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

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  • Rachel A. Schwartz
  • Thomas A. Lyson

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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. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007

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  • Rachel A. Schwartz & Thomas A. Lyson, 2007. "Retail relations: an interlocking directorate analysis of food retailing corporations in the United States," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 24(4), pages 489-498, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:agrhuv:v:24:y:2007:i:4:p:489-498
    DOI: 10.1007/s10460-007-9085-x
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    1. Amy Guptill & Jennifer Wilkins, 2002. "Buying into the food system: Trends in food retailing in the US and implications for local foods," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 19(1), pages 39-51, March.
    2. Neil Wrigley, 2001. "The consolidation wave in U.S. food retailing: A European perspective," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 17(4), pages 489-513.
    3. Thomas Lyson & Annalisa Raymer, 2000. "Stalking the wily multinational: Power and control in the US food system," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 17(2), pages 199-208, June.
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