Save Mart Supermarkets to Pay $1.6 Million Fine for Selling Expired Baby Food, Drugs

Prosecutors say there was no evidence that the sale of any expired products resulted in harm to consumers.
Save Mart Supermarkets to Pay $1.6 Million Fine for Selling Expired Baby Food, Drugs
A Lucky supermarket in Sonoma, Calif., in September 2022. Save Mart Supermarkets also owns FoodMaxx. Google Maps / Screenshot via California Insider
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Save Mart Supermarkets, a limited-liability company that owns and operates grocery stores in California and Nevada, has agreed to pay a $1.6 million fine for violating state health and safety laws by selling products beyond their expiration dates.

The company was sued by a coalition of the state’s district attorneys from El Dorado, Marin, San Joaquin, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo counties, who filed the case in Yolo County Superior Court.

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