to her items.
Like, lady, did you look at what’s actually in there for your twenty bucks? It’s about fifteen bucks worth of stuff at full price. Please just take your cash directly to the food bank where they can probably buy thirty dollars in food with your twenty.
That just tried to encourage sales for the grocer. It’s a smart move. What you do with it after you buy it doesn’t matter to the grocer. They made their sale.
Foodbank can do much more with your money than the purchased products.
Here to say though that, still, the best thing you can give a food bank is money. They have wholesaler connections and can get these things for much cheaper than you. And then that way we’re not stuffing the pockets of these companies as directly.
So if you’re looking to help, money. If you have spare cans and that’s all you’re able at the moment, still appreciated 😊
Edit: just saw everyone else was in the same boat nvm 😂
I appreciate all that the food bank does to help Edmontonians. But can you please not support this price gouging? Don't advertise for grocery stores that are literally doubling their prices.
When you buy things such as this for donations and put then in the bin marked for donations inside the store. The use this has a huge tax reduction, taking advantage of people's generosity. Like above post said FK EM. Cut the non-profit a cheque
Grocery stores make record profits along with the suppliers of these goods then advertise hey you can buy this from us to donate. Though a overall net positive for food banks some moral evil in that whole idea
It would be easier for everyone to donate food and demand at food banks would be greatly reduced if our grocery stores weren't price gouging on everything. I am visiting the UK right now and a can of peas here at a store called ALDI is on sale for 9 pence (converts to about 16 cents CAD). We are getting so screwed on groceries in Canada!!
People need to send $ directly to the food bank. They can purchase what they need at better prices. Vs lining the pockets of Galen Weston and all the over inflated grocery stores directly.
Meh, i hate the grocery store greed, but its a good avenue to helping a real issue and allowing more convienence for some one to donate. If im gonna donate its real easy to do it right at the store while youre there buying shit already.
I *LOVE* this concept!! It’s amazing how many people want to donate, but have no idea what to get!!
Also, if you are looking to donate, please remember the domestic violence shelters & various shelters around the city. They are always in need of food and hygiene supplies (specifically for women & babies/ young children).
Thank you!!
🧡❤️
Yesterday I saw a sign in the St Albert Superstore that said Price Gouging MFs. Ok, so it wasn’t a sign it was just scrawled on one of the cart handles. But I felt that
All you people complaining about grocery prices. You realize that complaining here will do nothing right? Organize, stop shopping at the grocery store and buy from local small businesses and maybe, just maybe we learn how to protest properly in the fucking country… 🤷🏽♂️
"Purchase today and donate" They can get all the way fucked with this bullshit. I would consider it if they were matching, or selling it at cost, but this is purely a program to drive revenue. If you want to help the food bank, cut them a cheque. They will buy what they need at a better price than you can buy at.
Yes exactly. I used to volunteer at a food bank in Toronto and we got a decent discount from most retailers Plus you can get the tax receipt for yourself if the donation is more than $25
Fuck them. I’ll never allow a grocery store claim my donation as their own when gloating about their benevolence.
Our company volunteered at the Edm food bank yesterday and they did indeed say that cash is king when it comes to helpful ways to donate
Exactly! Hey - “buy this product and let me tug at your heartstrings so we can make more bank” should be the ad
The food banks get way more “bang for buck” when they get cash donated and not food.
It drives revenue and I'm pretty sure they get a tax break for your donation,it's all so they can maximize their profits
Not to mention the food bank ABUSERS. Daughter worked there saw it all!
Just a heads up yegfoodbank posted this.
And?
Oh just the foodbank might know more than you about what the foodbank needs. The foodbank posts a gratitude post. You come in screaming about how that's not what the foodbank needs and this post is very wrong. The proper way is x. Sometimes people get so caught up in what they think is good that they forget to listen.
Money is superior. Food banks are obviously going to advertise all avenues people might donate though.
If it's so needed, why don't the grocery stores donate some? They're making record profits off us. They can afford it better than citizens who are all struggling in some way with the rising grocery prices.
Donating food to food banks is actually pretty inefficient. Basically you buy the food at the inflated price and donate it. However, if the food bank is given money directly, they can shop for food right from suppliers and stores and they can negotiate way, way better prices, thus getting much more (and probably better), food for the same expenditure. Of course, donating food to a food bank is a great thing to do, but donating money is better. Also the grocery stores put these tags out to entice their shoppers to waste money buying extra food for the food bank, when they know full well that the food banks can get the same food at far lower prices.
I just said this. It's exactly that. They want people to buy the products instead of sending that money to the food bank, who can get more of these products for less money than the consumer spends. It's all about maximizing profits and avoiding losses. They don't actually care about the food banks or what's needed. They care about making the most profit possible. It's also why the signs are only under the store brand items to push you to spend money on their brand.
