Reuters reports that “Family Dollar and its parent company Dollar Tree are facing new allegations that the discount chain stores sold contaminated or damaged products even as the companies attempt to finalize the settlement of a separate multi-district litigation over claims that rats contaminated products at some stores.”
The proposed class action suit in Miami has been brought by a pair of shoppers who “claim they bought personal care products and over-the-counter medicines that had been improperly stored at high temperatures or in humid conditions … Customers Gregg Morrison and Kenneth Johnson allege in the new complaint that they bought tainted products such as anti-perspirant and caffeine pills at Family Dollar stores in Georgia and Florida. They seek to represent a nationwide class of Family Dollar customers, as well as statewide classes for Georgia and Florida customers … The new complaint asserts that despite the FDA’s warnings, Family Dollar knowingly continued to store products unsafely beginning in at least May 2022 and continuing through the present. The lawsuit notes that Family Dollar issued five voluntary recalls between 2022 and 2023 for products it said were ‘adulterated and unsafe’.”
The previous suit, Reuters writes, alleges “that a rat infestation at a Family Dollar distribution center in Arkansas may have tainted products sold in six states. Family Dollar denied wrongdoing but agreed to a settlement that awards a $25 gift card to households with approved claims.”
KC’s View:
It is amusing the the company denies wrongdoing. Haven’t we actually seen pictures and videos of the rats?
I’m sure there are some dollar stores out there that are well-kept, consumer friendly and with safe products. I’m sure there is a place in the culture for this format.
But everything I read about these folks and what appears to be utter irresponsibility and incompetence – not to mention the lack of a moral compass – pretty much disgusts me.
And it only is going to change when it becomes so prohibitively expensive for them to resolve these kinds of suits that it actually becomes economical to do the right thing.
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