USDA Report on Meat Industry Competition Confirms National Grocers Association’s Position on Harmful Effects of Retail Consolidation and Price Discrimination
The study goes into detail with examples on how complicated schemes of rebates, fees, and other arrangements in the meat industry are construed to benefit the largest industry players. For example, in the report, a food consultant reported that a midsized packer found that its required trade spend to a national chain grocer of $120 million was double that of other chains. …