Seven retailers across North Carolina paid fines in the third quarter of 2025. State inspectors caught price-scanning errors that cost customers money. The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Standards Division issued penalties totaling $12,285 to locations throughout the state.
A Circle K at 4923 S. Tryon St. in Charlotte received the steepest penalty at $3,420. The store failed multiple inspections. Error rates at this location ranged from 6% to 13% on various item lots, and officials will return to reinspect.
Two Target stores faced fines. The Raleigh store at 4841 Grove Barton Road was fined $735 after inspectors found an 11% error rate — 11 overcharges on a 100-item lot in July. The next month, an inspector discovered a 4.67% error rate with 14 overcharges on a 300-item lot. By September, this location passed inspection…