Shaw's Fined $8,000 for Pricing Violations

The post was written by Charlene Arsenault.

After flunking three of the four inspections conducted by state consumer protection officials, Shaw's supermarkets had to fork over $8,000 in fines, according to Mitch Lipka, Consumer Alert blogger for The Boston Globe. 

There's a Shaw's store at North Beverly Plaza on Dodge Street, plus stores in nearby Ipswich, Peabody and Salem.

The inspections were conducted to see if markets complied with a new pricing law, under which stores can apply for waivers to avoid item pricing, as long as scanners are provided to customers. 

Officials found that three of the four Shaw's didn't have those scanners available, said the post in the Globe.  Shaw's can expect further inspections, according to the Division of Standards.