FoodReview: Understanding Structural Change in the Food Industry; Vol 23, Issue 2.

Rosanna Mentzer Morrison, Economics editor

FoodReview No. (FR-23-2) October 2000

About this magazine

As agricultural commodity prices have fallen from record levels, much attention has been focused on the depressing effect that changes in the structure of agribusiness may have on farmers’ returns. Across the food and agricultural sector, the smart pace of mergers and acquisitions, along with the construction of bigger plants, has resulted in fewer and larger firms buying farm commodities, manufacturing food products, and selling them to consumers—a phenomenon known as concentration.

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• Frontmatter (Upfront, Contents), 642 kb


• Poultry Plants Lowering Costs and Increasing Variety, 144 kb


• Large Companies Active in Changing Dairy Industry, 97 kb


• Evolving Marketing Channels Reveal Dynamic U.S. Produce Industry, 195 kb


• Cereal Sales Soggy Despite Price Cuts and Reduced Couponing, 218 kb
• Grocery Retailers Demonstrate Urge To Merge, 154 kb
• Decline in Nutrition Assistance Expenditures Continued in 1999, 98 kb


• Awareness of Risks Changing How Hamburgers Are Cooked, 109 kb

• Entire issue, 1,464 kb

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Updated date: October 2000