Grocery Chain Kroger Pays $85M To Settle New Mexico Opioid Claims

Mealey's (December 13, 2022, 8:38 AM EST) -- SANTA FE, N.M. — Cincinnati-based supermarket chain The Kroger Co. has agreed to pay $85 million to resolve allegations by the New Mexico attorney general that it failed to monitor suspicious opioid orders for its in-store pharmacies and failed to confirm that opioid prescriptions were legitimate, according to a settlement agreement provided by the attorney general’s office....

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