NEW YORK– The Federal Trade Commission has sued bargain chain Dollar General for what it called “long-standing deceptive pricing practices” by charging customers higher prices once they get to the checkout than the prices displayed on shelves and in advertisements.
Twenty states joined the suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. He said Dollar General failed to correct the problem, despite what he said was “the company’s extensive knowledge of the problem.”
“Dollar General betrayed the trust of millions of American consumers and imposed significant financial harm on communities and consumers already struggling to make paychecks last,” wrote Christopher Mufarrige, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.
Dollar General, based in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, just outside Nashville, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press.
The states joining the FTC’s lawsuit are: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah and Wisconsin, according to the FTC.
Americans are frustrated by rising prices, but also by what they perceive as new methods restaurant chains and large retailers are using to set prices, including the use of artificial intelligence tools.
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