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Sadik Hossain

Dollar General is under fire after a man’s on-camera weight test of their store brand products sparked calls for lawsuits

A TikTok video by user Jimmy Wrigg (@james_wrigg) has gone viral after showing that Dollar General’s Clover Valley powdered sugar bags weigh much less than the 2 pounds stated on the label. The video has already received over 170,000 views and has sparked anger among shoppers over what many are calling false advertising.

In the video, Wrigg goes inside a Dollar General store to investigate the store’s generic Clover Valley brand powdered sugar. He first shows his digital scale working correctly, then weighs several bags of the powdered sugar, all of which are clearly labeled as 2 pounds.

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