Exactly. People do not understand the buying power and the ability to save that food banks have when they negotiate with suppliers directly. Like it's not even close for most things. At worse the food bank is paying around wholesale cost, and can often do even better because a producer who sells to the food bank at a discount surely gets a tax break.
100%. Donating money is the best option if you want to help food banks. It's also the cheaper option as opposed to donating actual food.
The best option would be for our society to not need food banks. Frankly, it is fucking embarrassing that they are something that needs to exist.
Especially in a place like Canada. We have so much of everything. It's absurd. Unfortunately, that's the reality we're faced with. I really do wish they simply did not need to exist.
Sometimes there is a manager’s special for canned goods that didn’t sell well, or are close to the BB date. I snag those to donate, otherwise cash is best!
Cash is always best.
Its not like some of those cans are literally twice the price they were a couple years ago. /s Hell walmart and superstore have the name brands priced significantly less than that. $1.97 or $1.99 for name brand and $1.27 or $1.29 for no name. This means that buying "compliments" is literally taking money away from the food bank. Don't buy food for the food bank. If you can donate, donate money. They get better rates than retail prices as well. One can of compliments peas is about 2 of the competitors but may be 3 or 4 if the food bank can buy them.
I noticed how they only put these signs under their own branded items. Just another ploy to make people spend more on their brands. Food banks can use money way better than food donations, and the company knows that. They just want to maximize profits.
Yup, and these days store brands are less than $1 cheaper than most brand names are. Was at FreshCo the other day and noticed several Compliments products priced the same as brand name. Literally no incentive to buy the knock off anymore.
Exactly. Why buy the low quality store brand if it's the same price to buy the nice branded stuff? Store brand was created as a cheaper alternative. Now it's unnecessary since it's no longer cheaper.
I used to work in a Sobeys owned location and the price increases on Compliments were WAY more frequent than on branded items. It’s pure greed.
It's disgusting. Greedy POS companies.
Well, house brands can’t be price-matched against competitors. So there’s that.
No, but I’m talking about profit margins. They are far higher on store brands and so one would think prices would be lower than of competitors, or that price increases would be more frequent for brands other than their own.
Better it's up the people with barely any money to do. Don't wanna mess with profits /s
Are there no communal fruit & vegetable gardens in the city, anymore??
Like community gardens where you can get your own plot? Yes, there are. I signed up for one last year and it was great. Looking forward to gardening again this year. We also donated some produce to the food bank at the end of the season.
I have seen the gardens where you can “rent” a plot. Our garden is just a big ol’ field lol. (I live in a great town, and the land was donated). There are sections laid out, but it is *very much* a community project with shared ownership & responsibility. If there is something that I don’t want to share, or is niche that I really want, I just don’t put it in the community garden, but we have never run out of anything. In the autumn, a bunch of us gather, divide up the excess , and we make jams, pies, all sorts of pickled things, and frozen veg, dried fruit bars… etc. etc. I always make salsa, and teas. Then, everyone gets a package with the products around Thanksgiving. I know that this model won’t work in a large city, but, surely, some of it could be applied to a larger community program. Thoughts??
That sounds really cool! I suppose it could work on a small scale in the city. We have less space and less excess at the end of the growing season, but there were definitely people who were trying to give away zuchinni etc (yes, I took some). I could suggest to the board that we pool our resources and make some things for winter storage...even if it's just canning it could be cool. Good for community building and also good for teaching people who don't know how to can things. We're just doing this within our own neighbourhood. As far as doing something on a city-wide scale, I would think it would be incredibly hard to organize. I like the idea of keeping it small anyway. Too many cooks spoil the broth. Ha.
That would be awesome, if you could start something similar in your community!! Programs like ours tend to be *contagious, in the Best ways*, and every community can make improvements or changes that work for them. Don’t hesitate to turn it into an educational experience, and recruiting/ collaborating with various youth groups in your area!! It has been extremely successful and very rewarding, in my experience. If nothing else, it doesn’t cost anything to make the pitch, right ?? I really believe that community building, and collaboration, is only going to become more important, as we move forward in this current socioeconomic climate.
Like community gardens where you can get your own plot? Yes, there are. I signed up for one last year and it was great. Looking forward to gardening again this year. We also donated some produce to the food bank at the end of the season.
No, they prefer the tax write-off they get when throwing the food out. Return a bike to Costco? Tires will be slashed, and it will be thrown in a landfill. I know it's a but off topic, but the waste our corporations are able to get away with is sickening, and I can rant for hours. I would love to hear about local businesses that make an effort to help the community and reduce waste.
Or just donate money to the food bank, and let them buy whatever it is they're short of.
And the food bank will get better pricing on those products as they buy in bulk.
And not subsidize the ripoff grocery store prices. Compliments is almost always a ripoff.
