Why Loblaws is losing money
“Nope.” – The acting store manager in the Loblaws at Broadview and Danforth on Sunday, when I asked if he could do anything about the lineup that snaked from the one open non-express checkout all the...
View ArticleMore fake milk and bad customer service
Just before Christmas and not even a week after writing about fake milk products, I bought a tub of my regular yogourt, President’s Choice Organic strawberry fruit-bottom yogourt, to be met with a...
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Shortly after posting Tuesday’s mini-rant about Loblaws PC Organics yogourt, I received a second reply from Loblaws customer service: Dear Mr. Dodge, Thank you for taking the time to pass on your...
View ArticleYes, sir
Naming your business after a competitor is nothing new, but I have to feel sorry for this independent proprietor on the Danforth who’s had his names and wordmarks usurped by two completely different...
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It’s still early days but I’m going to go ahead and award restaurateur Tom Earl, co-owner of a restaurant that I will never patronize, the prize for boneheaded quote of the year for 2012. He was quoted...
View ArticleOne less sir
The Danforth’s first couple of cuisine, Sir Greek & Sir Sub, separated a couple of weeks ago. The pre-nup stipulated that Sir Greek would keep the restaurant and patio and he wasted no time in...
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