You’ll want to pay close attention to your store receipts. Two stores, one in Union County and one in Mecklenburg County, were caught overcharging customers at the register.
It happened at a Family Dollar in Pineville, and a Circle K in Indian Trail, according to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services this month.
The stores were fined by state inspectors after repeated price-scanning errors. The department conducted unannounced inspections of the price-scanner systems to check for accuracy. If a store has more than a 2% error rate on overcharges, inspectors conduct a more intensive follow-up…