Safeway’s 2 Bad Habits: Overcharging, and Not Obeying the Courts

Date: Nov 03 2012

Filed under: Company News, Safeway, Retail, Consumer Ally

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Safeway (SWY) — North America’s second-largest supermarket chain, after Kroger (KR) — has already gotten into hot water for ripping off customers: The state of California, which has the highest concentration of Safeway stores in the country, has sued the company repeatedly since 2003 for overcharging shoppers. A recent court order demands that Safeway and its Vons stores give a customer an item for free if it’s under $5 and scans at the register for more than the lowest advertised price….

Safeway’s 2 Bad Habits: Overcharging, and Not Obeying the Courts originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-11-02T17:20:00Z.

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