Safeway promotions class action lawsuit overview:ย
- Who: Kim Siflinger filed a class action lawsuit against Albertsonโs Companies LLC and Safeway Inc.ย
- Why: Siflingers claims Safeway inflates the price of its grocery items sold under its โBuy One, Get One Freeโ promotion to cover the cost of the second โfreeโ item.ย
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of the State of Washington County of King.
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Safeway inflates the regular price of grocery items offered under its โBuy One, Get One Freeโ promotion so that consumers pay โsubstantially more for the first product to cover the cost of the second,โ a new class action lawsuit alleges.ย
Plaintiff Kim Siflinger claims Safewayโs alleged conduct prevents customers in Washington from actually receiving a second item for free under the grocery storeโs BOGO promotion.ย
โInstead, they pay more for the product and buy more of the product than they otherwise would in order to obtain the illusory โfreeโ product,โ the Safeway class action states.ย
Siflinger argues Safeway is violating Washingtonโs Consumer Protection Act (CPA). She wants to represent a Washington class of Safeway shoppers who allegedly overpaid for items offered as part of the storeโs BOGO promotion within the past four years.ย
Safeway BOGO promotion has customers โpay for a seemingly free product,โ says class action
Common items offered in the Safeway BOGO promotions are boneless pork chops, chicken breasts and thighs, beef steaks, ice cream, coffee, and frozen seafood, according to the Safeway class action.ย
In addition to its โBuy One, Get One Freeโ promotion, Safeway also offers a โBuy One, Get Two Freeโ sale, however, Siflinger claims this also simply has customers โpay for a seemingly โfreeโ product.โย
โAs a direct and proximate result of Defendantsโ unfair acts or practices, Ms. Siflinger and the Class have suffered an injury in fact and lost money,โ the Safeway class action states.ย
Siflinger is demanding a jury trial and requesting injunctive and declaratory relief along with an award of actual and treble damages for herself and all class members.ย
A separate class action lawsuit was filed against Safeway and Acme Markets in June 2022 by a consumer arguing the Albertsonโs Companies stores misrepresented some of their Signature Care brand of over-the-counter acetaminophen drugs as being โrapid release.โย
Have you purchased a Safeway item listed as for sale under a BOGO promotion? Let us know in the comments!ย
The plaintiff is represented by Beth E. Terrell and Blythe H. Chandler of Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC, David F. Sugerman and Nadia S. Dahab of Sugerman Dahab, Tim Alan Quenelle of Tim Quenelle PC, and E. Michelle Drake of Berger Montague PC.
The Safeway promotions class action lawsuit is Siflinger, et al. v. Albertsonโs Cos. LLC, et al., Case No. 23-2-06319-8, in the Superior Court of the State of Washington County of King.ย
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48 thoughts onSafeway class action alleges retailer inflates product price in buy-one-get-one-free promotions
I was contacted by email for this. I never heard anything after that. Does anyone have contact information? TIA
Yes I shop at Safeway all the time and have purchased many BOGO items. Today I bought 8 packs of 12oz bottled soda Buy 2 Get 2. The price for one 8 pack has increased to $9.49. They were $8.99 recently. I also hate the chip aisle must buy 3 to get the sale price or buy two get two. I just want one bag of chips at a good price and itโs like they force you to buy more than you need.
Add me, please. They get you every way possible!! $5 Friday items are the worst. They have limited amounts, usually running out very early in the day and then by evening they tell you that you can not get a rain check.
Well, I always want to buy one but then thereโs that buy one get one free deal count me in
I wonโt shop at Safeway. Every time you go there youโre always paying more and it seems like youโre not getting money off when youโre supposed to and if it shows it on the receipts somewhere. it adds it back in . Very discouraging. Very disappointing.
I frequently purchased B1G1 Free deals at Safeway, nor knowing I was not getting a deal.
Would like to be added to class action.