Utah lawmakers have voted to stiffen penalties on retailers who chronically overcharge customers.
The new state law, which takes effect on 6 May, was introduced in direct response to a Guardian investigation of pricing practices at two national chains, Dollar General and Family Dollar, according to an official who oversees the state’s price-accuracy inspections.
Both dollar-store chains target cost-conscious families, yet their stores often post one price on the shelf and ring up a higher price at the register.
The investigation, published in December, found that Dollar General stores failed more than 4,300 government price-accuracy inspections in 23 states between 2022 and 2025. The smaller Family Dollar chain failed more than 2,100 price-accuracy inspections in 20 states during the same period.
start weighing ALL your food sold by the kg/lb… I bet you’ve been over paying for under weighted food for years now.
Related: According to my Dad, as of April 1, dollar stores are now one of the only places aside from Walmart that take food stamps/EBT for the state AND his health insurance programs.
What I hope to do here is spread awareness and encourage you to talk to people that use this social service. Tell them to submit complaints to the programs that dictate where they can get food if it’s this restrictive because you’re not getting fresh, nutritious produce from a dollar store, and those are often the only places around for rural folks.
Also you just know that these “partnered 3rd parties” are on that list because they get kickbacks, have lobbied, or know someone who is writing the policy.
Maybe this is a state-by-state thing, but all grocery stores and convenience stores in Texas accept EBT for approved (i.e., nonprepared) food. I’ve not been to a dollar store in a couple of years, but I seem to recall giant “we accept EBT” signs stuck to the windows.
