They're just one of the good things about living in New Zealand. But even they are not immune to the odd problem or two. As problems go it doesn't amount to a hill of (baked) beans in this crazy world, but a James Wood would like the scales to tip a little more in his favour. Three times in recent weeks the Wellington man has weighed the baked beans from Wattie's 420 gram cans, and has found the contents to be wanting. He set out his concerns in postings on Wattie's Facebook page. The company responded with an apology. Wood's first posting included a picture of an empty 420g can next to some scales on which there was a bowl of beans. The scales showed a weight of 386g. A Heinz Wattie's spokesman said it was "very rare" for cans to be underweight, and 386g would be "very significantly under-filled". "That's what we can't understand." In a second posting, Wood included video of himself weighing the contents of a can of beans. The footage showed Wood opening the can and emptying it into a bowl on the scales which had been zeroed. "This time it weighed a little more than last time. But still a lot under the 420g net shown on the tin," Wood said. While the weight reading is unclear on the footage shown on the Watties Facebook page, the original of the video shows a figure of 397g. I hope this isn't a widespread problem because if it says 420g on the tin, the customer should have a reasonable expectation that they will get at least that much. You can get into some serious trouble for selling short weight, which is why a lot of places tend to slightly overfill packages. So whatever may be causing him to receive less bean for his buck needs to be fixed, the sooner the better.
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