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Federal Investigators Secretly Shopped at Dollar General With Credit Cards — Every Single Trip Ended the Same Way

A tall yellow Dollar General sign with black lettering on a pole against a pale blue sky (file photo, Michigan)

The FTC and 20 states are suing the discount chain over what happens at the register. Dollar General says “nothing could be further from the truth” — but some of the lawsuit’s most revealing pages are blacked out.

By Marta Visser

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