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Senate Democrats Introduce the Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act

On Feb. 12, 2026, Sen. Lujan (D-NM) of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced the Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2026, legislation that bans corporations from leveraging new technologies to increase grocery prices for Americans. Specifically, the bill would prohibit surveillance in grocery stores; require grocery stores to disclose the use of facial recognition technology; ban electronic shelf labels that can be changed remotely in large stores; and establish enforcement mechanisms against violators. See the bill text here.

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The Convenience Distribution Association (CDA) is the trade organization working on behalf of convenience products distributors in the United States. Its distributor members represent more than $102 billion in U.S convenience product sales, serving a wide variety of small retail formats. Associate members include leading convenience product manufacturers, brokers, retailers, suppliers and others allied to the industry.

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