Since 2024, Walmart has already settled 3 lawsuits for weight being mislabeled. Seems it must be more profitable to just pay the fine than be honest.

Lack of activity will make this thread be deleted. But it deserves to be up for awhile and read. I only heard about this recently and it seems this was getting posted in January but I never saw it anywhere until I stumbled on it.

If this is real....we're looking at serious fraud.

Redial,

Canada?

What is it taking so long to hit the news cycle in the US?

This is very serious.

Redial,

Chicken is one thing but the plastic around a ham doesn't weigh 2 lbs.

The weight of the packaging doesn't even work there with hams.

It looks plain and simple.

This has to be something employees knew about who worked in meat. It seems to be widespread.

To keep their jobs, they wouldn't blow the whistle.

I'm just amazed how much it was. Literally doubling the weight. It would still be outrageous if their defense was the weight of the package.

Is there collusion going on as well as fraud?

Redial,

Yes..tik tok.

Unless these videos are AI, the videos are evidence.

Redial,

It's hard to believe selling the packaging by weight to the customer is legal.

Not to mention, I don't buy the 5% you mentioned.

You need to watch some of the videos. One I saw a 3 pound difference in a packaged ham. There's no bloody pad and the plastic wrap certainly didn't weigh more than the ham.

You almost sound like you accept that explanation as acceptable instead of condemning it?

Everyone should be up in arms about this. It should be front page news. Why isn't it?

Why is Walmart doing this still after being fined already? It's almost like they just consider the fines as cost of doing business.

This certainly isn't a partisan news story. Who in their right mind would defend Walmart doing this?

Redial,

Actually...we're looking at it all wrong.

Packaged meat left in the wrapper is still showing considerably less weight put on scales than the label that's on the package.

That makes it even worse if you subtract the weight of the packaging and bloody pad and just look at how much actual meat you're getting.

Any other year this would be a big news story.

Redial,

Personally, I think someone is asleep at the switch and not doing their job.

Which regulatory agencies are responsible for catching this, and why isn't it being addressed?

Why does it keep happening until customers are the ones exposing it?

Chant,

I'm well aware of the controversy surrounding Walmart. It goes back for years.

They could create big purchasing contracts getting better pricing than smaller stores.

This put small stores out of business.

You sound naive crying about the big bad greedy store. All this is nothing new and part of capitalism.

But marking products wrong is not part of capitalism.

Chant,

Creating purchase contracts taking advantage of buying in bulk utilizing buying power is legal.

Marking a package as 4 pounds that only weighs 2 pounds is illegal.

It doesn't matter what Walmart thinks.