The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and 20 states sued Dollar General Corp. on Monday. on the grounds that the discounter routinely charged its customers more than the prices displayed on the shelves or in advertising.
Dollar General, which operates more than 21,000 stores, overcharged millions of dollars in violation of federal and state consumer protection laws, according to a suit filed in federal court in Tennessee. The price discrepancies from 2019 through March 2026 resulted in nearly 30,000 consumer complaints to the company and demonstrated “widespread and systemic pricing inaccuracies,” federal and state authorities said.
“Instead of ensuring that prices are accurate at checkout, Dollar General for years avoided implementing safeguards to prevent persistent overpricing, effectively shifting the burden of its own operational deficiencies onto the very communities and consumers who can least afford it,” the complaint says.
Dollar General did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Between 2019 and 2026, the company entered into seven false pricing settlements in six different states and paid penalties totaling $6 million, the complaint says.
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