my cheese is underweight!

Sublime_2

I would never have thought to weigh supermarket cheese, but think on principle would have wanted to complain in this instant, even though only a few pence worth of cheese.

Jolaaled

Sparklyfairy wrote: »

There MUST be a Department of Weights & Measures (at least there is in the US when I lived there) & if you complain to them, they should start an investigation. I'd def write a letter to Cathedral w. a digital pic of the scales with the cheese on it & the bag w. weight on it showing & send them an email. Find out the equivilant of the above organization here (there MUST be one) & let them know that you're prepared to escilate things further & get (uk version of dept of weights & measures involved) should they fail to respond in a timely manner, etc etc...That's what I'd do they can't just get away with it! Good luck & well done for being a consciencious consumer!

Have emailed Cathedral Cheddar on their website form. Have already got a 'holding' reply..and discovered that they are actually
Dairy Crest!

patchwork_cat

It looks like accuracy is not cathedral city's forte! How can this picture be this recipe? What is the green and where are the tomatoes? http://www.cathedralcity.co.uk/recipes/details.aspx?rid=24&mt=MainMeal Who else thinks the picture is spinach and ricotta canneloni?

lostinrates

OK....so,
inspired by this I weighed the contents of the 150 gram packet of pecans from which I needed 50g for dh's pudding tonight ...and there were just under 140g of nuts.

I sense a new hobby developing .....

edit: I don't mind things being a little out: they can't give me half a nut. And often they err to the generous side...I just want to know if the 15 grms here...20grams here averages in their or my favour!

AlwaysAllie

Wow - I'm going to be weighing everything tomorrow....fascinating :-) Let us know if you get a response!!

Sunnyday

:eek: Oh no - i`ve got the bug now :rotfl:

My 400g Lakeland cheddar weighs 410g
My 500g Sainsburys Taw valley red leicester weighs 498g and my 500g simple grated cheese from MrM weighs 511g

Hope that you get a decent reply from Dairy Crest Jolaalad. Good luck.

I think that you may have started a new craze amongst us

SD

candygirl

And I thought I had probs, bet you're really cheesed off tho:(:(

maryb

5% underweight is weigh out of line!

(sorry, couldn't resist) Seriously that is naughty. With modern production methods they can be pretty accurate. They probably check the total weight of a batch but that is not what the individual consumer is entitled to rely on

bananadog

:rotfl:Maybe it was low fat cheese! (sorry...couldn't resist that one!)

seraphina

You want Trading Standards -they look after Weights and Measures.