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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/05/2026

Your grocery bill went up because oligarchs price-gouge you. Eggflation was caused by Cal-Maine, the monopolist that owns every brand of eggs in your grocer's fridge, who jacked up prices because they knew they could: pluralistic.net/2025/03/10/d... 10/

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Pluralistic: Eggflation is excuseflation (10 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/05/2026

Pepsi and Walmart conspired to force every retailer to jack up the prices of all Pepsi products (including Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Aquafina, etc) at *every retailer's store*. 11/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/05/2026

That way, Walmart could *also* jack up their prices and still undersell their competition (naturally, Trump let them get away with it): www.thebignewsletter.com/p/secret-doc... 12/

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Secret Documents Show Pepsi and Walmart Colluded to Raise Food Prices Across the Economy

The Trump FTC tried to hide a complaint showing Pepsi forced shoppers to pay higher prices everywhere but Walmart. But now it's unsealed. And the politics of affordability are explosive.

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