MONITORING THE IMPACT OF CONSOLIDATION IN THE FOOD SYSTEM ON THE CONSUMER IN 1996

Anthony E. Gallo

Journal of Food Distribution Research, 1998, vol. 29, issue 01, 3

Abstract: Very little research has been done on the impact of mergers, divestitures, and leveraged buyouts on the American consumer. The U.S. food marketing system had nearly 400 mergers and leveraged buyouts in 1996, bringing the 15-year total to about 6,400. In 1996, all indicators show that consumers were not adversely affected by this level of activity, although profitability and owners' equity continue to skyrocket. This presentation examines the consumer's welfare indirectly by looking at key economic indicators of the food marketing system in 1996-such as retail food prices, advertising expenditures, new product introductions, research and development, profitability, and equity appreciation.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/27457/files/29010081.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:jlofdr:27457

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.27457

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Journal of Food Distribution Research from Food Distribution Research Society Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().