These are the items that Safeway sold or offered for sale

Safeway E Gift Cards District attorneys in Alameda and Contra Costa counties announced a $140,000 settlement with Safeway in a price gouging lawsuit involving hand sanitizer sold during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.Prosecutors said Tuesday that the lawsuit was prompted by a customer at a Safeway store in Concord who called the Contra Costa DA’s Consumer Fraud Hotline and complained about the prices of two brands of hand sanitizer back in May.A joint investigation by both district attorneys offices revealed the grocery chain marked up both items more than 50% over the wholesale cost after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order in April that prohibited price gouging on “critical items” during the pandemic state of emergency.

Safeway stopped the pricing as soon as it was brought to the company’s attention and has fully cooperated with the investigation according to statements released by O’Malley and Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton.“The violations at issue here are serious by their very nature,” Becton said in her statement. “Public health officials were advising constant handwashing to prevent the spread of the virus. If soap and water was not available hand sanitizer was recommended as the next best thing. These are the items that Safeway sold or offered for sale at ‘unconscionably excessive’ prices.”

The settlement calls for Safeway to pay more than $140,000 in penalties and restitution to resolve the case without admitting liability. Prosecutors said the company Sell Safeway Gift Cards which had long corporate ties in Pleasanton quickly corrected the pricing problem when called to its attention."The violations at issue here are serious by their very nature. Little can be more serious than a violation of a governor's emergency order during a state of emergency.

These are the items that Safeway sold or offered for sale

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