Utah lawmakers have voted to stiffen penalties on retailers who chronically overcharge customers.
The new state law, which takes effect on 6 May, was introduced in direct response to a Guardian investigation of pricing practices at two national chains, Dollar General and Family Dollar, according to an official who oversees the state’s price-accuracy inspections.
Both dollar-store chains target cost-conscious families, yet their stores often post one price on the shelf and ring up a higher price at the register.
The investigation, published in December, found that Dollar General stores failed more than 4,300 government price-accuracy inspections in 23 states between 2022 and 2025. The smaller Family Dollar chain failed more than 2,100 price-accuracy inspections in 20 states during the same period.
Maybe this is a state-by-state thing, but all grocery stores and convenience stores in Texas accept EBT for approved (i.e., nonprepared) food. I’ve not been to a dollar store in a couple of years, but I seem to recall giant “we accept EBT” signs stuck to the windows.
I found out this was my dad’s insurance that was preventing him from using his benefits at places like grocery stores and Target (not that the latter has much in the way of fresh produce outside of a bare minimum selection). They have made some recent policy changes on what can be purchased, apparently.