ILSR endorses the Fair Prices for Local Businesses Act introduced by Senators Murphy (D-Conn.), Welch (D-Vt.), Gallego (D-Ariz.), Fetterman (D-Pa.), and Blumenthal (D-Conn.).
A More Perfect Union documentary explains a Pepsi/Walmart price discrimination scheme — exposed by an FTC lawsuit unsealed by ILSR.
Enforcing and strengthening price discrimination bans would help lower prices, create new markets for farmers and food manufacturers, and ensure small grocers can compete fairly.
Analysis shows how the failure to enforce the Robinson-Patman Act fueled grocery-sector consolidation, leading to food deserts and rising prices.
To demonstrate how corporate concentration has reshaped food access in the U.S., ILSR's interactive map shows food deserts alongside the location of grocery stores.
ILSR's brief explains how corporate consolidation fueled high food prices, and the critical role independent grocers play in building resilient local food systems.
ILSR's fact sheet outlines ways your state can use policy to target monopolies that harm small businesses, communities, and consumers
ILSR's statement on the introduction of the Fair Competiton for Small Business Act in the U.S. Senate.
Ron Knox explores the growing movement of localized anger at corporate power, and how it can offer "a light out of the darkness."
Newly unsealed FTC filing accuses PepsiCo of favoring Walmart while artificially inflating prices for local grocers and consumers.
Federal judge rules keeping complaint sealed "cannot be justified" in light of public interest.
ILSR and 15 Small Business Rising partners co-hosted a briefing exposing predatory tactics used by large corporations to bully suppliers into providing illegal pricing deals.
Motion seeks to reveal details of complaint alleging PepsiCo gave preferential pricing to big-box retailer while harming independent grocers and consumers.
ILSR hosted a congressional briefing featuring antitrust experts, small business owners, and lawmakers to hear about unfair corporate pricing practices that are squeezing small businesses.
99% Invisible, with Stacy Mitchell's help, devotes an episode to the relationship between food deserts and the federal government's abandonment of Robison-Patman Act enforcement.