Herman Marmon knows 32 cents isn’t a lot of money, but it’s enough to teach a lesson in consumer rights.
Last month, the East Hanover man visited ShopRite in Livingston to purchase some items from the salad bar.
He filled one large plastic container and one smaller one, then he went to the cashier.
"The cashier stacked the small container on top of the large one and was going to ring it up," said Marmon, 75. "I stopped her and asked her to ring the containers up separately. She asked me why. I asked her if she ever heard about tare weight. I got a blank stare."
He said he asked the cashier again to weigh each container separately, and she did.
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