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Do You Weigh Food Products To Make Sure The Package Weight Is Accurate?

I read a post on another website. A woman said she bought pasta and brought it home and weighed it….said the package weight was 16 ounces and she weighed it on her scales and it said 11.5 ounces and that included the box. I bought two packages of Good Value brand macaroni from Walmart and weighed each box just now. Poured the macaroni out and the boxes weigh 1.5 ounces each, the macaroni weighed 13.5 ounces….they slighted me 2 ounces of product on each box. It’s getting time to do some online store and product reviews. And like the lady on that other site said, she’s bringing her scales to the stores and weighing things. And I will e-mail the corporate office and post these findings on websites. Maybe a consumer group will investigate. The price of groceries have increased and now they are cheating on weight.
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Gusman · 61-69, M
Check what is written on the box - Net weight means product plus the weight of the box.
There are huge fines here if companies are knowningly dudding the consumer.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@Gusman They’ll get an e-mail anyway. This is ridiculous. That lady definitely got shorted. It was 11.5 ounces including the box and I got shorted a half-ounce. It adds up, the cheapskates.
Gusman · 61-69, M
@cherokeepatti
Take affirmative action depending on the reply you receive from the product manufacture/supplier.
E-mail the regulatory body.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@Gusman This is what I found….
They are shorting people deliberately and are not supposed to be doing this.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@Gusman Am not going to accept what the product manufacture says, they can start making things right for everyone.
Gusman · 61-69, M
@cherokeepatti Buy another box, do not open.
Just in case the product is removed once you make initial contact. Who were you planning to send your e-mail to?
Contact the regulatory body and ask them to investigate.
Only by doing this can something be done about the company.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@Gusman I believe if Walmart gets enough e-mails they’ll stop this crap. They don’t like lawsuits or negative e-mails. And it may not even be just their line of products, it could be an entire industry doing it.
Carissimi · F
Net weight should just be the weight of the product. @Gusman