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National Grocers Association (NGA) Applauds FTC Efforts to Hold Power Buyers Accountable & Protect Independent Grocer Competition

January 21, 2025 National Grocers Association (NGA)

The FTC reinforced its commitment to promoting fair competition and strengthening Main Street America by addressing the illegal promotional practices implemented by dominant retail chains, or power buyers, to gain unfair advantages in the marketplace. By enforcing the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA), the National Grocers Association (NGA) commends the FTC’s commitment to fulfilling its responsibility to protect competition and ensure all consumers can get fair prices and more choices.    …

National Grocers Assoc. Calls on House & Senate Antitrust Subcommittees to Hold Hearings on Revealing Grocery Report from Federal Regulators

March 25, 2024 National Grocers Association (NGA)

One of the report’s eye-opening findings is how major chains penalized suppliers that didn’t deliver on time during the pandemic, ensuring that their own stores would be stocked while the shelves of smaller competitors were barren. …

FTC Launches Inquiry into Supply Chain Disruptions

November 30, 2021 Federal Trade Commission

The Federal Trade Commission is ordering nine large retailers, wholesalers, and consumer good suppliers to provide detailed information that will help the FTC shed light on the causes behind ongoing supply chain disruptions and how these disruptions are causing serious and ongoing hardships for consumers and harming competition in the U.S. economy. …