Lowering the Cost of Food and Groceries
Roy Cooper is running to make food and groceries cost less. He knows that DC’s chaotic tariffs are hurting our farmers and driving up the cost of food before it even gets to our grocery stores and restaurants (Fortune, April 2026), and that big corporate mergers and pricing algorithms make it harder to afford the basics.
- Support Our Farmers and Stop Chaotic Tariffs: Tariffs drive up costs on farmers who have to pass the costs along to restaurants, groceries stores and hardworking North Carolinians (FOX8, May 2026).
- Block Anti-Competitive Mergers: Strengthen antitrust enforcement in grocery retail and food processing to block corporate mergers that reduce competition and raise prices.
- Ban algorithms on grocery pricing to make it illegal for companies to raise the price of groceries based on a specific customer.
- Make it illegal for food producers to reduce competition to increase prices using digital tools to collude: Stop companies from using algorithms to coordinate prices and supply information to drive up the cost.
What is Roy Cooper’s plan to lower grocery prices?
Roy Cooper has a four-point plan to lower grocery prices. First, he would put an end to the chaotic tariffs that have driven up costs for farmers, who have to pass it on to you, the customer. Second, he’d block the mergers of grocery giants that reduce competition and raise prices. Third, he’d ban the algorithms used to raise prices on specific customers. And fourth, he’d make it illegal for big food producers to coordinate prices and supply information to drive up prices.
What would Roy Cooper do to support our farmers?
The administration’s chaotic tariffs are wreaking havoc on farmers, who can barely get by because their costs are being driven up (CBS 17, March 2026). Roy would put an end to these tariffs, and make sure that farmers who keep our state moving can thrive.