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Committee rejects bill aimed at curbing secret supplier discounts that hurt small grocers
House Committee on Commerce · April 21, 2026
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Summary
HB 800 would have limited supplier discounts that create wholesale price disparities between large chains and local grocers; proponents linked the practice to food deserts while retailers warned of unintended consequences. The measure failed on committee roll call.
Representative Knox sponsored HB 800 to prohibit supplier practices that give secret preferential wholesale deals to large buyers and thereby disadvantage independent grocers in food‑desert areas. Supporters…
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