Overview
- The Federal Trade Commission filed the complaint on Monday with 20 state attorneys general in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, seeking permanent injunctions, monetary remedies, and other relief.
- The suit alleges Dollar General repeatedly charged higher prices at checkout than those shown on shelves, tags, circulars, and online listings and that the practice persisted despite tens of thousands of consumer complaints.
- FTC undercover buys and state inspections are cited in the complaint as evidence that many purchases rang up above advertised prices, and agency filings say the company received nearly 30,000 complaints between January 2023 and March 2026.
- Dollar General denies willful wrongdoing, says it aims for 100 percent price accuracy, supplied investigators with documents during the probe, and says it will vigorously defend the case.
- The case follows prior settlements and penalties over pricing errors totaling more than $6 million and a recent $8.5 million class-action settlement, and regulators say the alleged conduct disproportionately harmed low- and fixed-income shoppers in rural communities.