The 580-gram chicken that weighs 470 at home
A 580g chicken that weighs 470g at home: a 19% shortfall that, multiplied by millions of customers, leaves Spanish supermarket chain Mercadona with a windfall.
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Mercadona's chicken weighs less than advertised: 580g on the label, 470g in reality
A customer buys a chicken labeled 580 grams, weighs it at home, and the scale reads 470. The difference, 110 grams, is not a rounding error. It is 19% less product. Multiplied by millions of trays, the savings for the chain are astronomical.
The same suspicion extends to liquids: a 1-liter bottle does not weigh a kilo on the produce scale, pointing to a systematic gap between what you pay for and what you take home.
The math is simple: if each customer loses 30 cents on average, Mercadona pockets a fortune through silent rounding. Not even VAT explains it.
A customer buys a chicken labeled 580 grams, weighs it at home, and the scale reads 470. The difference, 110 grams, is not a rounding error. It is 19% less product. Multiplied by millions of trays, the savings for the chain are astronomical.
The same suspicion extends to liquids: a 1-liter bottle does not weigh a kilo on the produce scale, pointing to a systematic gap between what you pay for and what you take home.
The math is simple: if each customer loses 30 cents on average, Mercadona pockets a fortune through silent rounding. Not even VAT explains it.
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