CANTWELL PRESSES TRUMP FTC ON BIG GROCERY CHAINS' ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES THAT STIFLE COMPETITION, LEAVE LOCAL COMMUNITIES WITH FEWER CHOICES & CONSUMERS WITH HIGHER COSTS

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Finance Committee, sent a letter to Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Andrew Ferguson regarding the use of "restrictive covenants" by grocery retailers to keep competitors out of local markets, leaving communities with fewer options and driving up grocery prices for consumers. The letter, which was also signed by U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), follows an April 15 hearing where Sen. Cantwell called on the FTC to do more to combat skyrocketing grocery prices and p...