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Read. Follow. Verify.Indiana requires large grocery chains to report staple food pricing and sales data to a public online dashboard
Last action · December 5, 2025: First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentSponsors: Mitch Gore and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Requires: (1) a grocery chain that operates or franchises five or more retail food stores located in Indiana to report each month to the state department of agriculture (department) specified sales information regarding specified staple food items sold by the grocery chain in Indiana; and (2) the department to establish and maintain an online dashboard through which members of the public can view and compare the data reported. Provides for enforcement of the reporting requirement by the attorney general and specifies penalties for violations.
Residents gain direct online access to monthly price and cost comparisons for basic grocery items across large supermarket chains, while qualifying retailers face mandatory reporting requirements and potential civil penalties of up to $10,000 for willful false reporting.
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Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Covered grocery chains
Grocery chains operating five or more retail food stores in Indiana must compile and submit monthly pricing, cost, and sales volume reports, maintain records for three years, and face potential civil penalties for noncompliance.
Indiana consumers
Residents gain access to an online public dashboard providing monthly price and cost comparisons for essential staple food items across major grocery chains.
Indiana State Department of Agriculture
The department is tasked with establishing rules, collecting monthly reports, maintaining the public online dashboard, and conducting audits.
Key Facts
- Applies to any person operating or franchising five or more retail food stores physically located in Indiana under common branding or supply chain control.
- Requires monthly reports on essential staples including pasteurized white cow's milk, chicken eggs, sliced white bread, boneless skinless chicken breast, 80% lean ground beef, and infant formula.
- Mandates reporting of average retail price, average wholesale price, total units sold, and any product discontinuations or substitutions for store brand essential staples.
- Requires covered grocery chains to submit reports not later than the fifteenth day of the immediately following month.
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- Requires chains to maintain underlying records supporting the reported data for three years and make them available for state audit upon reasonable notice.
- Directs the Indiana State Department of Agriculture to establish and maintain an online dashboard allowing the public to view, compare, and access at least five years of archived data.
- Prohibits the department from publishing personally identifiable consumer information and permits a delay of up to thirty days for wholesale price publication to minimize prospective price signaling.
- Classifies the failure to file a complete and accurate report as a deceptive act under state law, enforceable by the attorney general.
- Permits civil penalties of up to $1,000 per day for late reports and up to $10,000 for the willful reporting of materially false information.
- Provides a seven-day cure period for late submissions before the attorney general can file a civil action for delayed reporting.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which grocery stores are required to submit pricing reports?
What specific grocery items must be included in the monthly reports?
How can the public access the reported pricing data?
What happens if a grocery chain misses a reporting deadline or submits false data?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Dec 5, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
- Dec 5, 2025HouseCoauthored by Representative Bauer
- Dec 5, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Gore
Version history
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Establishment of State-Managed Grocery Pricing Transparency
The legislation shifts regulatory oversight by requiring major grocery chains to submit proprietary wholesale and retail pricing data for public display on a state-administered dashboard.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy60Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz45Current news / social attention level
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