Ohio’s state attorney general is suing Dollar General over allegations that it listed false prices for products on shelves and charged customers greater than advertised on the register.
The lawsuit cites complaints from 12 county inspections between March 2021 and August, which found that Dollar General stores had been tricking customers into paying more for his or her products than they thought.
Depending on the shop, between 16% and 88% of tested items were found to be listed as cheaper on the shelf than they were at checkout, in keeping with the suit. State law gives stores a maximum 2% legal margin between the listed and actual price.
Last month, an inspection performed by Butler County found that 20 stores within the county had listed false prices, in keeping with the suit.
Dollar General first launched into Ohio in 2015 and now operates 943 stores statewide.NurPhoto via Getty Images
“Ohioans can ill-afford businesses that draw people in with the promise of low prices only to deceive them on the checkout counter,” Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said in a press release.
“This looks like an organization attempting to make an additional buck and hoping nobody will notice. We’ve not only noticed but are taking motion to stop it.”
Yost said the violation is very egregious amid the rising cost of living, saying, “all the things we buy as of late costs more.”
“This looks like an organization attempting to make an additional buck and hoping nobody will notice. We’ve not only noticed but are taking motion to stop it,” said Ohio AG Dave Yost.Bloomberg via Getty Images
Yost is in search of a $25,000 high-quality for every store that participated in deceitful pricing, and for the Tennessee-based company to pay the damages to all customers who were deceived. He can be in search of an injunction that will bar Dollar General Corp. from doing any business in Ohio until all debts are paid.
Dollar General first launched into Ohio in 2015 and now operates 943 stores statewide.
The corporate has not responded to The Post’s request for comment.
