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Senators Propose Bill to End Grocery Price Gouging

2/14/2026

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  • United States Senators Ben Ray Luján and Jeff Merkley introduced the Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2026.
  • The act would ban surveillance and surge pricing and would require disclosure of facial recognition technology use and prohibit price-changing electronic shelf labels.
  • The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union supports the bill.
  • U.S. President Donald Trump halted the surveillance pricing study after the Biden administration investigated it.