Independent Grocers Urge Swipe Fee Reform, End to Anticompetitive Tactics From Major Card Networks

The National Grocers Association (NGA), the trade association representing the independent supermarket industry, called on lawmakers to fix the “broken” U.S. card payments system and stem the rising tide of swipe fees that compound the impact of inflation and cost merchants and consumers billions of dollars annually.

Independent Grocers Laud Congress Members for Opposing Swipe Fee Increases

National Grocers Association (NGA) President and CEO Greg Ferrara wrote a letter to U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), and U.S. Reps. Peter Welch (D-VT) and Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), thanking them for their bipartisan, bicameral efforts to implore Visa and Mastercard to forego planned April 2022 swipe fee rate increases on merchants.

NGA Urges Merger Enforcement Agencies to Address Competitive Harm of Retail Power Buyers

The National Grocers Association today submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) urging the agency to scrutinize harm to competition that results from enhancement of buyer-side market power.

Independent Grocers Antitrust Policymakers to Level Playing Field

Two independent grocers testified on behalf of the National Grocers Association (NGA) to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division on how anticompetitive tactics by dominant retailers in the grocery marketplace leads to unfair conditions for independent grocers.

Randy Arceneaux Receives NGA’s Spirit of America Award

 The National Grocers Association (NGA), the trade association representing the independent grocery industry, has presented Randy Arceneaux with the prestigious Spirit of America Award, recognizing his commitment to community service and government relations on behalf of independent grocers.