News: Some Walmart shoppers could get up to $500 in cash from a class-action settlement

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https://www.npr.org/2024/04/06/1243257545/walmart-grocery-settlement-cash-payments
“Customers who purchased certain "weighted goods" — including meat, poultry, pork and seafood products — and bagged citrus in person at Walmart locations across the U.S. and Puerto Rico between Oct. 19, 2018 and Jan. 19, 2024 may be eligible for cash payments, according to the settlement administrator's website. 

It's the result of a 2022 class-action lawsuit that accused Walmart of overcharging for certain products "to deceivingly, misleadingly, and unjustly pilfer, to Walmart's financial benefit, its customers' hard-earned grocery dollars."

The lawsuit alleges that Walmart falsely inflated the weight of certain grocery items, mislabeled the weight of bagged produce — including oranges, grapefruit and tangerines — and overcharged for sold-by-weight clearance products, thereby forcing customers to pay more for them than their lowest advertised price.”