Posted on 08/09/2026 10:43:04 AM PDT by econjack
I bought a package of boneless chicken breasts from Kroger with a label weight of 4.94lb at $2.28/lb, or $11.26 total. When I got home, I weight the package, which includes the packaging and diaper, and it weight 3.84lb, more than a pound under weight including the packaging. I took it back for a refund and this is where it gets interesting.
The service manager, who was very nice to me, said that she couldn't take the package back because it left the store and asked what I was willing to take to keep the package. She then offered to refund me $8, which I accepted. So I got 3.84lb of chicken breast for $1.04/lb. Even more interesting, I said: "You need to tell the people in the meat department about this." She said: "Truthfully, we've been having some problems with them weighing the meat."
Moral: Weigh you meat to make sure you're getting what you paid for, or buy it at the counter.
Proverbs 16:11
Honest scales and balances belong to the Lord;
all the weights in the bag are of his making.
Just re-weight it like fruit at the checkout
Catch it right there
News wont report — too much ad dollars coming in
LOL
I agree....
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Just weigh your products on the scales in the produce department.
A meat department worker at Kroger used to be a union job that a man could support a family on. I know this because my dad was one.
Just another example of our ongoing crisis of competence where systems that used to function flawlessly are degrading. Soon we won't even be able to drink the tap water anymore.
Interesting. Thanks for posting.
I wouldn’t put meat from Kroger in my mouth. 😝
Ditto.
See 29.
Why you need to find a local butcher you can trust. Had one when we lived up in PA, went back every year to the same one to have a side of beef and a whole hog butchered. Better meat than you will ever find in the grocery store, and a heck of a lot cheaper that way too.
I just noticed a couple days ago that the produce department at our local “SuperOne” store in Hayden, ID (a regional chain) put old-fashioned spring scales out. The are on nice floor stands. I haven’t seen those in produce departments in years. Nice to see!
Thanks for tip about Kroger. I’ve never thought to check the package weight like that.
The pricing systems at Safeway are the absolute worst. There must be ten different schemes (member, “Just for You,” Friday specials, Wednesday flyers, Double Points, Quadruple Points, Buy One get One 50% off, Buy Two get One Free). More often than not, the Bar and QR codes do not scan properly in the app. You have to scan them to get your “Digital Coupon” to get the best price at checkout. Frequently the product just does not come up at all in their app. The whole insane digital thing is way overboard and drives me crazy. You never know if you are getting the best price at Safeway.
Walmart food shopping is a lot better because it is one price and done. None of the Safeway gimmicks. But selection is less and produce and meats seem to be slightly inferior.
Shopping for groceries at Costco is impossible unless you have a 10-member family or a HUGE freezer. But the simple pricing is a boon.
Yes. I used to get suet for bird cakes and puddings; the butcher in the supermarket would put it together for me and charge almost nothing. Now we’d have to drive very far to an actual butcher shop, but it would probably be worth it a couple of times a year.
The self-check-outs have scales by necessity. You can check the weight there to a more precise level than the produce scales.
Deuteronomy 25:13
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Proverbs 16:11
A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
Proverbs 20:23
Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.
Micah 6:11
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Walmart has also been caught under-weighing:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bFCQ2Nqqy5U
They also got caught selling Kentucky Ledged hams that were off by almost 50%. That led to a recall by the company.
I have the scale because a lot of the cooking I do requires pretty exact weights (e.g., baking recipes, roux, etc.).
Wow! 50%. You don’t need a scale for that discrepancy.
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