Canada’s Competition Bureau finds that Bunge’s takeover of Viterra would hurt some farmers and canola buyers.
Read MoreAntitrust enforcers dealt two major challenges to corporate power at different ends of the food supply chain over the past two weeks.
Read MoreKroger and Albertsons sell over half of all groceries in Washington state. State antitrust enforcers say that their merger will raise prices and harm workers and they’re suing to stop the deal.
Read MoreJust two companies control over 70% of cold storage in the US. Dozens of acquisitions shut small food companies out of chilled warehouse space. But new construction is on the rise.
Read MoreA recap of some of our biggest stories of 2023 and a look ahead to antimonopoly action expected in 2024.
Read MoreChecking in on antitrust review of Kroger and Albertson’s proposed merger, one year later.
Read MoreBunge’s proposed merger with Glencore’s Viterra would be the largest grain trading deal in over a decade, creating a global agricultural commodity goliath to rival industry leaders Archer-Daniels-Midland and Cargill.
Read MoreJBS will buy undisclosed assets from Iowa hog producer TriOak, locking up a supply of Prop-12 compliant hogs and vertically integrating an already consolidated industry.
Read MoreLegal challenges to Albertsons’s special dividend put a spotlight on the ways private equity extraction drives grocery consolidation.
Read MoreA merged Kroger/Albertsons empire could supercharge store closures, layoffs, price gouging, and supplier squeezing, further harming shoppers, workers, farmers, and independent grocers.
Read MoreFarmers and food businesses urge antitrust enforcers to strengthen merger guidelines and fight consolidation.
Read MoreAntitrust agencies have had a light touch on vertical merger enforcement for decades. That may be about to change.
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