{"id":71882,"date":"2026-04-16T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/utah-passes-new-law-to-combat-overcharges-at-dollar-stores-after-guardian-investigation\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T08:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:00:13","slug":"utah-passes-new-law-to-combat-overcharges-at-dollar-stores-after-guardian-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/utah-passes-new-law-to-combat-overcharges-at-dollar-stores-after-guardian-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah passes new law to combat overcharges at dollar stores after Guardian investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Investigation of Family Dollar and Dollar General prompts lawmakers to double penalties for retailers that repeatedly charge more at checkout than prices listed on shelves<\/p>\n<p>Utah lawmakers have voted to stiffen penalties on retailers who chronically overcharge customers.<\/p>\n<p>The new state law, which takes effect on 6 May, was introduced in direct response to a Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/03\/customers-pay-more-rising-dollar-store-costs\">investigation<\/a> of pricing practices at two national chains, Dollar General and Family Dollar, according to an official who oversees the state\u2019s price-accuracy inspections.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/16\/dollar-stores-overcharge-customers-utah-law-penalty\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investigation of Family Dollar and Dollar General prompts lawmakers to double penalties for retailers that repeatedly charge more at checkout than prices listed on shelves Utah lawmakers have voted to stiffen penalties on retailers who chronically overcharge customers. The new state law, which takes effect on 6 May, was introduced in direct response to a &#8230; <a title=\"Utah passes new law to combat overcharges at dollar stores after Guardian investigation\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/utah-passes-new-law-to-combat-overcharges-at-dollar-stores-after-guardian-investigation\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Utah passes new law to combat overcharges at dollar stores after Guardian investigation\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71882\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}