Tennessee Based Dollar General Sued by FTC and 20 Other States

The Federal Trade Commission, joined by 20 states including Tennessee and Alabama, sued Dollar General Corporation for engaging in long-running deceptive pricing practices.

The Federal Trade Commission, joined by 20 states including Tennessee and Alabama, sued Dollar General Corporation for engaging in long-running deceptive pricing practices by routinely charging customers more at the register than the prices displayed on shelves, price tags and advertisements, costing consumers millions of dollars. In filing the3 complaint the FTC is alleging that Goodlettsville, TN based Dollar General has, for years, repeatedly mislabeled prices, overcharged consumers and failed to correct the issue despite extensive corporate knowledge of the problem. Despite being made aware of the problem, the complaint states that Dollar General has failed to implement policies and practices to adequately address the problem. +The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.