I am finally getting around to recording a Wal Mart practice that is clearly meant to be misleading.
If you look at the seafood freezer you will see their frozen shrimp. Shrimp is graded by size– the number per pound–so you might see a package of say–41-50/lb.–.
At most grocery stores, the packages will contain a pound of shrimp, or perhaps multiple pounds.
However—
WalMart packages have the size of the shrimp, and since you see the “per pound” label, you would also assume that that the package contains a pound, but I noticed that the package sizes are usually 12 oz. , sometimes 14.
Clearly misleading. I avoid buying shrimp there whenever I can, and I have changed my shopping practices. I do not buy exclusively from local grocers (their big chains, too), but I do buy as much as I can, and I do buy from Checker’s, the one local grocer (or at least the smallest chain) whenever I can.