Walmart is facing criticism after a viral video claimed some of its packaged chicken breasts weigh less than the amount listed on the package. The man in the video says he is testing whether the amount of chicken matches the weight listed on the package.
According to the man in the video, the weight is what the package itself is, but it is not what the chicken alone weighs. He has weighed other packages separately, doing the chicken, then the container, then the absorbent pad, to see what they all weigh separately.
"Out of all the stores I have found them in so far, one store I weighed 21 packages and 11 of them were underweight up to a quarter ounce," he says in the video. The package in this video, according to him, is the "biggest short-weighted so far."
After he weighs things separately, the chicken is the last to go. The result? It is a pound and a quarter short of what the package says it is supposed to be.
The video, as other videos from this account are, is stitched with another man reading about Walmart statistics, along with how much fraud is being committed and how much weight is being shorted per month.
Eventually there will need to be a class action lawsuit against Walmart for shorting product weights
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) August 20, 2026
Out of 21 packs of chicken weighed, 11 are short
One of the packs is marked 5.5 pounds but only contains 4.2 pounds, that’s 24% short
When 52% of packages of chicken being… pic.twitter.com/rWI2nF06RG
Those in the comments weighed in
"Moisture loss is common in packaged meat. The real issue is whether the stated net weight accounts for that. What's the allowable variance?" queried one user, accounting for something that the man in either video did not.
Others were not buying into the idea of a class-action lawsuit, which would yield very little payout to the average consumer. Though Walmart continues to pay its fines, a lawsuit would more than likely mean little for them given how much business they get.
"Yes a class action lawsuit where everyone gets a check for $4. There needs to be a better way. How about they reduce the price of chicken for 2 years or something," wrote one X commenter.
"A class action lawsuit? This is flat out fraud and it crosses state lines. The federal government needs to fix this and not just with Walmart," said another X user.
The discussion also raised questions about whether existing penalties are sufficient to deter companies from selling products that allegedly fall short of their listed weights. Others argued that stronger measures may be necessary to address the issue.
The Daily Dot was unable to independently verify the measurements shown in the video or determine whether the alleged discrepancies reflect a broader issue with Walmart's packaged chicken. Walmart did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
