Greengrocers selling fruit & veg in bowls. Is it a scam?

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With all the talk of weights and measures today, possibly going imperial as well as metric, I've been thinking about greengrocers. They always used to sell by weight, but many now sell by the bowl.
I feel that this must work heavily in favour of the greengrocers otherwise so many wouldn't have turned to this method.
Has anybody worked out how disadvantageous this method is to the consumer rather than the old-fashioned weight method? Also, could this actually be illegal under the weights and measures legislation?
I feel that this must work heavily in favour of the greengrocers otherwise so many wouldn't have turned to this method.
Has anybody worked out how disadvantageous this method is to the consumer rather than the old-fashioned weight method? Also, could this actually be illegal under the weights and measures legislation?
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What I have noticed is that the size of the content has been shrinking.
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It doesn't matter if dave on the next stall will sell you a pound of peppers for a quid instead of a bowl of 4 for a quid that you bought.
As for the whole imperial vs metric - I think someone should just make up the country's collective mind and do one or the other. It's less confusing and doesn't take long to get used to it if the change is completely to metric.
2023 £1 a day £54.26/365