Tulsa grocer sues Wal-Mart over tactic

SKIATOOK, Okla. (AP) A northeast Oklahoma grocery store is suing Wal-Mart for allegedly stealing price information. <br/><br/>Super H accuses Wal-Mart of sending its workers to illegally scan bar codes

Tuesday, June 14th 2005, 12:05 pm

By: News On 6

SKIATOOK, Okla. (AP) A northeast Oklahoma grocery store is suing Wal-Mart for allegedly stealing price information.

Super H accuses Wal-Mart of sending its workers to illegally scan bar codes on products in the Super H store in Skiatook, which is just down the street from a Wal-Mart SuperCenter that's to open in August.

The bar codes contain not only the price of the product, but also the cost Super H paid, its inventory and other details the store considers highly private. The judge is prohibiting police from returning the scanning device allegedly used to collect the bar code information.

This isn't the first time Wal-Mart has been accused in Oklahoma of scanning bar codes of competitors.

In 2000, Crest Foods in Edmond accused five Wal-Mart employees of scanning bar codes. Among the five was former long-time Wal-Mart Chief Executive David Glass.