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Speaker: Lori Stahlbrand Session: Distributors: The Key to Institutional Local Food Procurement
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Distribution: The Key to Institutional Local Food
Procurement?
Presented by Lori StahlbrandNourishing Communities Research [email protected]
Five points:
1. Power shift to aggregators
2. Corporate concentration in the food system
3. What does this mean for food security?
4. What does this mean for institutional procurement?
5. What does this mean going forward?
1. Power shift to aggregators
2. Corporate concentration
The big players in distribution• More than $37 Billion
in annual revenue• Based in Houston,
Texas
• More than 9 billion in annual revenue• Based in Grand Rapids,
Michigan
Oligopoly: A market dominated by a small number of participants who are able to collectively exert control over supply and market prices
Why oligopolies are a problem
3. What does this mean for food security?
4. What does this mean for Institutional Procurement?
5. What does this mean going forward?
Distribution: The Key to Institutional Local Food
Procurement?
Presented by Lori StahlbrandNourishing Communities Research [email protected]
