Gas Station Accused of Price Gouging After Hurricane Helene, Charging $10/Gallon to Struggling Citizens

Gas Station Accused of Price Gouging After Hurricane Helene, Charging $10/Gallon to Struggling Citizens


A gas station in Georgia is accused of price gouging a community left devastated in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

Video uploaded earlier this week to the now-private TikTok account BGGFarm showed a crowd of people around a gas pump at Pope’s Grocery Store (Formerly Smile Grocery) in Augusta, Georgia, as a man, presumably an employee of the gas station, filled a container on the ground.

The man behind the camera questioned employees on how much was being charged per gallon, but he was immediately questioned about why he was recording a video.

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“One more time, how much a gallon?” the man asked. “I just want to hear.”

A woman standing at the pump began calling him out for recording the alleged price gouging.

“Why

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