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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...
Corporate “donations” to Donald Trump’s campaigns or inaugural committee are often individual, PAC, or affiliate contributions rather than direct corporate gifts; reporting shows major national brands...
Kroger does not have a single “political party” label — its political spending is channeled through a corporate PAC and trade associations and is reported publicly: Kroger’s 2024 political-spending re...
Government Accountability Office analysis and subsequent reporting identify major U.S. employers — notably Walmart and McDonald’s — as having the largest *counts* of workers who receive SNAP (food‑sta...
Albertsons Companies’ corporate political giving in the 2023–2024 cycle was routed through its PAC, which raised roughly $182,568 and gave about $248,000 to federal candidates in that cycle, with publ...
Target’s corporate check to President Trump’s 2025 inaugural committee was unusually large and visible — $1 million — matching a $1 million contribution from Amazon and dwarfing Walmart’s $150,000 con...
corporations from giving directly to federal candidates, so any money tied to grocery or food companies that shows up in reports to the will appear as contributions from corporate PACs, trade associat...
Isolated incidents occurred where people were injected with saline or diluent instead of a COVID-19 vaccine, typically because of preparation or handling errors at specific clinics or pharmacies. Ther...
Public records and reporting show grocery and food‑industry political money comes mostly from PACs, executives and employees — not corporate treasuries — and OpenSecrets groups labeled “Food Stores” l...
Kroger has at the federal level, including reported donations tied to Donald Trump's campaign totaling , but the company itself publicly framed its giving as coming primarily from individual employees...
Major grocery chains do not, as corporate entities, directly give money to federal candidates; donations come from corporate PACs, executives and employees instead . OpenSecrets shows Food Stores PACs...
have publicly announced multi-store shrinkage that will affect in 2025–2026, with documented counts ranging from single‑digit California-specific closures to nationwide plans that translate into dozen...
Available reporting does not show a clear, direct endorsement or organizational support from the retail chain Fred Meyer for Donald Trump; most items in the provided results concern Fred Meyer as a su...
Kroger’s corporate political activity shows a pattern of ; corporate PAC and company-level contributions have flowed to both major parties across recent cycles, with small swings toward one side in pa...
’s recent political giving is a mix of direct candidate contributions via its corporate PAC, trade association and lobbying payments, and occasional pauses or shifts in strategy amid political controv...
Public records compiled by campaign-finance trackers show the and its political action committee have made federal contributions in recent cycles, but the sources provided do not document a direct cor...
Available sources show that supermarket companies do not legally donate directly to federal candidates; instead, donations come from corporate PACs, executives, employees or inaugural and super‑PAC fu...
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...
Walmart’s benefits package includes a broad suite of programs—medical and pharmacy coverage, retirement options, paid leave categories, mental-health and gender-affirming care coverage, career-develop...
did make political contributions in the 2023–2024 cycle through its corporate PAC and individual donors, and those donations leaned toward Republican recipients in aggregate reporting that grouped Alb...