date:Aug 01, 2014
tle nationally, and in the pork sector, the top four firms control 65 per cent of hog sales.
Mr Johnson points out that for grocery shoppers, the proposed Tyson-Hillshire merger means Big Meat will now have even more control over prices. Over the decades, weve heard the same tired propaganda: That consolidation helps everyone, he concluded.
But a century of broken promises and a little common sense tells us differently.
Mergers help the big get bigger and leave the small guys helpless to thei