#Consolidation

Recall that the large grocery chain, Kroger, proposed a couple of years ago to acquire another large grocer, Albertsons, for about $25 billion. The FTC did not think this was a good idea.  It FTC filed a suit to prevent the proposed merger on the grounds that it would make the US supermarket

I’m indebted to Politico for this one: Federal government won’t stop buying food from meatpacker tied to bribery case. Should the US government do business with a company that uses bribes to conduct its business?  The answer, apparently, is yes. At issue is the relationship of USDA to the

TODAY: Petaluma, 140 Kentucky, Copperfield’s Books, 7:00 p.m.  Information is here. ********** Nature Food has an issue devoted largely to the topic of cell-based meat. It is worth reading for getting an idea of where current thinking is on this issue, and also because of Phil Howard’s latest

The majority staff of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis has issued a scathing report: “Coronavirus Infections and Deaths Among Meatpacking Workers Were Nearly Three Times Higher than Previous Estimates.” Newly obtained documents from five of the largest meatpacking

I posted last week on meat-industry consolidation, an issue that has become so prominent that the White House is even talking about it. The President understands that families have been facing higher prices at the grocery store recently. Half of those recent increases are from meat