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Jokes on them this reduces their shelf life.
this post was submitted on 15 May 2024
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Loblaws is out of control
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A sub devoted to highlighting the ridiculous cost of living in Canada right now. We’d like to thank our corporate overlord Galen Weston Jr. of Loblaws for continually raising grocery prices so he can get a big fat bonus cheque every year while the rest of Canadians struggle to make ends meet.
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Loblaws doesn't care - they'll just have staff cut off the rotting parts and put it back out for sale. (I used to work at Superstore. This is what they do after closing.)
They probably appreciate the shorter shelf life. There's a higher likelihood that they'll go bad in your fridge before you use all of them, and need to buy more.
Nah. Someone, at some point, decided it would look nicer to the consumer like that. FFS, people buy pre-chopped vegetables now days.
Also, I'm pretty sure those would root and grow in a glass of water anyway. Been growing my own for years, I'll give it a try.
yeah like so many customers are repotting them that it became an issue /s
Side question : do you trim your green onions before they flower?
I mean, the leaf is a bit thicker, but it tastes the same.
There is a community for this specific bramd of stores? I'd also crosspost this on mildlyinfuriating or something.
Yeah in Canada you have a few major companies owning the large swaths of grocery store chains: Loblaws, Empire (Safeway and Sobeys in Canada), metro, Pattison (saveonfoods).
Loblaws has been particularly egregious with Galen Weston going on a PR tour to pretend they haven't been screwing Canadians over decades, despite ever increasing profits. Loblaws is vertically integrated owning or having strict contracts with suppliers (financial products (PC financial), drug stores, clothing stores (Joe Fresh). They were found to have fixed bread prices for 10 years or more.
So this month there is an active boycot of Loblaws, their chains and brands, hence this community. Feel free to crosspost to other communities, though!
Is there an advantage to planting the roots of an already grown plant instead of buying a packet of seeds for 50¢? I'm guessing it would grow a bit faster buy I'm not a growologist.
I just stick the roots in a cup with a little water on the window sill. No planters/dirt/etc.
Nice.
They grow faster in dirt though
Harvest time is quicker.
Green onions especially. The only part that regrows is the greens, which are only used for garnish. If you want the actual flavor from green onions, you have to use the whites.
Combine that with a bunch of green onions usually costing less than a dollar... I just don't feel like it's worth the effort.
The seeds they sell you aren't the good stuff they're growing.
Plot twist: willow bark has all the rooting growth hormone you need here (don't be an ass; clip a branch, don't cut from the trunk). Look up "willow bark tea root growth" FTW. 🤓 It's literally how the commercial root growth powder is made (look at the ingredients).
They’re obsessed with control.