Oftentimes, people don’t really bother to verify the price of what they’re buying based on the weight, especially for raw food. One man from Georgia, however, begs to differ, especially if you’re buying your meat in Walmart. Lately, he has been cracking down on the supermarket chain and alleges that Walmart is still rampantly putting the incorrect weight on their packaged meat.
TikToker James Wrigg, reportedly from Commerce, Georgia, is the investigative shopper in question, and he posted his quick findings online around mid-January 2026. In the video, Wrigg checks a pack of chicken supposedly weighing 4.66 lbs based on the tag, and after weighing, it only came up to 2.37 lbs, though the price was for 4.66 lbs. Because of this, Wrigg declared, “They’re ripping people off! [Expletive] scam!”
Wrigg further clarifies that it’s the same for the other meat packages, implying the wrong weight was not a mistake or isolated case. Wrigg, who captioned his series, “Walmart a little heavy on the scale!” even went to other meat sections in Walmart and states, “Just pick anything out, look through it a little bit.” He then did the same for a chunk of ham, same results, the actual weight was lower.
After further and repeated investigations, Wrigg even brought up his complaints to Walmart’s management chain, and he claims, “It’s insane! They don’t care at this level– they should! They’re average people too,” after hearing their response. At the time of writing, however, Wrigg hasn’t posted the management response footage and is still editing it. Regardless, the angry Walmart shopper stands by his point and the results of his quick investigations.
Walmart Has a History of Mislabeling Weighted Goods
Sadly, it appears it’s not the first time Walmart was allegedly caught red-handed, supposedly inflating the prices of its goods. Back in 2024, the supermarket chain settled for $45 million in a lawsuit where they were accused of overcharging shoppers using weighted goods. It appears Walmart committed the same price inflation in the past, and it just so happens that meat prices are the easiest to manipulate based on weight. Still, Walmart denied the allegations despite settling.
“We still deny the allegations, however, we believe a settlement is in the best interest of both parties,” according to Walmart’s statement back in 2024. Commenters on Wrigg’s TikTok video have thus painted a rather dystopic image, “They already lost a $45M lawsuit for doing this… and they are still at it,” recalls a commenter. “Yep exactly why these little lawsuits don’t bother them. They make far more than they lose,” assumes another commenter.
Apparently, it’s not just limited to meat, as one alleged Walmart employee also spilled the beans, “I work at Walmart and know they do this. I weighed a 5 pound bag of potatoes and it weighed 3 pounds.” Hence, many viewers simply thought the better solution would be to “stop.supporting.walmart.” rather than fight again with another lawsuit, since many assume they’ll still just keep doing the price inflation, though that might be difficult for customers with no other options.
