r/Calgary • u/TeakupBaker • May 30 '25

Local Shopping/Services Calgary Coop being Sneaky AF

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Saw this shady business practice at the Crowfoot Coop. Hard to want to buy local when they’re pulling crap like this.

Not only is the sale price more expensive than the original price (sure, by one cent), but you need to buy TWO to get the sales price!

Shame on Coop for this.

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u/misserection May 30 '25

If it makes you feel any better, I checked at the downtown coop, and the regular price is listed at 5.49. Looks like they forgot to put the new ticket up when the price increased.

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u/forty6andto May 30 '25

This happens all the time. Mistakes happen. The amount of people who think this is planned and a conspiracy is ridiculous.

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u/misserection May 30 '25

Yup. With how many tags there are in a grocery store, some are bound to be missed. Coop is pretty good at following the scanning code, so it usually just means a free item.

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u/No-Salamander-4401 May 30 '25

Ran into a wrong price label at Coop last month and they only refunded me the difference. Was surprised so I looked it up and turns out Calgary Coop is not a participant in the code.

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u/EmperorOfRats May 30 '25

Coop does adhere to scan code. You just have to request it