[UPDATE] Investigators Say Whole Foods Has Been Ripping Us Off More Than We Realized

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[UPDATE BELOW] Sticker shock has always been part of the shopping experience at the city's Whole Paycheck luxury stores, but now it turns out some of these prices may be illegal. An investigation by the city's Department of Consumer Affairs has uncovered some shady price tags at our fleet of Whole Foods stores that show customers have been overcharged for their already pricey pre-packaged goods. "DCA tested packages of 80 different types of pre-packaged products and found all of the products had packages with mislabeled weights," according to a DCA press release. And we were just starting to trust you, Whole Foods.
The investigation looked at products that are weighed and labeled and found a "systematic problem" whereby customers were routinely overcharged for things like nuts, snack foods, poultry and other grocery products. Eight packages of chicken tenders—priced at $9.99 per pound—were inaccurately priced and labeled to the tune of a $4.13 overcharge to the customer per package, a store profit of $33.04 for the set. DCA says one package was overpriced as much as $4.85. "Additionally, 89 percent of the packages tested did not meet the federal standard for the maximum amount that an individual package can deviate from the actual weight, which is set by the U.S. Department of Commerce."
A current Whole Foods employee, who spoke to us on condition of anonymity, says the issue is incompetence. He says the company was aware of the labeling issue but actually eliminated the job position responsible for checking price tags, sales signs and tare weights in a bid to save money.
"So they replace these people who actually know what the fuck they are doing by making the position a part time one with cheaper employees under the umbrella of a different department," the employee told us. Team leaders were instructed to take special care in advance of this DCA investigation going public. "Except [the part time employees] are still barely trained and have almost no idea what the fuck they are doing."

http://gothamist.com/2015/06/24/whole_foods_ripoff.php

[KamaAina]

1. Fine them their Whole Profits!

[Angry Dragon]

2. yuppie wal-mart