News & Updates, Division of Standards, Our Agencies and Divisions, Government, Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, Commonwealth of Massachusetts http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=ocahomepage&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eoca http://www.mass.gov/Eoca/RSS/Home/Government/Our%20Agencies%20and%20Divisions/Division%20of%20Standards/newsandupdates.xml &#169; 2009 Commonwealth of Massachusetts 2009-07-10T00:00:00Z CVS, Shaw's Discuss Plans to Reduce Overcharges with Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=ocapressrelease&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Government&L2=Our+Agencies+and+Divisions&L3=Division+of+Standards&sid=Eoca&b=pressrelease&f=20090709_overchargingatregister&csid=Eoca 2009-07-10T00:00:00Z 2009-07-10T00:00:00Z BOSTON – July 9, 2009 – Officials from the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation and the Division of Standards have met with CVS and Shaw's to discuss the individual companies' plans to reduce overcharges at stores in Massachusetts. <br><br> Leaders from OCABR and DOS also anticipate meeting with other retailers that have high rates of overcharging. Overcharging occurs when the price rung up at the register is higher than the posted price on a store's shelves.