Let me start off by saying that I was real hesitant to post this, but after thinking about it for a couple of days, it really aggravated me and thought others should know, especially with the price of beef so high.
This past Monday, the zoo wanted smash burgers so I said no problem. Took some burger out of the freezer Sunday and realized I didn't have enough of my home ground burger and no time to grind any, so I asked Sheila to grab a couple of pounds of ground chuck to supplement what I had. Monday, she went to Walmart to grab that and the other things we needed.
Maybe I'm a little OCD, but I always weigh out my burger and press into patties. The store bought would be 4 oz. burgers. Weighed out the first pack and the last burger wasn't 4 oz. Reweighed the other burgers and they were all exactly 4 oz. I set them all on my scale and...
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So I weighed the second tube unopened...
And this includes the wrapper which in my state is not allowed.
I thawed out a brisket and a chuck roast I had in the freezer and today I resupplied my stockpile. I got to thinking about my scale's accuracy so to sorta verify their accuracy, I weighed a portion of my home ground burger on 2 different scales I have. Accurate or not, pretty consistent...
Ok I get it, it's only .2 of an ounce and maybe that's within their tolerances, but let the buying public know that. It is not written on the label anywhere and just think about the thousands and thousands of pounds of burger they sell and how much money they would make. By the way, this burger is a Cargill product.
When I worked in the meat department at Winn Dixie way back in the day, we could only charge for what was in the package and not the packaging. Our Department of Agriculture checked us often to verify the accuracy of our scales and the weight of what we were selling.
As a side note, I vacuum seal my burger in 18 oz. packs as well as 16 oz. packs. Works good for 6 oz. or 4 oz. burgers...
This past Monday, the zoo wanted smash burgers so I said no problem. Took some burger out of the freezer Sunday and realized I didn't have enough of my home ground burger and no time to grind any, so I asked Sheila to grab a couple of pounds of ground chuck to supplement what I had. Monday, she went to Walmart to grab that and the other things we needed.
Maybe I'm a little OCD, but I always weigh out my burger and press into patties. The store bought would be 4 oz. burgers. Weighed out the first pack and the last burger wasn't 4 oz. Reweighed the other burgers and they were all exactly 4 oz. I set them all on my scale and...
So I weighed the second tube unopened...
And this includes the wrapper which in my state is not allowed.
I thawed out a brisket and a chuck roast I had in the freezer and today I resupplied my stockpile. I got to thinking about my scale's accuracy so to sorta verify their accuracy, I weighed a portion of my home ground burger on 2 different scales I have. Accurate or not, pretty consistent...
Ok I get it, it's only .2 of an ounce and maybe that's within their tolerances, but let the buying public know that. It is not written on the label anywhere and just think about the thousands and thousands of pounds of burger they sell and how much money they would make. By the way, this burger is a Cargill product.
When I worked in the meat department at Winn Dixie way back in the day, we could only charge for what was in the package and not the packaging. Our Department of Agriculture checked us often to verify the accuracy of our scales and the weight of what we were selling.
As a side note, I vacuum seal my burger in 18 oz. packs as well as 16 oz. packs. Works good for 6 oz. or 4 oz. burgers...
