Big retailers threatened to punish suppliers unless they got first dibs scarce products during the pandemic, the Federal Trade Commission found in a new study.
In a new More Perfect Union video, Stacy Mitchell explains how Dollar General is a scam that’s siphoning millions of dollars from America's poorest people.
Blocking this merger is a crucial step in restoring healthy competition to food retailing,” Stacy Mitchell says in the statement…
Chicago City Council has voted to enact an ordinance that will limit development of new chain dollar stores, the largest city yet to do so.
“Eliminating food deserts requires many solutions. But there is one absolutely essential action: preventing dollar stores from proliferating,” Tulsa City Council Member Vanessa Hall-Harper and...
From mobile markets to refrigerated food pick-up lockers, communities are exploring new approaches to making sure their residents have convenient, affordable access to healthy food.
On The Hustle, Kennedy Smith spells out why dollar stores are so problematic for our pocketbooks and our communities.
In a popular New York Times TikTok, Stacy Mitchell explained why we need to look past the headlines about inflation to understand why our grocery...
Communities are adopting innovative strategies to sustain their grocery stores or create new ones amidst the challenges posed by grocery sector consolidation.
On the Capitol Forum podcast, Stacy Mitchell explains that the real cost of groceries can be traced to Walmart's predatory tactics and failed antitrust enforcement.
Stacy Mitchell explains how big retailers exploit their financial control over suppliers, threatening independent grocers and increasing prices. Enforcing the Robinson Patman Act could help.
This virtual event examined ways dominant retailers exert their power, how communities are fighting back, and how leaders can restore fairness in our food system.…...
On the Columbus, OH local NPR affiliate, Stacy Mitchell explains the many ways chain dollar stores prey on communities.
Dollar stores are not merely byproducts of economic distress; they are a cause of it. Through predatory tactics, chain dollar stores are killing off grocery...
Over 75 cities and towns have defeated dollar store projects recently. Our guide can help you keep these chains out of your community.