More underweighted meat uncovered as big grocers hit with class action lawsuit [Video]

After Deborah Eakins read the recent CBC News investigation about Loblaw, Sobeys and Walmart grocery stores overcharging customers by selling underweighted meat, she weighed her ground beef.

To her surprise, the meat, bought at Sobeys-owned Pete’s Frootique in the Halifax area, appeared to have been weighed with the hard plastic packaging.

CBC News purchased three packages of ground beef from the same store and got the same results. The calculated overcharge was $1.23 — six per cent on the $21.29 bill.

Under federal regulations, posted net weights for packaged food — and prices based on that weight — can’t include the packaging. 

“It makes me angry,” said Eakins, who sent an online complaint to the store. “I really don’t like to think that I’m paying for packaging. Grocery prices have gotten horrendous over the last couple of years.”

CBC’s investigation has sparked anger among shoppers who are grappling with high food prices.