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Over 83 percent of Americans also think that food should be a human right. The remaining question is what we will do to ensure it.
Faye Guenther, president of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 3000, put it well, saying: “Over the last four decades the supermarket industry has become highly concentrated and the power of workers and consumers has been dramatically reduced. We need a public option in the supermarket industry — stores that are focused on providing healthy food in our communities, while providing jobs with good wages and benefits.”