National Grocers Association Fires Off Letter to Shows Executive Producer

According to The New York Post, National Grocers Association (NGA) Chief Greg Ferra responded to Whoopie’s comments villainizing grocery store owners in a letter to ‘The View’ executive producer Brian Teta. “We are deeply troubled by these remarks … referring to people who own grocery stores as ‘pigs,’” the letter reads.

The organization represents “independent community grocers located in every congressional district across the country, and the wholesalers that service them,” according to its website.

The NGA also cited grocery stores’ “razor-thin” profit margins of one to two percent and “violent” crimes committed against employees as a result of Rhetoric like Whoopie’s.

“Statements that falsely depict grocers as ‘gouging’ not only exacerbate these tensions but also risk further harm to these frontline workers who have continued to serve the public through challenging times,” Ferra continued in his letter, crediting food inflation to “broader economic issues” and rising labor costs.