Arkansas AG Announces $5.5M Settlement with Family Dollar over Rat Infestation
The settlement ends a 2022 consumer protection lawsuit after federal investigators found more than 3,400 rodents at the distribution center.
- On Thursday, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced a $5.5 million settlement with Family Dollar and Dollar Tree entities over a rat-infested distribution center in West Memphis.
- Investigations determined the West Memphis facility was overrun with rodents since at least 2020, prompting a 2022 recall that shuttered 404 stores across six states to remove contaminated products.
- Family Dollar will pay the state $3.9 million within 20 business days, with $1.6 million suspended due to the retailer's compliance with a federal plea agreement reached in February 2024.
- "Arkansans-- particularly those who rely on neighborhood discount stores for everyday essentials-- are entitled to products that are safe, lawfully sold, and honestly marketed," Griffin said.
- Following a $100 million overhaul completed in 2024, the distribution center reopened; meanwhile, Dollar Tree sold Family Dollar and its approximately 7,100 stores to investment firms in 2025.
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Family Dollar and parent company Dollar Tree agree to multimillion dollar settlement with state over rat infestation | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
A national discount retail chain has agreed to pay a multi-million dollar settlement to the state over a rodent infestation at a West Memphis distribution center discovered in 2022.
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Arkansas to receive $3.9M from settlement with Family Dollar over rat-infested warehouse
A sign is posted in front of a Family Dollar store on March 13, 2024 in Fairfield, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Arkansas will receive $3.9 million from Family Dollar Stores to settle a lawsuit filed over a rodent-infested distribution center and the sale of consumer products from that facility, Attorney General Tim Griffin’s office announced Thursday. Arkansas negotiated a $5.5 million settlement with Family Dollar, with $1…
Family Dollar rat infestation lawsuit reaches $5.5M settlement
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A $5.5 million settlement was reached in a lawsuit against Family Dollar over unsanitary, rat-infested conditions at its distribution center in West Memphis, Arkansas, state officials said Thursday. “Arkansas has negotiated a $5.5 million settlement with Family Dollar and Dollar Tree entities, and will receive $3.9 million, with $1.6 million suspended. The [...]
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