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Job Creators Network (JCN) slammed Vice President Kamala Harris (D) and President Joe Biden (D) on Wednesday for their claims that supermarkets and food manufacturers are “price gouging.”

Supermarket giant Kroger is spearheading a novel approach to fighting theft and errors at self-checkout lanes by deploying AI and camera technology, sparking a debate on customer experience, ethics, and privacy even as prominent chains dealing with massive shoplifting problems carefully watch how technology contributes to solving the problem.

Major European grocery chain Lidl will seek to reduce the amount of meat products sold in its stores in favour of “alternative” protein sources to promote the global green agenda. Lidl’s purchasing director for the German market, Christoph Graf, said this

Swedish grocers are sounding the alarm over a recent surge in food thefts across the country, particularly meat products. 

Data suggests discount stores are raising prices faster than others as Americans grapple with inflation, even though President Joe Biden (D) tries to keep citizens from worrying about it.

Nearly everywhere you look in the grocery store, food prices are still soaring.

The Biden baby formula shortage continues to be visibly noticeable to parents as empty shelves have become a standard fixture in grocery stores nationwide

The media are blaming workers for empty grocery store shelves even as President Biden has failed to stop the virus or fix the supply chain.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was hailed as the man who “saved Christmas” on Tuesday over his handling of the supply chain crisis as Americans around the country shared photos of empty grocery shelves on social media.

#BareShelvesBiden has been trending on Twitter as shoppers use the slogan when posting pictures of empty and sparse grocery store shelves.

The grocery store chain ShopRite is replacing many of the cashier-run checkout lines in its Delaware stores with self-checkout stations.

Amazon’s “Just Walk Out” technology, which eliminated cashiers in its Amazon Go convenience stores, has now been integrated into a full-size 25,000 square foot Amazon Fresh grocery store for the first time. The system uses camera surveillance, pressure-sensitive shelves, and biometric data to charge customers for items they put in their carts.

The kosher Ralph’s is closing after the L.A. City Council passed a $5 “hero pay” hourly wage increase that the store says it could not afford.

Roughly a dozen police officers guarded dumpsters full of food at a Portland, Oregon, Fred Meyer grocery store Tuesday as people had tried to scrounge for food that had been thrown away.

LA County is in the midst of a massive coronavirus vaccination campaign, including determining that restaurant workers are essential workers.

Kroger announced Monday that it will be closing two stores in Long Beach, California — a Ralph’s and a Food 4 Less — after the city council voted to require that large grocery store chains pay workers additional “hero pay” of $4 per hour.

The Amazon-owned grocery store Whole Foods is allegedly tracking employees and scoring stores that it deems at risk of unionizing according to a recent report. The company is allegedly using a variety of metrics to grade stores resulting in a “heatmap” showing locations most at risk of unionization.

Panic-buying has erupted across China amid fears of a food shortage due to the Wuhan coronavirus, reports stated on Thursday, indicating that Chinese citizens are ignoring the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) statements urging people not to stockpile food.

Members with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) organization are protesting outside grocery stores to encourage veganism despite stay-at-home guidelines in place due to the coronavirus health emergency.