as soaring living costs, America’s largest convenience-store chains quietly overcharge consumers

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Guardian investigation: 7-Eleven and Circle K stores often fail to honor advertised prices – charging more at pump and register for gas, snacks, and other items Marco Cruz pulled off a four-lane road into the parking lot of a Circle K convenience store in McAllen, Texas , 12 miles north of the US-Mexico border . The report also notes that It was 1.20am on a mild November night in 2025, and Cruz was looking for a bedtime snack following a day of visiting family and friends. He grabbed a pack of beef and jalapeño cheese sticks from the shelf, where they were priced at $3.99. At the counter, though, they rang up at $4.19. Cruz asked the cashier to charge him the lower shelf price. The employee refused, he stated, and threatened to call the police when Cruz grew more insistent. “All I’m asking you is honor the price,” Cruz told the attendant ahead of leaving the store and, later, filing a complaint with the Texas attorney general.

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