Ohio Joins 19 Other States Suing Dollar General Over Shelf Prices
Attorney General Andy Wilson says the chain charged more at the register than its shelf tags showed. It's the state's second suit against the company over the issue since 2022.
Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson has joined 19 other states in a lawsuit accusing Dollar General of overcharging customers and refusing to fix deceptive pricing, WHIO reported Oct. 26.
The states say prices at Dollar General registers don't match the prices on store shelves, according to the report.
What the suit says
The lawsuit alleges the discount chain collected millions of dollars in unlawful overcharges at thousands of its stores because it failed to correct pricing problems, WHIO reported. It cites tens of thousands of consumer complaints nationwide that the company didn't honor advertised prices, which the states say shows Dollar General knew about the problem.
According to a state release cited by WHIO, the practices are alleged to violate the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act.
"The prices on store shelves are what customers should be paying," Wilson said, according to WHIO. "Dollar General has allowed the overcharges to continue at the expense of the very people who keep its lights on."
The other states in the suit are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah and Wisconsin, according to the report.
Not the first time
This is the second time in recent years Ohio has sued Dollar General over pricing, WHIO reported. The state sued in November 2022 over the same issue and reached a $1 million settlement with the company a year later.
The WHIO report did not include a response from Dollar General. The report did not say which court the new suit was filed in.