Retail relations: an interlocking directorate analysis of food retailing corporations in the United States

Retail relations: an interlocking directorate analysis of food retailing corporations in the United States

The US food retailing industry continues to concentrate and consolidate. Power in the agriculture, food, and nutrition system has shifted from producers to processors, and is now shifting to retailers. Currently, only eight food-retailing corporations control the majority of food sales in the United...

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Veröffentlicht in:Agriculture and human values 2007-12, Vol.24 (4), p.489-498
Hauptverfasser: Schwartz, Rachel A, Lyson, Thomas A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Agriculture
Boards of directors
Consolidation
Consumers
Food
Food analysis
food and nutrition system
food retailing
Grocery stores
Interlocking directorates
Manufacturers
Manufacturing
Market shares
New store openings
Nutrition
Retail stores
Retailing industry
Sociology
Supermarkets
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Zusammenfassung:The US food retailing industry continues to concentrate and consolidate. Power in the agriculture, food, and nutrition system has shifted from producers to processors, and is now shifting to retailers. Currently, only eight food-retailing corporations control the majority of food sales in the United States. Expanding on previous research by Lyson and Raymer (2000, Agriculture and Human Values 17: 199-208), this paper examines the characteristics of the boards of directors of the leading food retailing corporations and the indirect interlocks that bind the food retailers into a corporate community.
ISSN:0889-048X
1572-8366
DOI:10.1007/s10460-007-9085-x