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Get $25 from Loblaw

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So Loblaw admitted to participatig in a commercial collusion scheme to set prices for bakery products, along with George Weston Ltd. Or as they put it, “Loblaw discovered that Canadians were overcharged for the cost of some packaged bread products in our stores and other grocery stores across Canada.” The management of both companies claim to have warned the Competition Bureau as soon as they learned of this scheme in March 2015. Loblaw was co-ordinating the retail and wholesale prices of certain packaged bakery products over the period from late 2001 to March 2015. But they didn’t know they were doing it. So the companies will apparently not be charged or punished. Well then. Yet, to redeem itself, Loblaw will offer eligible customers who register online a $ 25 gift card as compensation. Registration for the Loblaw Card Program will open on January 8, 2018. In the meantime, you can…

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Ragoût de pattes de cochon!

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Ms. Waffle is currently spending some time improving her French skills.  Good on her. Turns out, one of her teacher is Italian. Sì, signore. Massi has a PHD in French Literature. And he apparently has an obsession with French Canadian culture. Good on him. Recently, Massi asked her about the traditional Quebec holiday dish: Le ragoût de pattes de cochon. Basically, a pork stew. He’d never had it, and was wondering if it tasted as good as it sound.  She asked me about it, and ever since, I’d been craving it. So today after work, I got to work. I had gotten the supplies over the weekend and was ready to roll. Ingredients: For the base: 2 pork legs coarse salt to taste 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon 1/4 tsp. of  ground clove 1 tsp. of pepper 1/4 tsp. of nutmeg 1/3 tsp. garlic salt 2 tbsp. olive oil 1 big onion…

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Melting at Capone’s

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For whatever reason, I’ve been wanting to try Tony Capone’s Italian Grill for a while now. I’ve driven past it a million times over the years, always intrigued, but not to the point of being tempted. Until a few weeks ago, I stopped for lunch – only to find out that it was closed. Thankfully, it was open today. Capone’s is located in a mini-mall on Carling, off Edgeworth, along with a dry cleaners, a Hasty Market and a dental office. So from the outside, it certainly doesn’t have much curb appeal. You walk into the place, and you don’t feel like you’re in Ottawa. The reception area is small and decorated with newspaper articles, old pictures, cigarette ads and other paraphernalia from the Capone era. Inside, it was dark and the tables were dimly lit, though there was a nice glow from all the Christmas lights. A nice, quiet…

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It’s World Sandwich Day!

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It’s November 3rd, which means it’s World Sandwich Day! On November 3rd 2015, Subway Canada celebrated National Sandwich Day for the first time with a buy one sub, get one sub deal. The Waffle reported about it. In 2016, Subway went a step further, with a buy one, get one, give one campaign, in partnership with Food Banks Canada. This was the first nation-wide meal donation campaign from Subway Canada. And on its second year of celebrating National Sandwich Day, the campaign was a success, generating a financial donation equivalent to 574,738 meals to Food Banks Canada. Will they beat that score in 2017? So today, if you purchase a sandwich with a drink, you will receive a free sandwich, and the equivalent of one meal (33 cents) will be donated to Food Banks Canada. Help raise money for food banks right in time for the Holidays. Visit your local Subway…

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Yet another hurdle for The Waffle

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After last year’s demise of blog.com and the following ordeal, The Waffle has just learned that most of the blog’s photos would no longer be available, thanks to a change of policy by Photobucket. First, they announced on June 26th that they had updated their Terms of Service, effective on June 20, 2017. Then they implemented the new policy and ask users to review the latest changes. They finally issued a press release to explain themselves. Too late. Suddenly, a free service was no longer available and you were asked to pony up 400 bucks to get it back. The accusations of ransomware and blackmail were coming fast and furious. And yes, I know too well the danger of relying on free services. Upset users are leaving Photobucket in droves. For the photo hosting service, it is a debacle turned into a complete disaster. For The Waffle, it means more work. Not all the original posts have…

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