|
|
Article: Fred Meyer supermarkets accused of cheating on meat prices in Western states.
- Article from:
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- November 23, 2004
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
By Peter Lewis, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 23--In a lawsuit filed in Seattle yesterday, the Fred Meyer supermarket chain is accused of cheating consumers in five Western states, including Washington, by charging for the weight of packaging materials when it sets prices for meat products.
To individual consumers, the alleged loss amounts to pennies on the dollar per purchase; collectively, it adds up to more than $1 million per year in wrongful charges, the lawsuit asserts. It further alleges that Fred Meyer has allowed the illegal overcharging to go on for years, harming hundreds of thousands of consumers and ...