Grocery Stores Agree To Pay Nearly $4M To California For Overcharging Customers

( October 10, 2024, 11:47 AM EDT) -- SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — A California state court entered final judgment and a permanent injunction against three grocery store chains that agreed to pay nearly $4 million to settle claims brought against them by the state for violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and false advertising law (FAL) for “scanner violations,” in which a store charges customers higher prices at checkout than the store’s lowest advertised prices....