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‘Supermarket redlining’: Why Black families pay more for food
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‘Supermarket redlining’: Why Black families pay more for food
Anyone wondering why it feels like grocery shopping requires taking out a small loan isn’t imagining things. Grocery prices, which soared due to pandemic-era inflation, are still just too blankity-blanking high, and the federal government suspects food producers might be engaged in some lucrative price-gouging.   
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It’s not just inflation, it’s price gouging
Corporations are quick to blame this new reality on the pandemic, but another major culprit is hiding in plain sight: their own profiteering.
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