Stop & Shop says work is underway to lower prices.
Massachusetts lawmakers are once again targeting Stop & Shop after a new report found the chain charges higher prices in urban neighborhoods than wealthier areas.
In a letter on Thursday, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey and Reps. Jim McGovern and Ayanna Pressley asked the CEO of Stop & Shop to update them on its promises to lower grocery prices for Massachusetts residents after a new report showed little progress.
Lawmakers first raised concerns in September 2024, after a report by Boston youth volunteers with the Hyde Square Task Force found that Stop & Shop charged 18% more for 17 identical staple items at its Jamaica Plain store—a predominantly minority, working-class area—than at its Dedham location in a wealthier suburb…