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Whole foods accused of selling foods like kebabs as pieces instead of by the lb
Posted on 6/25/14 at 10:27 am
Posted on 6/25/14 at 10:27 am
Saw this thread on the OT about Whole Foods being fined but I wanted to dig further into this so I thought it would be more fitting to ask on the food board.
This part I found specifically interesting
Why is that a law?
This part I found specifically interesting
quote:
In addition, the grocer sold prepared foods like kebabs by the item rather than by the pound as mandated by law.
Why is that a law?
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Posted on 6/25/14 at 10:33 am to Hat Tricks
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Why is that a law?
Because California.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 10:34 am to Hat Tricks
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Why is that a law?
Because of big gov. statists that want to take care of you from the cradle to the grave, all the while skimming a little for themselves off the top.
That's why.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 10:41 am to ruzil
quote:can you expand upon this. i mean, can you just connect a few more dots. i really want to understand the ramifications of how the kebabs are priced either way
Because of big gov. statists that want to take care of you from the cradle to the grave, all the while skimming a little for themselves off the top.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 10:42 am to ruzil
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Because of big gov. statists that want to take care of you from the cradle to the grave, all the while skimming a little for themselves off the top.
That's why
I don't doubt that but what is their actual reasoning for having this law?
Posted on 6/25/14 at 11:38 am to Hat Tricks
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News Release: This Friday: Skewer the savings with Whole Foods Market®’s meat and seafood kabob one-day sale Sale: All made-in-house meat and seafood kabobs Date: Friday, June 20, 2014 Price: $6.99/lb. (an estimated savings of at least $3/lb). - See more at: https://media.wholefoodsmarket.com/news/this-friday-skewer-the-savings-with-whole-foods-markets-meat-and-seafood-ka#sthash.hGAmKIwZ.dpuf
From Whole Foods
MY belief is that they probably stated a price per pound on the labeling, or a weight content on the package. To sell you less that the weight stipulated or at a price higher than the price per pound with the weight in the package, they violated labeling laws.
They could sell the product by the piece (as a hamburger or chicken tender is priced) and it would be fine. My belief is that they gave the impression of $6.98/per pound, when the $6.98 package did not contain a full pound.
That is why a "Bakers Dozen" of rolls is 13. Way back when the King would take off the head of a baker who advertised a dozen rolls and gave you 11.
In our time, the example is the butcher with a thumb on the scales.
Whole Foods evidently "had their thumb on the scale".
Posted on 6/25/14 at 11:46 am to skygod123
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can you expand upon this. i mean, can you just connect a few more dots. i really want to understand the ramifications of how the kebabs are priced either way
Same as buying meat by the pound: not all kebabs are made equally, so it's a lot more fair to the customer to sell them by the pound instead of by quantity.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 12:00 pm to OFWHAP
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so it's a lot more fair to the customer to sell them by the pound instead of by quantity.
Is the consumer required to purchase a kebab at a per piece price if he or she feels the price is too high? I just don't see the need for such a law. Oh well.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 12:03 pm to MeridianDog
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MeridianDog
Long time no see....
Posted on 6/25/14 at 12:13 pm to OFWHAP
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Same as buying meat by the pound: not all kebabs are made equally, so it's a lot more fair to the customer to sell them by the pound instead of by quantity.
I suspect this is the reason, but for every shopper who gets screwed by having a slightly-smaller-than-average kebab, some other shopper gets a slightly-larger-than-average kebab. In the long run it'd even out. I just don't see how this is harmful unless they are systematically overcharging somehow.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 12:17 pm to Hat Tricks
quote:which is where ruzil's response comes in...
Is the consumer required to purchase a kebab at a per piece price if he or she feels the price is too high? I just don't see the need for such a law. Oh well.
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