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Company: Trader Joe's Company
Current Parent Company: Aldi
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Penalty: $1,300,000
Year: 2020
Date: October 7, 2020
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Trader Joe's agreed to a settlement worth an estimated $1.3 million to resolve litigation alleging it underfilled cans of store brand tuna.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Central District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 2:16cv1371
Case Name: In re Trader Joe's Tuna Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: Germany
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-supermarkets
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