The grocer Smart and Final has agreed to pay $175,000 in penalties to settle allegations of price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic, state prosecutors said Tuesday.
Cartons of eggs for sale at a grocery store in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. U.S.
Some prices were as high as 25 percent above pre-emergency prices, Bonta said. He said the gouging occurred throughout Smart and Final's chain of stores.
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