National Grocers Association

A panel of leading independent grocery executives will convene to discuss their vision for the industry’s future in the closing session of the National Grocers Association’s Executive Conference and Public Policy Summit, to be held next week at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C. …

Healthy benefit cards, offered by some private health insurers and Medicare Advantage plans, provide a convenient way for eligible individuals to purchase groceries and over-the-counter drugs using their healthcare benefit. More than 30 million Americans are now enrolled in Medicare Advantage programs, and at least 5 million participants are currently receiving hundreds of dollars on healthy benefit cards through their health plan. …

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) released today a highly-anticipated proposed update to merger enforcement guidelines. The proposed draft significantly re-writes merger enforcement standards to include new considerations for mergers that enhance buyer power.  Specifically, one of the thirteen proposed guidelines directly addresses buyer power (i.e. monopsony power) where a merger of competing buyers lessens competition for other sellers.  …