[Flaming Conservative]

Hate to give him any cover, but I do believe there’s price gouging. Grocery prices in Oklahoma are much higher than other areas, and one particular company (Homeland) owns most of the grocery stores here. I wish the FTC would break them up. Even Aldi prices are high, here.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

When all the stores are high there is something you are not seeing.

A tax, a requirement, the price of something.

But I doubt there is any gouging going on.

[TomGuy]

I do believe there’s price gouging. Grocery prices in Oklahoma are much higher than other areas,

In the 80's Oklahoma had a law that consumer prices could only be so low. The law was to protect mom-'n-pop stores from having their prices undercut by corporations/chain stones.

I remember Walmart having a problem as they expanded into Oklahoma. Their "everyday prices" undercut the mom-'n-pop's. I don't recall the resolution or whether the law still exists and is enforced, as I moved from Tulsa to Ft. Worth.