Bill > A09212

This bill enacts the "Consumer Grocery Pricing Fairness Act" to address pricing disparities in the grocery and consumer packaged goods market, specifically targeting the unfair purchasing practices of large retailers against smaller grocers and retailers. The bill establishes a comprehensive framework that requires covered suppliers (producers selling over $6 billion in goods annually) to provide identical sales terms to all retailers, regardless of their size, and prohibits dominant retailers (those with annual sales over $18 billion and storefronts in over 20 states) from leveraging their market power to obtain preferential pricing or coerce suppliers. Key provisions include mandating transparency in sales terms, preventing discrimination based on sales channels, protecting smaller retailers from being denied product access, and allowing the New York Attorney General to enforce these rules through injunctions and civil penalties up to three times the actual damages. The bill covers a wide range of grocery and consumer packaged goods (excluding items like gasoline, prescription drugs, tobacco, and alcohol) and provides certain defenses for suppliers, such as demonstrating genuine efficiency differences or addressing perishable goods. Ultimately, the legislation aims to level the playing field in the retail grocery market, ensuring that smaller retailers can compete more effectively and consumers benefit from increased competition and potentially lower prices.

Business and Industry, Housing and Urban Affairs

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9212