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“F*cking absurd”: $82 turkey at Loblaw-owned store has shoppers stunned (dailyhive.com)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Looks like Roblaw’s at it again… robbing the working class to keep obscene profits rolling to the Parasite Class. And I bet the farmer who raised those turkeys get only a few dollars per.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They seem to be $2.50 a pound across Ontario at Independent (including the one in St Mary's), $2 a pound at some other Loblaw stores, both of which are cheaper than Walmart at $3 a pound.

Maybe the uproar made them change their price.

That said, I'm pretty sure my dad paid $80 for our 20lb turkey last year. I only remember cause he was bitching about it and I had to ask him if that was expensive lol.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Still didn't keep him from buying it though

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

I didn't say he was smart...

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Dollar per kg conversion for those numbers, this is /Canada on .ca after all:

  • The Turkey the dad bought last year: $8.82/kg
  • The Butterball in the picture may be as cheap as $7.45/kg, or as expensive as $9.11/kg
  • Walmart $6.61/kg
  • across Ontario at Independent $5.51/kg
  • other Loblaw stores are $4.40/kg

Were all the prices you saw the same brand?
I don't eat animals, so I don't really have a solid price in my head for what it should cost. I do remember as a child that Butterballs were more expensive, so we never had one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Yes, all the exact same product as the one discussed in the article.

(Except my dad's last year, I have no clue what he bought.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I bought a Butterball yesterday at my local YIG and it was $5.49/kg

Not the best price I have ever seen, but not terrible.