A man is calling out Walmart’s Great Value bacon after weighing two packages and finding what he claims is a major shortage. Viewers are calling this corporate theft.
On Aug. 11, James Wrigg (@james_wrigg) weighed the bacon out of the package in a viral video that has amassed over views as of Thursday. “I’m back testing the Great Value Bacon again,” he said.
Did The Package Of Great Value Bacon Weigh Less Than Advertised?
In the video, he revisited a test of Great Value bacon and weighed the contents himself. The package appeared to be labeled as one pound. After calibrating his scale, he removed the packaging and switched the measurement to ounces. One package weighed just 13.4 ounces, according to his scale.
“As we all know, 16 ounces is a pound,” he said. “13.4 ounces. Two and a half ounces underweight.”
The man also weighed individual bacon strips to determine how much product the shortage represented. One strip weighed about 0.8 ounces. “Let’s see how many strips were missing from that package,” he said.
After weighing several strips, he concluded that the missing bacon amounted to roughly three strips. He then argued that the shortage could add up significantly across multiple packages.
“So we’re talking about three strips of bacon,” he said. “Which means every seven to eight packages short equals a free 100% profit package.”
People Are Just As Upset
Overwhelmingly, viewers were outraged. “This is corporate theft,” wrote one user. “How can we hold them accountable?”
“We need a class action lawsuit,” added another.
“3 strips per package times thousands of packages!!!!” posited a third.
Is Great Value Violating FDA rules?
Federal rules require packaged foods to accurately declare their net quantity. For solid foods, manufacturers generally state the quantity by weight. The declared weight refers to the food itself, excluding packaging materials.
Bacon falls under USDA labeling rules because it is a meat product. USDA regulations require the net weight to appear on the package. NIST also publishes standards for checking packaged commodities and specifically notes that meat and poultry products follow USDA requirements.
That does not mean every package must weigh exactly 16 ounces. Regulations recognize unavoidable variations from weighing, measuring, and counting. NIST’s uniform packaging rules address permitted variations from declared quantities.
However, consistently selling packages substantially below their stated weight can become a regulatory issue. The FDA has guidance for enforcement involving inaccurate net-quantity declarations. Short-weighting is not merely hypothetical. In 2025, the FDA reported finding short-weighted frozen seafood in 10 of 28 samples. Those products were between 2.3% and 9.9% below their declared weights.
@james_wrigg GV Bacon FDA Violation #walmartfraud #shortweighting #scamalert ♬ original sound – Jimmy Wrigg / C.O.C.A
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