Word: unites
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...store manager, who refused to give his name, said that there was "no disregard" for the law in his store, but that it was very difficult to comply with the unit-price provisions. "We're trying to make every effort, but sometimes we get interrupted by customers or are in a hurry," he said yesterday...
...Massachusetts Consumers' Council, which regulates the law on unit-pricing, has charged the state-wide A&P chain with violations of the statute. Because the A&P agreed to correct the violations, no fines were assessed. However, if violations are found again, fines of several thousand dollars can be levied against the stores, Barry Wax, a director of the council, said Thursday...
MassPIRG has called for expansion of types of stores covered by the Unit Price Law, improvement of the required labeling procedures, and the addition of placards contrasting the unit price of similar products to facilitate comparison shopping...
Both store spokesmen said that more stringent unit-pricing would result in added work and expense for the stores...
Nevertheless, Gordon said he had never seen the unit-price labels used by consumers in his store. "I use them myself in the supermarket, but in stores like ours with restricted product lines and with higher prices, it's just not worth it. We just don't stock two kinds of peanut butter," he said