Some Supermarkets Never Learn

Just last year, a major crackdown on supermarkets by the Department of Consumer Affairs revealed that 70% of inspected stores in Brooklyn failed NYC requirements for pricing. Then, the Food Town on McDonald was ranked as the 11th worst offender in the city. Now the DCA is saying there's been hardly any improvement.

The most common violations are failure to mark proper quantities and provide required accountability information on food packaged in the store, adding tax to items that are not taxable, charging the wrong prices at check-out scanners, failing to affix price tags on individual items, and maintaining inaccurate scales or failing to make scales available to customers for products sold by weight

To force compliance, they want to create the Grocery Shoppers Have Overcharge Protection (SHOP) Act, so that every time a consumer is overcharged, they would get both ten times the amount of the overcharge and that item for free.

According to the DCA report, some, from smaller markets to big chains, are probably taking you for a ride. Be sure to check your receipts!

If you notice that your supermarket is overcharging you, here is the complaint form you can file with the DCA.



KEY FOOD
589 PROSPECT AVENUE
Number of Inspections: 1
Number of Inspections with at least one violation: 1
Type of Violations: Improper labels, Overcharge

FOOD TOWN
382 MCDONALD AVENUE
Number of Inspections: 1
Number of Inspections with at least one violation: 1
Type of Violations: Improper labels, Overcharge

GOLDEN FARM
329 CHURCH AVENUE
Number of Inspections: 1
Number of Inspections with at least one violation: 1
Type of Violations: No or improper scale placement

DOLEH SUPERMARKET
1689 8th AVENUE
Number of Inspections: 1
Number of Inspections with at least one violation: 1
Type of Violations: Misc

PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP
782 UNION STREET
Number of Inspections: 1
Number of Inspections with at least one violation: 1
Type of Violations: Improper labels, Overcharge, No or improper scale placement

FAIRWAY SUPERMARKET
480 VAN BRUNT STREET
Number of Inspections: 1
Number of Inspections with at least one violation: 1
Type of Violations: Improper labels