{"id":29709,"date":"2026-05-04T10:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=29709"},"modified":"2026-05-04T10:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:26:14","slug":"sen-ossoff-working-to-crack-down-on-corporate-price-gouging-to-lower-grocery-prices","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-working-to-crack-down-on-corporate-price-gouging-to-lower-grocery-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Working to Crack Down on Corporate Price Gouging to Lower Grocery Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, D.C. <\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to crack down on corporate price gouging to lower grocery prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff is cosponsoring the Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2026 <\/em>to stop big corporations from taking advantage of consumers by unfairly overcharging for groceries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill, first introduced by Sen. Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-NM), would prohibit the use of surveillance-based price setting practices, where corporations use a person\u2019s precise location, browser history, or surveillance to charge people different prices for the same goods and services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGeorgia families are paying too much for groceries. This bill will crack down on corporate price gouging to lower costs for Georgia families,\u201d Sen. Ossoff said. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff continues working to lower prices for Georgia families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In December, Sen. Ossoff urged U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins to reinstate<\/a> Federal grant funding through the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission\u2019s Childcare Access and Nutrition Systems (CANS) Program to help reduce food insecurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last April, Sen. Ossoff joined a group of Senators calling out<\/a> Congressional Republicans\u2019 budget proposal, which proposed cutting billions of dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and have devastating consequences for Georgia veterans, seniors, children, and farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last February, Sen. Ossoff and Congresswoman Lucy McBath (D-GA-06), alongside other members of Georgia\u2019s Congressional Delegation, urged Georgia Governor Brian Kemp to reverse course and apply for the summer EBT program<\/a> after Governor Kemp refused tens of millions of dollars in Federal funding to help Georgia children afford lunch during the summer months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2024, Sen. Ossoff introduced<\/a> the Fresh Food Act of 2024<\/em> to address food insecurity across Georgia by helping attract more grocery stores to Georgia communities with limited access to fresh foods, and to help support Georgia farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to read the Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2026<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Washington, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to crack down on corporate price gouging to lower grocery prices. Sen. Ossoff is cosponsoring the Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2026 to stop big corporations from taking advantage of consumers by unfairly overcharging for groceries. The bill, first introduced by Sen. Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-NM), […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29709","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29710,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29709\/revisions\/29710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}