A recent survey of item and unit pricing, accurate scanner prices, and correct sales-tax collection at the supermarket check-out counter by the NYC Dept of Consumer Affairs (DCA) found that 70% of inspected stores in Brooklyn failed NYC requirements. The DCA inspectors checked 143 stores in Brooklyn and found 100 in violation. The Bronx had the highest compliance rate, at 55%, while Manhattan had the lowest, at 22%.
According to the DCA release, “The most common violation was for a lack of item pricing, particularly troubling given that nearly one in three times supermarkets got it wrong at the cash register. “ A description of shoppers’ rights, as well as the entire release, are here.