Rite Aid settles suit
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Rite Aid/Thrifty Payless settles consumer protection suit brought by several California district and city attorneys alleging the chain sold expired infant formula, contraceptives, pregnancy tests and "baby medicines" throughout its stores in the state (1"The Tan Sheet" June 14, In Brief). Rite Aid will pay $1.4 mil. in "penalties, costs and restitution" and must, for the next three months, notify customers they may have purchased out-of-date products, as required under an original judge's order in the case. The chain also must provide refunds or replacements for any products expired at time of purchase. Rite Aid is permanently prohibited from selling expired products; the firm admits no liability in the case