Lawmakers Urge FTC to Enforce FDR-Era Law Over Grocery Price Bias [BNN Bloomberg (Canada)]
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Inc. and Walmart Inc. increased profits during the Covid-19 pandemic and have kept prices high since, a group of lawmakers urged the agency. In a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan Thursday, the mostly Democratic members of Congress pushed the agency to bring cases under the Robinson-Patman Act, a price discrimination law passed during Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidency that was last enforced in the 1980s. Under the law, suppliers can discount large orders, but they must extend the same offer to all retailers instead of selectively offering preferential terms, such as lower prices or access to scarce inventory. The FTC concluded in a study this month that the largest grocery stores gained a competitive advantage over smaller rivals during the pandemic's supply chain crunch, in part by threatening to fine suppliers if they didn't deliver items on time. The study, based on confidential data provided by retailers and suppliers such as Procter & Gamble Co., Tyson Foods Inc. and Kraft H
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