In an attempt to combat theft, Loblaw is testing receipt scanners at four of its stores, the grocery giant told CBC News. Customers who use self-checkout must scan their receipt's barcode — confirming that they paid something — which opens a metal gat
I'm in Edmonton, and I get most of my groceries from a small independent store that obviously was an IGA or similar store in the 70's. Although, that store gets all it's products from Loblaws. That's because Loblaws has cornered the distribution market. Safeway/Save-on have their own distributors, but the lady running the store says it's hard to get deliveries from one distributor if you get deliveries from the other.
Loblaws is trying to out-a$$hole Wal-mart when it comes to being complete jerks, and at this point, I'd almost like to see Wal-mart destroy the Weston empire once and for all.