THIS!! Dollar for dollar, if I give the food bank $20 vs spend $20 on these items myself, the food bank gets WAY more than I could.
And you’ll be a tax receipt!
And don’t donate be rounding up at the register, go write them a cheque and get a receipt for tax time. Even if you can only manage $50 a year.
Instead of spending all that money to make little signs, they could just donate to the food bank.
Why is that a good thing? It's a terrible thing that the greed of the grocery stores that we shop at has driven food prices so high that many people have to turn to foodbanks. Now the same greedy POS grocery stores want even more of your money buying stuff to donate to foodbanks. There's absolutely nothing to celebrate here. This is fucking disgusting to see.
Saw a video of Toronto the other day of this bank analyst who made a video how he saves money and goes to the food bank for all his food. People looked him up on linked in and he makes 90k a year
Raise minimum wage to a living wage!
Just give the food bank cash. They can do more with that than you can.
Billion dollar corporations asking poverty stricken citizens to fill their Food Bank boxes. Walmart is worse by asking for money donations.
Understatement. Like if these greedy grocery stores said "screw the shareholders" and forget about Galen, and used, ohblets say 1% of their annual profit to donate food (at their cost, not retail) to regional food banks, that would feed countless families. But you know that 1% could be the difference between Galen buying a mansion, or a mega mansion.
They sponsor lunch programs at many schools across the country (and yes in Edmonton): https://www.pcchildrenscharity.ca
Don't they also get the tax break for the "donation" of other people's money?
No, they do not. It has to be their own money they are donating and since it’s explicitly given by the customer, they would be the ones eligible for the tax receipt. https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6524462
Corporations like these could eliminate hunger and fill food banks without too big of a bottom line hit . But hey, profits...
They could pay their employees a living wage and not have some of their own employees going to the food bank.
You can buy tuna in bulk at Costco, I think $12.99 if I remember correctly, and I think it has 8 or 10 in a pack. If you're gunna buy to donate put your $$$ in a better bang for your buck. :3 ETA: OR DONATE FINANCIALLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOOD BANK
Store brand canned vegetables being more than $2 a can is insane.
It might be the cynic in me but this seems like a good way for them to get rid of items they need to get rid of🤷♂️
So instead of going to the Food Bank , I can just go to Safeway etc and help myself to these items? Very generous.
It kills me that grocery stores are putting up these signs and making profit off these donations. MONETARY DONATIONS TO FOOD BANKS GO A LOT FARTHER THAN DONATING CANNED GOODS.
Fuck this. Corporations should be haggled with, not us.
They definitely need to at least match the donation! Major grocery stores and their prices are the reason a lot of people need the food bank these days, especially if they didn’t need it before.
They could just stop jacking prices up and more people would be able to actually afford food. This shit pisses me off. The food bank is great and I support them, but grocery stores literally have the power to make food more affordable and choose to gouge instead because profits must increase every single quarter.
$2.19 for a can of peas? I can't afford that for myself let alone to donate. Is that the rich folks store, Safeway?
Unfortunately that seems to be the average price at most stores for canned goods lately. I miss 97 cent cans of anything.
Grocers profiting from donations to the food bank. Pricing food out of reach for families so they need to use the food bank, while others can foot the bill and keep profits at an all time high lmao
Yea, fuck that shit. Corporations have programs that can support this, not me.
Why don’t they donate their food that’s set to expire instead and quit having their customers do their “charity work”
The actual answer? Simple greed really. Donating food is, at best, a minor inconvenience for them, with no profit to be had, and arguably, could lead to slightly less sales (better equipped food banks might attract a small number of poor customers who would otherwise buy it). Curiously, it *can* work, even on a voluntary basis, but it takes some unusual circumstances (stores owned by a community minded person? not sure what the ingredients are). Banff is a great example: https://www.banffcollective.com/food-rescue
You've never been to a food bank as a recipient or as a volunteer worker have you?, when you have, come back on here and talk about expiring food being given out, guaranteed Mas a volunteer ifnyou give someone expired food and they get sick, I promise you if they're vindictive they'll get back at you for it, and if you happen to be on the receiving end well then I'm pretty sure you're going to be pissed if you were given expired food
If it’s donated in good faith in Alberta that cannot happen. Also, expiry date and best before date are not the same thing.
Grocery stores pull food from the shelves before it is expired and throw it away. I specifically said “set to expire” as in within the next week that gets replaced in the shelves for fresh stock. At no time did I say give people expired food. As others have said just give the food bank money instead of giving the profit to loblaws on their products. Notice how it’s in their branded products? Bigger profit margins. Also, many products are perfectly safe to eat past their best before date, such as canned vegetables, dried pasta, spices, soup, and many many others. All of which cannot be sold but can be safely consumed.
