TORONTO – Loblaw Cos. proudly announced today the $12.4 billion acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. in a move that has merged two of Canada’s biggest retailers but failed to provide any Optimum points.
“This deal represents a significant investment by Loblaw, but I can’t believe I didn’t give them my Optimum card,” said executive chairman of Loblaw, Galen G. Weston. “I mean, it was right here in my wallet the whole time!”
It is estimated that as a result of the error, Loblaw has missed out on approximately 120,000,000,000 Optimum points, which could have earned Weston one of either a $20 gift card for Tim Hortons, a novelty toaster that grills an NHL team logo onto sliced bread, or a clock radio/mp3 player-USB-storage-key.
