Walmart Is Getting Heat For Overpriced Meat Products - And It Could Face A Lawsuit - Tasting Table

"Walmart's slogan may be "Save Money, Live Better," but as a series of social media posts have revealed, the corporation has been overcharging shoppers for meat via rampant mislabelling. Customers have discovered that the weights listed on some of Walmart's meat packages are incorrect, and these weight discrepancies could indicate fraudulent overpricing and deceptive tactics to get customers to pay more for less food."

"In reality, a visibly-small store-bought ham labelled as weighing 4.98 pounds weighed in at 1.83 pounds for a total of $25 - more than double the actual price per-pound. The poster repeated the process with all of the hams, revealing that the weights were several pounds lighter than their labels indicated. Worse, JJ Buckner shared a Youtube video documenting all of @james_wrigg's visits to other Walmart locations, and the mislabelling issue appears to be chain-wide."

"In their YouTube video, JJ Buckner broke down the actual-versus-marked price discrepancies across multiple posts shared on TikTok, and found that Walmart was overcharging by roughly $7 to $15 per meat item - price differences which demonstrate a breach of federal law, per Cornell Law School's breakdown of 15 U.S. Code § 1453(a)(2). In other words, Walmart could be in deep water."

Social media users discovered widespread mislabelling of meat weights at Walmart, with package labels listing higher weights than actual measured weights. A viral TikTok showed a ham labeled 4.98 pounds that weighed 1.83 pounds, producing a $25 charge that more than doubled the actual price per pound. Multiple visits across Walmart locations recorded similar discrepancies, suggesting a chain-wide issue. Analysis of price differences found overcharging of roughly $7 to $15 per meat item. Those price discrepancies may violate federal law under 15 U.S.C. § 1453(a)(2), raising potential legal exposure for the retailer. Consumers expressed skepticism that Walmart will promptly remedy the problem.

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