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Democratic nominee to draw contrast with Trump on tax and tariffs when she lays out details on Friday, aides say

Kamala Harris will announce plans to tackle high grocery costs by targeting corporations in the food and grocery industry, as she previews her economic agenda ahead of the November election.

She will also tackle prescription drug and housing costs, drawing a contrast with Trump on tariffs and taxes, according to a Harris campaign statement.

Harris is expected to lay out some details of her economic plan in a speech in North Carolina on Friday.

“Same values, different vision,” said one aide, describing how Harris’s economic agenda will compare with that of Joe Biden, who stepped aside as the Democratic presidential candidate last month.

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[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 104 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Break up Kroger and Albertsons if you wanna help with grocery prices. They have no competition so they just keep jacking up prices.

Also digital coupons can go fuck themselves.

[–] Hazzia@infosec.pub 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I don't know anything about those two chains. Do they have some niche that makes other groceries/super-markets non-competative?

[–] GingeyBook@lemm.ee 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 months ago

And that’s just the Kroger brands

Alberstons owns another two dozen brands:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertsons#Chains

And has shut down or renamed 4 more.

[–] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Kroger and Albertsons own a ton of "other grocery chains." Classic example of just simply buying up the competition

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They are trying to merge, to boot. This FTC has stymied it so far, but you can bet your bottom dollar a Trump admin won't.

[–] Scallionsandeggs@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Grocery is a very low margin business, even at the conglomerate stores.

The food producers are the problem. Cargill is one example.

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Them too! Break up all this shit.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

No competition? Walmart is their competitors. So is Target.