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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    28 days ago

    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.

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      28 days ago

      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.

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        28 days 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.)

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        27 days 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.