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Three Tech Solutions to Help Quickly Resolve Confederate Flag —and Other Product — Controversies
While the Confederate flag has been an increasing source of controversy in recent years, retailers have long sold items featuring its image with no major outcry. But following the tragic shooting in Charleston, consumer sentiment against the “Stars and Bars” intensified to a degree that made selling Confederate flag-themed merchandise unacceptable to a large portion of the public within a few days.
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Whole Foods Market overcharging customers?
New York -- An investigation of Whole Foods Market stores in New York City has found systemic overcharging of its customers for prepackaged food.
The city's Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) said some Whole Foods stores routinely overstated the weights of its pre-packaged products – including meats, dairy and baked goods – resulting in customers being overcharged. DCA tested packages of 80 different types of pre-packaged products and found all of the products had packages with mislabeled weights.

