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Major supermarket chains and related food companies have been active political donors this cycle, with companies such as Albertsons and Kroger increasing PAC giving — Albertsons’ PAC gave about $291,5...
There is no reliable reporting that Coca‑Cola has formally threatened to leave the United States because of tariffs; trade‑related cost concerns have been raised by the company and its CEO, but public...
Retail Thanksgiving costs overall are slightly lower in 2025 than in 2024 — the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) reports the classic 10‑person meal averaged $55.18, down about 5% from 2024 . How...
Several grocery-related companies and major retailers were named in lists and coverage as having ties to donations supporting Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration or related committees; reporting shows fi...
A small number of food companies and retailers have been the targets of consumer backlash in recent years — but the record shows the backlash most often reacted to a company executive’s public praise ...
OpenSecrets’ “Food Stores” category shows the industry gave about $5.4 million in the 2016 cycle; later-cycle totals and company-level breakdowns are available in OpenSecrets and Reuters’ reporting sh...
Safeway’s corporate entity does not itself give to federal candidates; reporting shows political spending linked to Safeway is routed through its employee/industry PACs and affiliated PAC records — fo...
After public backlash over perceived corporate support for Donald Trump, several food and grocery companies reduced visible political spending and shifted public positioning; Food Dive reports politic...
Major s and trade groups skewed toward candidates across the 2020–2024 cycles, though notable exceptions and corporate splits complicate a simple red/blue tally — and ’ combined giving favored Republi...
Patterns in store location, customer demographics and create reasonably consistent “: chains like , and trend toward liberal consumers, while regional chains such as , and register stronger conservati...
Major grocery and food companies responded to criticism over political donations with a mix of public statements emphasizing the legitimacy of political participation, increased disclosure of contribu...
Major supermarket and food-store political giving is mixed but leans Republican in recent cycles: Kroger and Albertsons’ combined PAC donations this congressional cycle went 58% to Republicans (Reuter...
Available sources do not record a year when "SugarWise" (the supplement-brand sites) changed their ingredient list; the sources instead include current product pages and the independent certification ...
Some grocery-sector executives or people tied to grocery companies appear in campaign finance and inaugural-donor records, but available reporting stresses that companies themselves cannot directly co...
Major industry and corporate shifts in 2024 changed who wrote checks and where—technology and crypto-backed donors became unusually prominent among Democratic-aligned giving while some traditional cor...