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Company: Safeway Inc.
Current Parent Company: Albertsons Companies
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Penalty: $1,426,500
Year: 2018
Date: March 16, 2018
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Safeway agreed to provide vouchers with an unspecified total value plus $1.42 million in legal costs to settle allegations it misrepresented its store-brand olive oil as imported from Italy.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Alameda County (CA) Superior Court
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: RG14726707
Case Name: Kumar v. Safeway Inc.
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Idaho
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-supermarkets
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