The Tesco Baked Bean Theft

tagz

Some might think I'm being petty but Tesco aren't giving me the correct amount of beans in my tin. I'm on a diet, so have taken to weighing everything out, and a 420g tin of beans only contains 408g. The tin itself weighs 70g and I measured 2 lots of 204g so where is the other 12g, who has stolen it? I've weighed six tins (the kids love them honest!) and they all weigh exactly 478g.

Are they allowed to state the contents are one weight but consistently filled it with a lighter one? Think of all the 12grams they have 'saved'.

wallbash

I'm on a diet,

And you are getting less beans .... seems like good old Tesco are giving you a hand.

ses6jwg

tagz wrote: »

Some might think I'm being petty but Tesco aren't giving me the correct amount of beans in my tin. I'm on a diet, so have taken to weighing everything out, and a 420g tin of beans only contains 408g. The tin itself weighs 70g and I measured 2 lots of 204g so where is the other 12g, who has stolen it? I've weighed six tins (the kids love them honest!) and they all weigh exactly 478g.

Are they allowed to state the contents are one weight but consistently filled it with a lighter one? Think of all the 12grams they have 'saved'.

Yep.

:money:

biscit

tagz wrote: »

Some might think I'm being petty but Tesco aren't giving me the correct amount of beans in my tin. I'm on a diet, so have taken to weighing everything out, and a 420g tin of beans only contains 408g. The tin itself weighs 70g and I measured 2 lots of 204g so where is the other 12g, who has stolen it? I've weighed six tins (the kids love them honest!) and they all weigh exactly 478g.

Are they allowed to state the contents are one weight but consistently filled it with a lighter one? Think of all the 12grams they have 'saved'.

420g is the gross weight, including sauce, and maybe even the tin. It is possible that the other 12g made it home, but not into the scales.

ckerrd

Have you had your scales calibrated?

pitkin2020

Ask for a refund, it must be atleast .00004 of a penny on an 8 pence can of beans

tagz

biscit wrote: »

420g is the gross weight, including sauce, and maybe even the tin.

It's the weight of contents not including tin, but I know it includes the sauce.

ckerrd wrote: »

Have you had your scales calibrated?

Good point! I'll have to check them. They could mess up the diet!:rotfl:

tagz

pitkin2020 wrote: »

Ask for a refund, it must be atleast .00004 of a penny on an 8 pence can of beans

Oooooh I don't go for the cheap ones. They are all sauce and no beans!

raebhoop

Maybe it's a heavy mob from the smoke...or the !!!!!...
Sneakily opening the tins and purloining your beans.It could work out to be more profitable than drugs and prostitution.

The word the forum has automatically blanked is M.A.F.I.A.....Who the heck decided that was a No No word???

wuckfit

tagz wrote: »

Some might think I'm being petty but Tesco aren't giving me the correct amount of beans in my tin. I'm on a diet, so have taken to weighing everything out, and a 420g tin of beans only contains 408g. The tin itself weighs 70g and I measured 2 lots of 204g so where is the other 12g, who has stolen it? I've weighed six tins (the kids love them honest!) and they all weigh exactly 478g.

Are they allowed to state the contents are one weight but consistently filled it with a lighter one? Think of all the 12grams they have 'saved'.

Presumably you've got an up to date official Calibration Certification to prove that your scales are accurate prior to accusing Tesco of theft?

12 grams out of 420 is just under 3%. I'm not sure what the law states about error margins with packaged food, but I suspect that there's averages involved. The packaging plants will probably have to have regular calibration on their equipment as part of their procedures anyway.

have you weighed out how many beans make 12grams?

rsykes2000

raebhoop wrote: »

Maybe it's a heavy mob from the smoke...or the !!!!!...
Sneakily opening the tins and purloining your beans.It could work out to be more profitable than drugs and prostitution.

The word the forum has automatically blanked is M.A.F.I.A.....Who the heck decided that was a No No word???

Some spamming numpties regularly come on here and post a load of cobblers about google beng a puppet of the m.a.f.i.a.