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

This stuff isn't exactly a secret. Grocery store owners hold earnings calls with their investors where they boast about the fact that they can raise their prices far in excess of their increased costs, and blame it on inflation: pluralistic.net/2023/03/11/p... 13/

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Pluralistic: Excuseflation (11 Mar 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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

They boast about their "personalized pricing" swindles, whereby they use surveillance data to figure out how desperate you are and jack up the prices you see in their apps: pluralistic.net/2025/12/11/n... 14/

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Pluralistic: Instacart reaches into your pocket and lops a third off your dollars (11 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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