“Whole Foods will pay about $800,000 in penalties and fees after an investigation found the grocery retailer was overcharging customers in California.
“State and local inspectors discovered that purchased foods weighed less than the label advertised and the weight of salad bar containers wasn’t subtracted at checkout, prosecutors said. In addition, the grocer sold prepared foods like kebabs by the item rather than by the pound as mandated by law.
“The pricing discrepancies violated consumer protection laws regarding false advertising and unfair competition, prosecutors said.”*
Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur), Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/AnaKasparian), Jimmy Dore (TYTComedy, The Jimmy Dore Show) and John Iadarola (http://www.twitter.com/jiadarola. TYT University) break it down.
* Read more here from http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2014-06-24/whole-foods-to-pay-800-000-in-overpricing-case