Overview
- Washington Attorney General Nick Brown filed the lawsuit Monday in King County Superior Court against Albertsons, which operates Safeway and Haggen stores in the state.
- The complaint alleges stores raised prices before buy-one-get-one promotions and then dropped them afterward, leaving shoppers paying an inflated price for the first item.
- State investigators say more than 3.19 million transactions from October 2019 to May 2024 brought in about $19.7 million in extra revenue for the banners.
- Brown asks the court to block the pricing practice and to order restitution for affected customers along with civil penalties and pre-judgment interest.
- Albertsons disputes the claims as based on flawed analysis and data errors, and the company has previously settled BOGO cases in Oregon and in a 2023 Washington suit.