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Abstract
Contents: Introduction and Executive Summary --- Regulatory History --- Areas of Analysis (Market Structure and Concentration in the Food Industries – The Impact of Fees, Rebates and Other Agreements in the Meat Industry – Potentially Unfair or Anticompetitive Pricing Practices in the Food Industries) --- Recommendations to Address Identified Concerns --- Appendices --- Notes. Figures included: Meat Retail Chain --- Approximate Market Shares of Top Four Firms in Meatpacking and Poultry Processing, from the 1920 Consent Decree (vertical dotted line) to 2021 --- Approximate Share of Sales for Top 4, 8, and 20 Firms in Food Wholesale (Census-classified General Line Grocery Wholesale) 1972–2017 --- Approximate Share of Sales for Top 4, 8, and 20 Retail Firms, from the 1920 Consent Decree (dotted vertical line) to 2019 --- Annual Revenues Over Costs: US Food Industries, with Increased Markup Percentages in Recent Years --- Historic Farm to Retail Price Value Ratios for Beef and Pork.