Fed-up shoppers submitted additional than 29,000 complaints concerning mislabeled prices, and regulators say the sequence knew and didn’t fix it.
By Jonathan Small | edited by Dan Bova | Oct 27, 2026
Dollar General is charging too much and now cash-strapped customers desire their dollars back. The Federal Trade Commission and 20 states sued the discount sequence on Monday, alleging it “repeatedly mislabeled prices,” so shoppers paid additional at the enroll than what was listed on rack tags and in ads, according to the Associated Press.
The complaint, submitted in national court in Tennessee, says the overcharges disbursal consumers millions of dollars and that the business unsuccessful to fix the problem notwithstanding “extensive company knowledge” of it. Customers submitted additional than 29,000 pricing complaints between January 2023 and March 2026, Scripps News reports.
“Dollar General has betrayed the trust of millions of American consumers,” says Christopher Mufarrige, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. States joining the lawsuit contain California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, anywhere the business is headquartered.
Dollar General did not immediately react to the AP’s petition for comment.
Dollar General is charging too much and now cash-strapped customers desire their dollars back. The Federal Trade Commission and 20 states sued the discount sequence on Monday, alleging it “repeatedly mislabeled prices,” so shoppers paid additional at the enroll than what was listed on rack tags and in ads, according to the Associated Press.
The complaint, submitted in national court in Tennessee, says the overcharges disbursal consumers millions of dollars and that the business unsuccessful to fix the problem notwithstanding “extensive company knowledge” of it. Customers submitted additional than 29,000 pricing complaints between January 2023 and March 2026, Scripps News reports.
“Dollar General has betrayed the trust of millions of American consumers,” says Christopher Mufarrige, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. States joining the lawsuit contain California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, anywhere the business is headquartered.
Dollar General did not immediately react to the AP’s petition for comment.
