The grocery chain was forced to sell its remaining stores in 2006 after a highly publicized 1996 sexual discrimination scandal cost the company $6.2 million.

[1] During February 1992, following a November 1991 investigation, Tidyman's was fined $75,350 for employing 106 minors in violation of federal child labor laws.

[4] During 1996, Connie Hemmings and Patty Lamphiear filed a lawsuit against Tidyman's after claiming the retailer was in violation of federal and state anti-discrimination laws.

[6] Only a month later, it was discovered that Tidyman's did not have employment liability insurance when lawsuit was filed and the future of the retailer was in jeopardy.

[6] On April 13, 2002, a federal appeals court reinstated the punitive damages that Hemmings and Lamphiear had won following the multimillion-dollar lawsuit.

[7] This all came after U.S. District Court Judge Frem Nielsen had previously granted a Tidyman's post-trial motion and stripped away the jury's decision to award $2 million in punitive damages to the women.