Missouri AG Not Sold on Loyalty Program Pricing Practices

Remember when George Bush was lambasted for supposedly not knowing what a price scanner was?  Scanners now are ubiquitous.  But are you one of those people that watch as your items are scanned to make sure the price is accurate?  If not, maybe after reading this blog you will be.

Missouri Attorney General Koster recently sued a drug store chain alleging the company has been engaged in several unlawful practices that violate Missouri's Merchandising Practices Act.  The complaint focused on price scanner inaccuracies.  Many states have laws that put caps on the number of acceptable inadvertent variations there can be between a posted price on a store shelf or sign and the price charged for the item at check out.  Here the retailer allegedly "consistently and systematically displayed inaccurate sales tags, overcharged customers, failed to remove expired sales tags, and failed to consistently ensure the price charged is the same as the price advertised."  Prior to filing