I like your comment, Lucky...  I like it a lot more than the woe-is-us comment from Loblaws.  "...hitting profit."  Gimme a break.  NOTHING, not government legislation (of any type), not workers (union or non), not overhead components (of any kind) will be allowed to impact profit.  The shareholders simply wouldn't stand for it.  That's what business is about.  

In fact, even top management salaries aren't sacrosanct...although it's a last-resort measure avoided "at (just about) all costs," so to speak.  If profit dip enough--goodbye top management.  And top management knows it.