WALMART FINED $66,000 FOR LEVYING FAKE NEW YORK 'SUGAR TAX ON SODA' on soda (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 13:32

New York’s attorney general has settled a false advertising investigation at Walmart, saying stores were charging a nonexistent “sugar tax” on soda.

The attorney general’s office says the retail chain launched a national sale in June advertising Coca-Cola 12-packs for $3, but consumers at 117 Wal-Mart stores in New York were routinely charged $3.50.

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http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/sep/16/walmart-fine-fake-sugar-tax-soda-new-york