Walmart Hit With $1.6 Million NJ Unit Pricing Violation Fine

Walmart is forking over $1.6 million to New Jersey in fines—its third punishment in four years for violations of unit pricing laws, state prosecutors said Tuesday.

Inspections across the retail giant’s 64 New Jersey stores showed more than 2,000 products in which the business was inconsistently labeling product units, straying from state-mandated labels that help consumers compare pricing on products from coffee to cereal. As “the price of grocery items continues to rise, it’s more important than ever to ensure consumers have all the information they need—and are entitled to by law—to make educated decisions on how to spend their ...