Grocery titan Albertsons has been painting a rosy picture of how much money consumers will save if its proposed merger with Kroger is approved but a just-s

Supermarket giant Albertsons and its Vons stores will pay nearly $4 million to settle complaints in California that they overcharged consumers through false advertising and unfair competition. At the heart of the complaints were faulty scales and scanners used to determine food prices in checkout lines.

Grocery giant Albertsons will pay nearly $4 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of overcharging customers at hundreds of Albertsons, Safeway and Vons supermarkets.