CONCENTRATION AND MERGERS IN U.S. WHOLESALE GROCERY MARKETS

John Connor ()

No 97-09, Working Papers from Purdue University, College of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics

Abstract: This report analyzes a large sample of U.S. grocery warehouse operators in 54 well defined grocery marketing areas. Almost all grocer retail chains with more than 40 supermarkets and $500 million in retail sales in 1990 are vertically integrated into wholesaling. More than four-fifths of the market areas display high levels of sales concentration (four-firm concentration greater than 60 percent). The 1992 merger between Super Value and Wetterau violated federal merger enforcement guidelines in at least four market areas, and several more horizontal mergers between merchant grocery wholesalers have been consummated since then.

Keywords: Grocery wholesale trade; food retail trade; market concentration; mergers and acquisitions; vertical integration; antitrust policy; food distribution; geographic market definition. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 70 pages
Date: 1997
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