34 members of Congress urge FTC to investigate overcharging at major convenience and dollar-store chains

Summary

Thirty-four members of Congress, led by Democrats, have written to the Federal Trade Commission on 28 October asking it to investigate reports of widespread overcharging by some of the country's best-known brand-name retailers. The letter responds to Guardian investigations of four of the nation's largest dollar-store and convenience-store chains, which found pervasive mismatches between shelf labels and register prices. The lawmakers describe the problem as a systemic failure of the biggest convenience and dollar stores over their pricing practices.

Timeline

1. The Guardian

   28 Oct 2026, 15:20 UTCSource ↗

   The Guardian reports that 34 members of Congress, mostly Democrats, sent a 28 October letter to the Federal Trade Commission urging it to investigate widespread overcharging by some of America's most recognized brand-name retailers, citing its own investigations of four large dollar-store and convenience-store chains that found pervasive mismatches between shelf labels and register prices.