So who is actually responsible for actively supporting this business besides the shoppers? The suppliers. And one of those suppliers whose posters you can find regularly on its windows there on Davie Street is President’s Choice Foods. I attempted to contact a spokesperson for President’s Choice and as I was surfing around the net to ascertain to whom I should speak, I discovered that Loblaws was the parent company of this brand name. Loblaws is a huge corporation of assorted national grocers which include the SuperCanadian stores and Westfair Foods out of Calgary. So it seemed I would need to discuss this issue of supplying this specific Super Valu with someone from Westfair or Loblaws. But after a few more minutes of surfing, I discovered that actually Westfair is a subsidiary again of Loblaws. And that particular Super Valu franchise was arranged through Westfair Foods.
And the man behind Loblaws is Canadian magnate Gaelon Weston out of Toronto. Now part of the mandate of the Loblaws organization is to communicate effectively with the public but having tried now several times to reach Mr Weston and ask him how he can justify having sold this franchise to a Hells Angel and continue supplying him to this day, Weston has deigned not to respond. So while Weston lounges around in Florida ignoring these calls to take responsibility for what’s transpiring at one of his franchises, our community must put up with this shadowy blot of an enterprise. Thanks Mr Weston.
I remember his bread trucks in Toronto. They featured a lass of about 10 with her blonde hair tied in two cute curlies, chomping into some yummy white bread. Where, I wonder, might she be these corrupt days? On the back of some hog, maybe?
If you feel that Mr Weston should be made accountable for this state of affairs on Davie Street, maybe you’ll have better luck reaching him. His office number in Toronto is 416-922-2500, and here’s his home phone number in Florida: 772-388-4072
While you’re on the horn to him, you might ask, as I will if I get a chance, if he would be prepared to guarantee the jobs of the current employees of this Super Valu until its ownership issues get resolved. Why, after all, should these workers at the bottom of the creepy power chain here be victimized by the questionable moral status of their boss and the sloppiness of the parent group in selling that franchise to him?
So to make it perfectly clear:
CALLING MR GAELON WESTON. CALLING MR GAELON WESTON.
WILL YOU GUARANTEE THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE CURRENT EMPLOYEES OF THE DAVIE STREET SUPER VALU WHILE YOU SORT OUT THE OWNERSHIP ISSUE OF THIS FACILITY?
There you go, Philip. Now you can go back to your mirror stroking that lovely voice of yours.
And given the current state of significant indifference, is it too ludicrous to consider that coming soon to a food shelf near you might be…
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As a member of the gay community, I remember very clearly the gay bashing that was going on in the Super Valu approximately 15 years ago. If I remember correctly, it was the owners' son who was doing most of it. Could that be because Mr. Mclellan was encouraging him to do so? There were subsequent apologies, and then it was back to business as usual.
This is your chance to speak up, don't blow it.
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