{"id":804378,"date":"2026-07-15T22:31:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/804378\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T22:31:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:31:41","slug":"loblaw-says-unauthorized-no-frills-grocery-cart-sign-was-removed-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/804378\/","title":{"rendered":"Loblaw says unauthorized No Frills grocery cart sign was removed | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Loblaw said that a controversial sign about grocery carts at a No Frills was removed after it was posted without the store owner\u2019s knowledge.<\/p>\n

On Monday, a shopper shared a photo on Reddit<\/a> showing a sign posted at Joti\u2019s No Frills at 310 West Broadway in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

The notice states that the store will no longer be unlocking carts \u201cdue to the high amount of abandoned carts left all over our parking lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do have cart coins for sale for $2. If you do not have a loonie for a cart, simply leave your ID with [the] cashier, and they can provide a $1,\u201d reads the sign. \u201cWhen $1 [is] returned, you can retrieve your ID. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding!<\/p>\n

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Reddit<\/p>\n

The shopper who shared the photo stated that their main concern was the fact that not everyone always carries a form of identification.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is gonna be interesting to watch,\u201d they stated. \u201cJust wanted to talk about it because I haven\u2019t seen this anywhere else (yet).\u201d<\/p>\n

Daily Hive reached out to Loblaw for comment, and a representative confirmed that the sign was posted at a single No Frills location \u201cwithout the approval of the store owner.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce the owner became aware of it, it was removed immediately,\u201d they stated. \u201cThe notice does not reflect a Loblaw or No Frills policy, and we are not rolling out this approach to other stores. Customers who need a shopping cart can continue to ask a member of our store team for assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Habanero Pixel\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

The post sparked a discussion online about shopping etiquette, while others expressed concern about possible privacy issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cAsking for ID in this case is most probably illegal, looking at it from a privacy standpoint,\u201d one commenter stated. \u201cJust don\u2019t give them anything, protect your ID.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another chimed in, adding, \u201cI haven\u2019t seen this in Ontario yet, but there\u2019s no way in hell I\u2019m handing my ID to anybody. I strongly advise others not to either; they can steal your ID.\u201d<\/p>\n

One Redditor wrote, \u201cThis BS about blaming people for leaving carts lying around is an attempt to guilt people into doing something the stores used to do, and it was included in the price of groceries.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, some fed-up shoppers were in favour of stricter shopping cart policies.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, the general population brought this upon themselves,\u201d one wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor once, I agree with Loblaws. Humanity is ridiculous,\u201d another stated.<\/p>\n

One pointed out, \u201cThis is much more of a human behaviour problem than it is a Loblaws issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

What are your thoughts on this issue? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Loblaw said that a controversial sign about grocery carts at a No Frills was removed after it was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-804378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}