Walmart's check-out machines have allegedly been inflating the weight of groceries. The corporate giant is settling a class-action lawsuit accusing them of overcharging for food. The suit claims they inflate food weight, mislabel produce, and more.
Walmart is settling for $45 million. "The lawsuit alleged Walmart falsely inflated the weight of certain grocery items, mislabelled the weight of bagged produce and overcharged for sold-by-weight clearance products, thereby forcing customers to pay more for them than their lowest advertised price." just-food.com/newsletters/wa…
@MorePerfectUS Walmart also has the lowest prices of any grocer in the country, so there is that.
@MorePerfectUS Well that’s weird. My produce always seems to weigh as much as the packet of yeast I buy.
@MorePerfectUS Min wage Costco: $16 Walmart: $11 Average pay Costco: $24 Walmart: $15 Employees on food stamps (subsidized by you) Costco: Virtually none Walmart: More than any other company Founder net worth Costco: not a billionaire Walmart: $220+ billion; up $30 billion in the pandemic
@MorePerfectUS Can’t download the tiktok but this lady went to Walmart, sticker says chicken is 4.78 lbs (which should be tare w/o packaging), but she weighs it w/ packaging and it’s TOTAL 2.22 lb. Should be 4.78 + packaging weight. She repeats for a 2nd package too tiktok.com/t/ZTLfs113C/
@MorePerfectUS But of course!! You have some LLM's now embedded in those check-out machines, going, "Hmmmm -- IDK, looks heavier to me! I'll have a talk with the embedded weighing sensor processor after work, and straighten him (or her) out..."
@MorePerfectUS I had to remind a cashier to remove her hand from the scale when weighing my bananas.
@MorePerfectUS @evan7257 All the way to the chest of drawers OK did you win? No I don't think so. I'm very relieved to tell me that you were looking at your crocs.Please @- Lola So has zPZ a
@MorePerfectUS Attention Walmart shoppers. Fill out this form. You will all receive a check for $19.95, your share of the settlement. Oh and BTW, Walmart will raise prices to cover the costs.