Subversive Safeway
This may seem trite, but it has been a beef of mine for the last number of years. Safeway Club Cards! That’s right I said it, they are such a scam! When they first introduced the cards, Safeway was promising discounts and great deals. Not long after all the prices returned to normal and if you choose to shop at Safeway without the club card you would be gouged beyond belief. So what is in it for the consumer? Nothing! Safeway is collecting information on us, our family size and grocery preferences, all information which other companies are willing to pay for and I am sure Safeway sells it to them. Does that extra income result in lower prices for the consumer? No! Does it result in better wages for their staff? We might have though so until they brought out all their well paid staff and made them sign contracts for lower wages if they wanted to keep their jobs. So, in the end Safeway profits from massive amounts of information and everyone else gets the short end of the stick. Not to mention many Safeways are located near seniors and students who have no other options but to shop there. It is such a scam and if you can’t already figure it out, I do not shop at Safeway.
by Tina Graham
