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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4meAndyou · F

Yes. I've done that. When you find errors like that, you are supposed to report the store to the bureau of weights and measures.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@4meAndyou thank you

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@4meAndyou I think I’ll buy some of the same from Aldi and Winco and see how they add up in weight. Then send an e-mail with the comparisons to Walmart and see what they say.

4meAndyou · F

@cherokeepatti Buy the store brand, because you can blame the cheating on the store.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@4meAndyou I would love to find a local independent consumer agency that would be willing to investigate the stores in this area and had scales that had been calibrated and accurate. Because these stores can twist it around and say that kitchen scales are not accurate. Their produce scales are supposed to be calibrated and every once in a while someone comes in to check to make sure. But the increments on ounces is harder to measure exactly than a smaller scale. If I had calibration weights and a digital kitchen scale it would be good.

4meAndyou · F

@cherokeepatti Try going to the post office and ask if they will weigh the box as a favor to you.