sanitation@lemmy.today to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWalmart math: Wrong price per ouncelemmy.todayimagemessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down11
arrow-up1143arrow-down1imageWalmart math: Wrong price per ouncelemmy.todaysanitation@lemmy.today to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square26linkfedilink
minus-squareBlackVenom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoHe did let Walmart and pepsi off with price fixing already though. https://www.forbes.com/sites/errolschweizer/2025/12/18/how-walmart-and-pepsico-rigged-prices-and-supercharged-food-inflation/
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoThat’s a related but separate issue. The OWM deals with accuracy in what’s being sold, specifically the price per unit weight. This is objectively inaccurately labeled, and not what the article you linked is about.
minus-squareBlackVenom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoSorry for not being specific about which type of price fixing; it matters greatly.
He did let Walmart and pepsi off with price fixing already though.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/errolschweizer/2025/12/18/how-walmart-and-pepsico-rigged-prices-and-supercharged-food-inflation/
That’s a related but separate issue. The OWM deals with accuracy in what’s being sold, specifically the price per unit weight. This is objectively inaccurately labeled, and not what the article you linked is about.
Sorry for not being specific about which type of price fixing; it matters greatly.