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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Barry Yeoman

FTC and 20 states sue Dollar General, accusing bargain chain of overcharging customers

A shopper pushes a cart toward a Dollar General storefront under its yellow sign
A Dollar General store in Windsor, North Carolina. Photograph: Cornell Watson/The Guardian

The Federal Trade Commission and 20 states have sued Dollar General, the nation’s largest dollar-store chain, for persistently overcharging customers at its more than 20,000 stores across the United States.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Nashville, cites a Guardian investigation published last December.

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