Baskin-Robbins will pay nearly a half-million dollars to settle a lawsuit claiming some of its California stores shortchanged customers by providing them with pint-sized ice cream containers that were underfilled.
San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and the state Attorney General’s Office announced the San Diego Superior Court settlement yesterday.
The violations were discovered by Weights and Measures officials who performed inspections at 188 locations in 29 counties in California, officials said.
Inspectors purchased 416 containers and found that 343, or 83 percent, of the hand-packed pints were about four ounces short on volume, Dumanis said.
As part of the settlement, Baskin-Robbins is required to pay $343,000 in penalties and $148,164 for the cost of the investigation, according to Dumanis.
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