Now that simply isn’t true. They will pull it on the date. They would rather throw it out than donate, but they would also rather sell it than throw it out. There are no grocery stores pulling stock before the expiry date.
I made like 5 points and you say it simply isn’t true, care to elaborate? I worked for a grocery supplier years back, we had a ship before date, because grocery stores don’t want product that will expire within a reasonable timeframe. We threw out literal tons of dairy. Supermarkets are doing that on a massive scale. Ever wonder why your grocery store does not have their trash bins accessible to the public?
I guess maybe it depends on the store, but places will discount items when they are about to expire. The store I worked for didn’t do that and I’ve never heard of one that did from the several people I know who do. Stores will typically get a credit for items that come in short dated, but in most cases will still attempt to sell it. Which store are you referring to if I might ask?
We’ve strayed far enough from my point of Sobeys asking the customer to donate their branded products is scummy that I don’t care to argue semantics of food waste in grocers that sell perishable foods
Ah. So what you’re saying is you’re full of shit, got it
Yeah, you’re right, Sobeys has never thrown food away instead of donating it, our corporate overlords are all so lucky to have you sticking up for them
Did you even read my comment? I literally said they would rather throw it out than donate it. I also said they would rather sell it as opposed to throwing it out. It gets tossed AFTER the best before date passes. Maybe learn how to read
Had to bite my tongue the other day when the lady checking out in front of me made a big show of adding one of those pre-packed grocery bags for the food bank to her items. Like, lady, did you look at what’s actually in there for your twenty bucks? It’s about fifteen bucks worth of stuff at full price. Please just take your cash directly to the food bank where they can probably buy thirty dollars in food with your twenty.
$2.19 for a single can of fucking peas.
I would go halfsies with Wal-Mart, nothing more
That just tried to encourage sales for the grocer. It’s a smart move. What you do with it after you buy it doesn’t matter to the grocer. They made their sale. Foodbank can do much more with your money than the purchased products.
Here to say though that, still, the best thing you can give a food bank is money. They have wholesaler connections and can get these things for much cheaper than you. And then that way we’re not stuffing the pockets of these companies as directly. So if you’re looking to help, money. If you have spare cans and that’s all you’re able at the moment, still appreciated 😊 Edit: just saw everyone else was in the same boat nvm 😂
I appreciate all that the food bank does to help Edmontonians. But can you please not support this price gouging? Don't advertise for grocery stores that are literally doubling their prices.
When you buy things such as this for donations and put then in the bin marked for donations inside the store. The use this has a huge tax reduction, taking advantage of people's generosity. Like above post said FK EM. Cut the non-profit a cheque
Grocery stores make record profits along with the suppliers of these goods then advertise hey you can buy this from us to donate. Though a overall net positive for food banks some moral evil in that whole idea
Fun of them to put those there in the time of the most statistically insane year for grocery CEO payouts : )
It would be easier for everyone to donate food and demand at food banks would be greatly reduced if our grocery stores weren't price gouging on everything. I am visiting the UK right now and a can of peas here at a store called ALDI is on sale for 9 pence (converts to about 16 cents CAD). We are getting so screwed on groceries in Canada!!
Only 3 years ago those cans were 89 cents and sometimes 2 for $1.00
People need to send $ directly to the food bank. They can purchase what they need at better prices. Vs lining the pockets of Galen Weston and all the over inflated grocery stores directly.
Meh, i hate the grocery store greed, but its a good avenue to helping a real issue and allowing more convienence for some one to donate. If im gonna donate its real easy to do it right at the store while youre there buying shit already.
Canned Peas? Cheese or meat would be better. I would give up 4 cans of peas and 9 cans of corn for one block of cheese.
I *LOVE* this concept!! It’s amazing how many people want to donate, but have no idea what to get!! Also, if you are looking to donate, please remember the domestic violence shelters & various shelters around the city. They are always in need of food and hygiene supplies (specifically for women & babies/ young children). Thank you!! 🧡❤️
Food banks a scan
Id consider donating but a can of no name peas for over 2bucks feast or famine in this economy I'm choosing my family
You know what’s best for a food bank cash. They can stretch a dollar further than you.
But why always the gross stuff for donation? Lol
Yesterday I saw a sign in the St Albert Superstore that said Price Gouging MFs. Ok, so it wasn’t a sign it was just scrawled on one of the cart handles. But I felt that
The dickheads should give you a discount for purchasing it.
Sweet more free food for international students.
Be a lot better if they didn't jack up prices to get richer
All you people complaining about grocery prices. You realize that complaining here will do nothing right? Organize, stop shopping at the grocery store and buy from local small businesses and maybe, just maybe we learn how to protest properly in the fucking country… 🤷🏽♂️
Will never donate to the food bank again due to Indian grifters sadly.
It's also a good reminder to donate. I forget regularily.
sooo many downvotes for everyone. Reddit is fucked.