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Company: Whole Foods
Current Parent Company: Amazon.com
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Penalty: $500,000
Year: 2015
Date: December 28, 2015
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Whole Foods agreed to pay $500,000 in settlement of allegations it labeled pre-packaged products with inaccurate prices.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: New York
Facility City: New York
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Washington
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-internet
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