Attorney General Kris Mayes announced that the Consumer Protection and Advocacy Section of the Arizona Attorney General’s Office has secured a consent judgment resolving the State’s consumer fraud investigation into Family Dollar Stores, LLC for inaccurately advertising the prices of items at their stores. In addition to paying $275,000 in civil penalties and $25,000 in attorneys’ fees, Family Dollar has agreed to injunctive terms to improve its pricing accuracy going forward, including dedicating additional employee hours to ensure correct pricing, spending an additional $300,000 internally to improve employee training and oversight, and promising consumers that Family Dollar will honor the advertised price if it is lower than what rings up at the register. “With grocery prices skyrocketing, it’s critical that Arizona consumers are not being charged more at the register than what they were promised in the aisle. Inaccurately advertising pricing is simply unacceptable. My office, along with Arizona Weights and Measures, will continue to hold businesses responsible for mispricing and protect Arizona consumers from false advertising." – AG Mayes