An Act To Address Consumer Grocery Pricing Fairness

LD 1894 requires large grocery suppliers to offer the same pricing terms to all retailers buying the same volume of covered goods (most groceries, excluding alcohol, tobacco, hot foods, and prescription drugs). It directly affects covered suppliers (those selling over $6 billion annually in Maine) and dominant covered retailers (national chains with over $18 billion in Maine sales). Key provisions mandate that suppliers must match terms of sale for identical goods purchased in equivalent quantities and provide anonymized pricing data to smaller retailers within 14 days of a written request. The bill aims to prevent suppliers from offering better deals to large national chains compared to smaller Maine retailers.