Judiciary Committee fields comment on competition in the nation’s food industry
On behalf of the National Grocers Association (NGA), Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) President and CEO David Smith gave testimony on unfair business practices impacting independent supermarkets at a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on competition in the nation’s food industry.
In the Wednesday afternoon session, titled “Beefing up Competition: Examining America’s Food Supply Chain,” Smith spotlighted the actions of so-called grocery retail “power buyers.” Earlier this year, in a press conference and white paper, NGA explained how anticompetitive behavior by big-box and online grocery retailers is creating marked disadvantages for independent grocers in supply and pricing.