Nashville lawmakers ask Tennessee's attorney general to combat "price gouging"

Two Nashville lawmakers are urging Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti to join a bipartisan federal effort to fight "price gouging" in grocery stores. Why it matters: Grocery prices continue ... Read More

Grocery price gouging to feature prominently in Harris economic plan

Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday will call on Congress to pass a federal ban on price gouging as part of her economic platform to lower grocery ... and state attorneys general to investigate ... Read More

Why grocery price controls aren’t the answer

As one who proudly represented grocers in my state, it saddens me that a negative view of the grocery industry has entered the public forum. What often times seems to be missing from food-price ... Read More

Food and grocery bills are hurting Americans. Harris will unveil first ever gouging ban

WASHINGTON – Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, on Friday will call for the first-ever federal ban on price-gouging from food and grocery industries — hitting ... Read More

Kamala Harris to propose federal ban on food and grocery price gouging

with the intent of determining whether they will raise grocery prices. Harris will propose that the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general investigate corporations engaging in price ... Read More

Kroger-Albertsons merger should get a green light, four state attorneys general say

the state officials said the proposed merger would boost competition in the grocery industry — not constrain it, as the FTC contends. The attorneys general said the FTC’s effort to stop the ... Read More

Harris campaign grocery price control proposal could cause shortages

Vice President Kamala Harris’s new proposal to prevent “price-gouging” in the food ... to the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general to “investigate and impose harsh ... Read More

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Federal food safety officials say three people have now died in a listeria food poisoning outbreak linked to Boar’s Head deli meats. Samsung is recalling more than 1.12 million electric ranges ... Read More

State Attorney General demands answers after heated College Park City Council meeting

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — The state attorney general now wants answers following a heated incident at a College Park city council meeting. Video from the Friday meeting showed police ejecting a large ... Read More

What Is Price Gouging? Here’s What To Know About Kamala Harris’ Core Economic Policy

Central to Vice President Kamala Harris’ economic agenda is a proposal to combat “price gouging” on food products, an initiative aimed at tackling voters’ top priority in inflation, though ... Read More