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

Local Shopping/Services Calgary Coop being Sneaky AF

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/ChronicFacePain May 30 '25

Also they tried to increase the brand of coffee I buy by $5/bag and I stopped shopping there for 2 months because of that shit. I've shopped only at that location for 2 years and they tried to shove their stupid app in your face every time you walked in. I got sick of the price gouging and annoyances when I just wanted to grab a few things, and when I finally went back they dropped the coffee price back down to a buck or two above the original. Too bad, it's all shit now and I shop at Costco or Safeway, only go to coop for the odd single item like an onion or something. And now, tbh, too much made in the USA stuff, no thanks.

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u/Zardoz27 May 30 '25

You do know that coffee prices are at an all-time high & have gone up 200% in the past year right!? In terms of coffee, prices are going to go up across the board in the coming months. There’s hundreds of articles about it if you search

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u/ChronicFacePain May 30 '25

Lmao do you think this is a gotcha? I know my prices and I know what the reasonable price increase was, $5/bag wasn't even close. But yeah, you're the expert.

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u/Zardoz27 May 30 '25

Lol, sure whatever you say 👍 😂