Consumer Affairs Going After Cheating NYC Supermarkets

The Department will double supermarket inspections this year in an effort to prevent consumers from being taken advantage of.

“If these fines are just the cost of doing the business, then we’re going to double that cost of business and see whether that gets supermarkets to invest in getting it right at the checkout counter,” he said.

Right now, supermarkets are getting away with overcharging customers due to lax efforts in stores to keep pricing in check, he said, and that’s about to end.