�The city issued a call yesterday for �secret shoppers� who�d be willing to report overcharges and other violations at supermarkets via Twitter.

The Department of Consumer Affairs said information coming in would be compiled and treated as �enforcement tips.�

Inspectors would be dispatched to locations with a pattern of complaints. The agency asked the newly deputized shoppers to tweet reports of violations to @NYCDCA using the hashtag #nickeled&dimed.

Consumer Affairs Commissioner Jonathan Mintz is on the warpath against supermarkets, charging that their compliance rate with city regulations plummeted in the last round of inspections.

(Source: NY Post)