Dollar General Sued by FTC and 20 States Over Deceptive Pricing Practices
FTC and 20 states sue Dollar General for allegedly charging shoppers more than advertised prices at checkout, violating consumer protection laws.
POLICY WIRE — Washington, United States — The Federal Trade Commission and 20 states have filed a federal lawsuit against Dollar General, accusing the discount retailer of systematically charging customers higher prices at the register than what was advertised on store shelves.
According to the legal complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, the company has extracted millions of dollars from shoppers by repeatedly mislabeling products and failing to rectify pricing discrepancies.
Operating a massive network of more than 21,000 stores nationwide, the retailer allegedly continued these deceptive practices even after receiving tens of thousands of consumer complaints spanning multiple years.
Michigan and 19 other states joined forces with the FTC in the lawsuit, asserting violations of federal statutes including the FTC Act and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, alongside numerous individual state consumer protection laws.
In Michigan, authorities brought specific claims under the state Consumer Protection Act and the Michigan Shopping Reform and Modernization Act, which is commonly known as the Scanner Law.
Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson and 19 other state attorneys general signed onto the federal action, emphasizing that the nationwide retailer knowingly persisted in overcharging consumers and willfully neglected to fix the widespread checkout issues.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)
