Albertsons ordered to pay $4 million for overcharging California shoppers

Albertsons ordered to pay $4 million for overcharging California shoppers

Supermarket giant Albertsons and its Vons stores will pay nearly $4 million to settle complaints in California that they overcharged consumers through false advertising and unfair competition. At the heart of the complaints were faulty scales and scanners used to determine food prices in checkout lines. Prosecutors from the offices of district attorneys in Riverside,…