Roy Cooper Says He’ll Block Grocery Mergers To 'Make Stuff Cost Less,' But He Cozied Up to Kroger as NC Governor: Senate Hopeful Didn't Fight Its Plans for Massive Merger

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Fresh off securing the Democratic nomination for North Carolina's open Senate seat, former Gov. Roy Cooper kicked off his general election campaign with a  core campaign pledge: "Make Stuff Cost Less." Voters are getting squeezed at the grocery store, Cooper said at an early March campaign event, and he vowed to bring down costs by blocking anti-competitive grocery store mergers responsible for driving costs up.

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