Family Dollar has agreed to a $63 million settlement over allegations that the price at checkout routinely exceeded the price on the shelf. The bargain was apparently available to look at.

The FTC and 17 states accused the discount chain of failing to honor prices on labels, in advertisements, on its website and in its app. That is a remarkably coordinated advertising operation for numbers the register allegedly did not recognize. The company did not immediately respond to CBS’s request for comment.

The proposed order requires a pricing-accuracy program, employee training and annual independent certification. The shelf price and the register price are to agree. A task shoppers reasonably thought was included in the concept of a store will now have an audit trail.

The proposed remedies include a $40 million customer-compensation fund and $20 million for a two-day, 15% discount program on a range of goods. The refunds and sale are not open yet.

Even the settlement has a sales target.

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