Friends,
Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote a new Insight this week about a topic that’s been on all of our minds lately: food.
Food prices have been skyrocketing, and many voters are feeling it in their pocket. In fact, since January 2020, food prices have increased by 26% with corporate profits increasing by 75% since—a number that far outpaces inflation.
The reason for this? Corporate price gouging. Food corporations have been hiding behind inflation and using it as an excuse to artificially inflate their prices—and voters are ready for some accountability:
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Not only are voters tired of corporate price gouging overall, but 75% of voters across party lines support cracking down on food producers that illegally charge higher prices to smaller grocery stores.
Senator Warren’s Insight outlines how Big Food’s corporate greed impacts America’s hardworking families and outlines the steps lawmakers and the Biden administration can take to cut corporate greed in the grocery aisle.
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P.S. You can read Sen. Warren’s full Insight here!
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