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Grocery giant Albertsons will pay nearly $4 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of overcharging customers at hundreds of Albertsons, Safeway and Vons supermarkets.

Albertsons Companies ordered to pay $4 million in a false advertising lawsuit over product weight discrepancies.

Safeway Inc. will pay nearly $4 million to settle a civil complaint for false advertising and unfair competition arising from overcharging customers, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced on Thursday.

Albertsons will pay $3.9 million to resolve allegations it ripped off customers at its Vons, Safeway and Albertsons stores across California.

Supermarket giant Albertsons and its Vons stores will pay nearly $4 million to settle complaints in California that they overcharged consumers through false advertising and unfair competition. At the heart of the complaints were faulty scales and scanners used to determine food prices in checkout lines.

Albertsons and Vons have agreed to pay nearly $4 million to resolve a civil complaint brought statewide, including in San Diego County.

Albertsons and Vons will pay nearly $4 million following a settlement. Yahoo Sports

Three of the nation’s largest grocers agreed to pay nearly $4 million in fines to settle a civil lawsuit that accused them of overcharging customers for grocery items and falsely advertising the weight of certain products.