I was just joking about the symbols, in the screenshot

Go figure, right?

All of our Becel® margarine blends are kosher

It was always grain free and kosher. It was just bandwagoning to make the product seem more amazing than it actually is.

https://www.becel.ca/en-ca/contact/faq

@reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net why the fuck are you making shit up?

It doesn't. It's called misinformation.

It doesn't contain grain, and it's still kosher. Just stop.

Wait, how can margarine contain grains?

It's hydrogenated fats

Is the US that fucked on their consumer rights that they can pad it with GRAINS???

And the new one isn’t grain free or kosher hmm

That's normal, they are selling off the old stock as the new one comes in.

Okay this is even funnier, some shops are selling both versions at the same time for the same price 😂

https://www.freshstmarket.com/sm/pickup/rsid/055/results?q=becel

The supermarket own brand baked beans regularly match or beat Heinz in consumer taste tests (here’s a recent example), and for a fraction of the cost.

Well that would not be very practical, but I know lots of my Pacific coast fishermen ship to the interior and are usually sold at farmers markets and the like, or other such collectives. You ha e to diversify your shopping if you want the most bang for your buck, but I understand your limitations. Do what you must, just saying there are better options out there!

What does that mean?

I bought this in california.

Do you really think I should've walked out of that grocery store empty-handed then get on an airplane to fly to a fisherman who catches this fresh from wherever the hell they get it from, just to send an imperceptible signal to the food insustry price-gougers?

Not only can I not afford a plane ticket to any such place, nor my work schedule or logistics allow for such a weird journey, I would have been dead from starvation by then.

I weigh 105 lbs. Food is a clinical emergency for me when I get hungry. I went to the store specifically for this, saw it, bought it, posted this post, then immediately ate the delicious salmon.

And society dies in the small fire of individualism

I don't even....

Shrinkflation by greedy companies combined with our de-facto oligopoly of grocery stores trying to convince us that prices must go up because they’re barely scraping by.

I want to see how the new tax credit for groceries pans out. But it feels like a bit of a (maybe necessary?) Band-aid.

I would absolutely LOVE to see the government finally tackle the oligopoly issue with grocery chains and telecoms.

A bit of a tangent. I had a Bell rep knock at my door today, nice guy. But I told him that their deals are predatory, the way they lock in discounts but not the rate. Then they up the price while you’re locked in, effectively nullifying your discount. He told me, at least in my area that they are supposedly offering real rate lock ins. But it doesn’t fix the root of the problem spurred by blocking competition and blatantly predatory and misleading “deals”. I despise telecom companies in Canada.

Edit: I wanna add, it doesn’t have to be like this! I lived abroad for a while and any time essential groceries went up in price, people got mad and the government curbed it realllll quickly. And telecoms offered true unlimited for reasonable rates. It can be done. We have good infrastructure in much of the country (sorry to those in mega rural areas), now let’s get some legislation to manage and/or break up these oligopolies. I’m no politician so I don’t know what exactly is the best solution, I only know that it needs to happen.

If you want to do so and can afford it, go for it. But without an organized movement backing it, don't expect it to change their behavior.

Whole foods? Eat a dick bro. Stop supporting national companies that are supoorting this admin.

This is precisely what I hate about "ethical consumerism." Not only does it not work, it also pushes people to perseverate and waste energy over individual choices that, again, do not matter and divides us for no good reason. We are all just trying to get through this. Shopping at Whole foods or Amazon does not mean you endorse everything they do. It might just mean you have a dietary restriction that local grocers cannot accommodate or you need things delivered to you because you are disabled. Amazon makes the vast majority of its profits from AWS anyway. Whole Foods could die tomorrow and it essentially would not change anything.

In fact Whole Foods once was your local grocer. That's how capitalism works. There is no such thing as ethical consumption.

You want change? Organize. Boycott. Strike. Participate in mutual aid groups. If given the opportunity for direct democratic action, vote - with your vote, not your wallet.

I'm low income, and I vote with my dollar. I go without, and find other sources. If the person who just paid $24 dollars for two pieces of fish (did I read that math problem right?) Can't afford to vote with his dollar, they're doing something wrong. But like if they want to pay it, let them. Its more important right now where you spend, than on what. Local grocer? Cool cool. Whole foods? Eat a dick bro. Stop supporting national companies that are supoorting this admin. Fish should be expensive, humans over harvest.

you really think they're gonna say "yes people aren't eating at your place because it's to expensive, you should lower your prices"

That is essentially what they said.

Another article...

That article also doesn't say anything about the efficacy of voting with your wallet. Just that people are doing it.

It does give examples of boycotts that worked, meaning organized and with a clear message. Very different from randos silently "voting with their wallets" over "thing they don't like about a product"

No you quoted a restaurant analyst...someone who is paid to figure out how to get people into restaurants, you really think they're gonna say "yes people aren't eating at your place because it's to expensive, you should lower your prices"...no they're gonna make up some bullshit that allows the companies to save face.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/18/shoppers-political-boycotts-spending-patterns-poll

Another article...

I literally just quoted the people in the article you cited