{
  "id": 10474586,
  "title": "Independent Grocers Operate on 1 to 2 Percent Margins. Now 1 Added Cost Is Squeezing Them",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/independent-grocers-operate-on-1-to-2-percent-margins-now-1-added",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-28T15:12:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Inc.",
    "slug": "inc",
    "url": "https://www.inc.com/liyana-illyas/independent-grocers-operate-on-1-to-2-percent-margins-now-1-added-cost-squeezing-them/91409622"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Critics of growing grocery consolidation say the problem isn’t just prices but whether local businesses will survive at all.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}