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Labor rights? Whatever. TikTok frenzy over Trader Joe’s mini tote bags

High prices, mega mergers and union busting are just water under the bridge judging from the scramble for a new bag

But that doesn’t refute the fact that grocery expenses jumped 25% from 2019, enraging customers – and inspiring the very worst in CEOs like the Kellogg’s head, Gary Pilnick, who recently suggested on CNBC that cash-strapped families resort to eating cereal for dinner. The FTC alleges this potential marriage would not only close an untold number of grocery stores (the companies own shops including Safeway, Vons, Harris Teeter and Fred Meyer), but it would also eliminate competition, which could drive up food prices even further. Then again, there could be a depressing reason these bags – like all TJ products – are so cheap: according to workers interviewed by the New York Times in 2022, the company rolled back benefits as it evolved from a niche market to a large national chain.

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