Understand how the fruit coup works at Mercadão de São Paulo

Recently, the Municipal Market of São Paulo, better known as Mercadão, had about 10 stores fined after complaints of coercion to the responsible concessionaire, Mercado SP SPE SA In addition, consumers and visitors to the site even created a page on Instagram to report abuses committed by merchants, such as the fruit.

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About the punishments

Fines for those merchants who do not follow Mercadão's new internal rules can vary from 10% to 100% of the commercial space rental value. Thus, in case of recurrence, the lease contract is suspended and the shopkeeper may be evicted.

In a note released through the media, the Mercadão concessionaire said that any perceived abuse must be reported via the email address: [email protected].

Located in the heart of São Paulo, the Municipal Market is one of the most visited tourist attractions in the city of São Paulo. In addition, it is very popular for being the place where the famous mortadella sandwich is sold.

How to identify the fruit scam?

• The store does not provide any type of written indication of the value of the fruit sold;
• Feeling that the shopkeeper is coercing you to taste the fruit sold in order to get you to take the products;
• Seeing that the shopkeeper is selling the fruit by the gram instead of by the kilo, which can be confusing and make you pay more for the product;
• Note that the final amount was much more expensive than the price agreed before the payment time;
• Realize that the shopkeeper has placed more products than requested in the basket so that there is an increase in the purchase price;
• Note that the basket has several different fruits and weigh it under the price of the most expensive one.