Savvy shoppers know they can save big on a loaf of bread at Dollarama. But at more than a dozen of the Quebec-based company’s stores in Nova Scotia, there’s no bread on the shelves. Those stores have one thing in common: there’s a Sobeys nearby. Mary Wilson went shopping at Dollarama’s Cole Harbour location last […]
  • Rodeo
    8·
    1 year ago

    No, this is how it works for large wealthy powerful people who can afford to pay off all the real estate agents to act in their favor, or lobby for zoning changes immediately after opening their business and demand grandfathering status, or even just buy all the surrounding real estate so no one else can.

    This is not how it works for a mom and pop shop. They have no power to make such demands.

      • Rodeo
        4·
        1 year ago

        So they’ve used the last option I suggested: buy up surrounding real estate.

          • Rodeo
            21·
            1 year ago

            So you agree with me then that this is not a tactic that most businesses use, as the person I originally replied to had stated.

            You agree with me that these are tactics only available to large rich powerful corporations?

              • Rodeo
                1·
                1 year ago

                So if you agreed with me, why were you arguing with me?