OBC MEAT & CHICKEN MUSINA: THE R4 PLASTIC BAG ******* – A DISGRACE TO SOUTH AFRICAN CONSUMERS!

Let me state this clearly and without compromise: your R4 plastic bag charge is not just *********—it is a blatant violation of fair business practices that demands immediate rectification. The numbers speak for themselves, and they expose your operation as nothing short of consumer exploitation.

According to verified industry data from the SA Plastics Federation (2023), the actual cost of a standard plastic carry bag ranges between 15-20 cents per unit. Yet, OBC Meat & Chicken Musina charges customers R4.00—a markup of 2,000% to 2,500%. This is not a reasonable fee; it is price gouging, plain and simple. If this were truly about environmental responsibility, you would offer paper alternatives, incentivize reusable bags, or at the very least, charge only what is necessary to recover costs. Instead, you disguise 'corporate greed' as policy, forcing customers to pay eight to twenty-six times more than what major retailers like Checkers, Pick n Pay, and Spar charge for the same—or better—bags.

What makes this even more egregious is that your pricing structure likely violates Section 48 of the Consumer Protection Act, which explicitly prohibits unfair and unreasonable pricing. By inflating the cost of a basic necessity at checkout, you are engaging in the same exploitative tactics that regulators have cracked down on in other industries. And let’s not pretend this is anything but profit-driven: at an estimated 500 bags sold per day, your daily revenue from this **** alone is R2,000, while your actual expense is a mere R100. That’s R1,900 in pure, unjustified profit every single day ,adding up to nearly R700,000 a year ****** from your customers’ pockets.

This is not a debate. These are cold, hard facts. You are running a predatory pricing scheme, and it ends now. We demand an immediate reduction of bag fees to no more than R1 at least, a full public accounting of where these profits have gone, and a formal apology for this deliberate consumer abuse. Fail to act, and the consequences will be severe: a National Consumer Commission complaint, a SARS investigation into potential price-fixing violations, and a class-action lawsuit for unjust enrichment.

The evidence is irrefutable. The choice is yours. Correct this theft, or face the legal and financial repercussions.