Shoppers Warned Of “Deceptive Discount Pricing” After Consumer Law’s Repeal

Shoppers Warned Of “Deceptive Discount Pricing” After Consumer Law’s Repeal

Few states actually require retailers to display the price-per-unit of grocery items. But even fewer have ever backtracked by repealing a unit pricing regulation – raising concerns that retailers are being given an open invitation to mislead and overcharge their own shoppers. That’s what some are currently concerned about in Florida. Effective last month, the state no longer requires stores to show the price per ounce, or quart, or pound, or oth…