CBC News reports that Loblaws has over-charged customers for meats by including the packaging in the weight for which they pay.
A woman in Manitoba sicked the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Loblaws and determined that it had gone on for years.
But the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has levied no fines and has been satisfied when Loblaws and other retailers promised to fix the problems.
CBC did its own checking late last year and found Loblaws, Sobeys and Walmart all included packaging weights in the price of meats, typically increasing costs by four to 11 per cent.
And CBC found a retired Canadian Food Inspection Agency employee who said she knows the practice went on for decades.
Lawyer and consumer advocate Daniel Tsai told CBC News that even a small weight discrepancy could amount to big profits for grocers over time.
