Seneca County Auditor, Julie A. Adkins, has selected Pantry Plus of Seneca County and FISH of Tiffin, Inc to receive the $4,968.03 of settlement money from Dollar General. 

 

In 2023, Ohio auditors found that Dollar General had priced discrepancies. Auditors in Ohio revealed that Dollar General had pricing errors ranging from 16% to 88% at different locations. The error rate allowed in Ohio is 2%. Attorney General David Yost led the lawsuit against Dollar General ending with a $1 million settlement.

 

Out of that money, Yost allocated $750,000 to fund county level food pantries, and to make sure communities affected by Dollar General pricing discrepancies benefited from the settlement. 

 

Adkins admired the teamwork between county auditors and the Attorney General’s Office to hold corporations accountable to have fair pricing.