Discount grocery chain Smart & Final fined for pandemic price gouging
As panicked shoppers stocked up on grocery essentials during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the California-based discount grocery chain Smart & Final made them pay. The company engaged in price gouging on four premium egg products between March 4 and June 22, 2020, state Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said Tuesday as his office announced a settlement with the Commerce-based supermarket ...
by Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times
Apr 06, 2022
2 minutes
As panicked shoppers stocked up on grocery essentials during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the California-based discount grocery chain Smart & Final made them pay.
The company engaged in price gouging on four premium egg products between March 4 and June 22, 2020, state Atty. Gen. Rob
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