Ranar masoya ta kusa kusantowa, haka nan kuma ana ci gaba da neman kwalaye na cakulan Russell Stover da na Whitman's Sampler na gargajiya, waɗanda ake samu a ƙasa da $12 a Walgreens, CVS, Walmart, da Target.
Amma a wannan shekarar, masu siyayya na iya jin takaici idan suka buɗe manyan akwatunan ja ko ruwan hoda masu siffar zuciya, a cewar wani mai fafutukar kare masu sayayya. Wannan saboda marufi yana ɓatarwa, in ji Edgar Dworsky, tsohon mataimakin babban lauyan Massachusetts kuma editan ConsumerWorld.org.
Dvorsky ya ce bincikensa ya nuna cewa akwatunan da suka yi girma sosai na iya yaudarar masu saye su yi imani cewa suna da ƙarin cakulan alhali kuwa ba su da shi.
Masu sa ido kan masu amfani da kayayyaki sun kira wannan dabarar "mai sassautawa," kuma dokar tarayya ba ta yarda da hakan ba. Masu kula da kayayyaki suna tantance samuwar samfura da yawa ta hanyar kwatanta ƙarfin fakitin da adadin samfurin da ke cikinsa, in ji shi. Sannan suna tantance ko ƙarin sararin bai yi aiki yadda ya kamata ba kuma ba shi da wata manufa ta halal, kamar kariyar samfura.
Wannan ya bambanta da abin da ya faru na "ƙarewa daga farashi", wato tsarin marufi da ke faruwa lokacin da hauhawar farashi ya tashi sosai kuma farashin kamfanoni ya tashi. Don sarrafa waɗannan kuɗaɗen, kamfanoni suna tattara kayayyaki don su yi kama da ƙanana, masu sauƙi, kuma a ƙawata su da launuka marasa ado.
Kwanaki da suka wuce, Dworsky ya ce, wani mai karatu ya sanar da shi game da akwatin cakulan kuma ya aika masa da shaidar akwati da ke ɗauke da samfuran cakulan Whitman mai siffar zuciya.
Akwatin yana da faɗin inci 9.3, tsayin inci 10, kuma yana da nauyin oza 5.1. "Girmansa mai kyau ne," in ji Dvorsky. Amma lokacin da aka buɗe akwatin, akwai cakulan 11 a ciki.
Don haka Dvorsky ya sayi akwatuna da dama na Whitman na wannan shekarar ($7.99 kowanne) sannan ya cire dukkan kayan marufi da kuma kayan da ke ciki. "Sandunan cakulan suna ɗaukar kashi ɗaya bisa uku na akwatin."
Dvorsky ba ta da wata shaida da ke nuna cewa kamfanin yana adana kuɗi akan cakulan idan aka kwatanta da shekarun baya. Amma CNN ta gano wani akwati na cakulan Russell Stover mai siffar zuciya wanda ranar karewa ta kasance 10 ga Yuni, 2006, wanda ɗaya daga cikin ma'aikatanmu ya ajiye a matsayin abin tunawa, kuma girmansa iri ɗaya ne: faɗin inci 9 da tsayin inci 10.
Dvorsky ya kuma sami wani mashayar cakulan Russell Stover mai siffar zuciya mai nauyin oza 5.1 wanda ke ɗauke da sanduna tara. "Ya ninka akwatin Russell Stover mai nauyin oza 4 na bakwai," in ji shi.
"Ka yi tunanin ka karɓi babban akwati. Idan ka ba wa ƙaunataccenka don Ranar Masoya, za su yi tunanin babban akwatin cakulan ne, amma a zahiri tara ne kawai," in ji shi. "Abin takaici ne."
Duk samfuran biyu sun nuna nauyin da kuma kimanin adadin alewa da ke cikin marufin. Lindt & Sprüngli, kamfanin cakulan na Switzerland wanda ya mallaki samfuran Russell Stover, Whitman's da Ghirardelli, ya aika da buƙatar yin tsokaci ga Russell Stover Chocolates.
Russell Stover Chocolates ya bayyana cewa "yana iya bayyana wa abokan cinikinmu abin da ke cikin marufinmu."
"Wannan ya haɗa da rarraba nauyin kayayyakin da kuma adadin cakulan da ke cikin dukkan akwatunan Ranar Masoya," in ji Patrick Khattak, mataimakin shugaban tallan kamfanin, a cikin wani imel da ya aika wa CNN Business.
A baya, masu kula da harkokin kuɗi sun gurfanar da masu yin cakulan a gaban kuliya bisa zargin cewa sun yi amfani da marufi na bogi. A shekarar 2019, Lauyan Gundumar California ya shigar da ƙara a kan Russell Stover da Ghirardelli, yana zargin cewa sun yi amfani da ƙananan kwalaben ƙarya da wasu yaudara a cikin wasu akwatuna da jakunkunan cakulan don sanya fakitin ya yi kama da cikakke fiye da yadda yake a zahiri.
Lauyoyin gundumar, ciki har da Lauyan Gundumar Santa Cruz, sun sasanta shari'ar kuma kamfanonin sun biya tarar dala $750,000, ba tare da sun amince da aikata wani laifi ba amma sun yarda su canza takardar.
Mataimakin Lauyan Gundumar Santa Cruz Edward Brown ya ce yana binciken misalan da suka faru kwanan nan na yiwuwar yin amfani da marufi na jabu da kamfanonin biyu suka yi. Ya ce Dvorsky ya tambaye shi game da rahoton da ya fi shahara game da kwalayen cakulan na Russell Stover da Whitman.
"Abin takaici, har yanzu haka lamarin yake. Hakan kuma abin takaici ne," in ji Brown ga CNN. "Za mu binciki ko waɗannan kamfanonin sun yi amfani da duk wani keɓancewa ga doka. Tun bayan shari'armu a shekarar 2019, an ƙara keɓancewa da yawa waɗanda ke lalata ƙa'idodi."
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