The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 20 states filed a lawsuit on Monday against Dollar General over alleged deceptive pricing practices.
The FTC and states claimed that Dollar General, over a period of years, had repeatedly mislabeled prices, overcharged consumers and failed to correct the issue despite corporate knowledge of the problem. Dollar General has disputed those claims.
Christopher Mufarrige, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a statement that “Dollar General has betrayed the trust of millions of American consumers and imposed significant financial harm on communities and consumers who are already struggling to make their paychecks last.”
“The FTC’s action underscores the agency’s commitment to lowering costs for consumers by stopping deceptive pricing practices that harm Americans,” Mufarrige added.
The complaint said that thousands of Dollar General stores have taken advantage of vulnerable shoppers by extracting millions of dollars in unlawful overcharges with insufficient safeguards to prevent the practice.
It added that the company has received tens of thousands of complaints from consumers across the country who said the company didn’t honor the advertised price, which suggests there has been widespread consumer harm to shoppers around the country.
States that joined the FTC lawsuit include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah and Wisconsin.
The company’s statement said that it was made aware of the FTC investigation in early February 2026 and that it “engaged cooperatively” with the FTC and made several company representatives available to provide sworn testimony on relatively short notice.
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