At some locations, about 88% of items turned out to be more expensive at checkout.
In other words, the prices charged at checkout were in most cases higher than those listed on shelves. In some inspected locations, around 88% of items turned out to be more expensive at checkout than the originally listed price. Now, the discount goods behemoth with more than 18,000 stores nationwide is"This is a serious problem," Butler County Auditor Roger Reynolds said in a.
More specifically, here are a few examples of the price inconsistencies noted during the audit. A Dollar General store in Oxford, Ohio, listed a six-pack of Diet Coke for $4 on the shelf, but the sodas scanned for $5.25 at checkout. Another Dollar General in Hamilton, Ohio, promoted Perdue Chicken Strips for $7.95 yet charged $10.75, and displayed Nestle Coffee Mate creamers at a shelf price of $2 but charged $4.35 at the cash register.
"That is dishonest—as the shelf price may say two boxes of cereal for $6.00 but when I get to the register it's $7.00 or higher," Mr. Anderson continued in his letter."Can't they use the price on the shelf—or at least change them every week?" This isn't Dollar General's first encounter with a pricing problem. The publicly traded company reached a $1.75 million settlement with the state of Vermont after the state's Attorney General concluded Dollar General had violated the Consumer Protection Act. Prior to that ruling, the state of Vermont had notified Dollar General at least 50 times that prices listed on local shelves were lower than the amounts charged at checkout.
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