The Dollar General price class action centers on a common consumer frustration: a shelf tag advertises one price, but the register rings up another. The lawsuit alleges that, from October 10, 2016 through November 19, 2025, certain customers across the U.S. paid more (or sometimes less) than the posted shelf price due to pricing and store procedures that allegedly allowed mismatches to persist. Dollar General denies wrongdoing, and the court has not determined liability; instead, the parties reached a proposed settlement that must still be approved at a March 19, 2026 fairness hearing in New Jersey (Braun v. Dolgencorp LLC, Middlesex County). The case was filed to seek restitution and to pressure tighter pricing controls in high-volume, low-margin discount retail, where frequent promotions and rapid inventory turnover can increase the risk of labeling errors. Under the proposal, shoppers who can provide qualifying proof—such as a contemporaneous complaint to Dollar General or a government agency that wasn’t resolved, or objective contemporaneous evidence of a specific overcharge—may receive $10 or the overcharge amount (whichever is higher) per documented incident, up to two incidents per household (max $20 or actual overcharges). Even without proof, class members can register for a one-time in-store benefit: $3 off the first $10 of a qualifying $10+ pretax purchase during a limited two-day redemption window, with claims for cash due by April 13, 2026. Broader implications extend beyond one chain: “scanner accuracy” disputes have fueled similar consumer actions and regulatory attention because pricing accuracy is governed by state consumer-protection and deceptive-practices laws, and many jurisdictions also enforce weights-and-measures or retail pricing rules requiring the price displayed to consumers to match what’s charged at checkout. These cases tend to settle with modest per-person payments because individual overcharges are usually small but widespread, yet they can still push retailers toward stronger auditing, faster shelf-label updates, and clearer internal compliance programs to reduce the gap between advertised prices and what customers actually pay.