Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi ukukhiqizwa kokudla kuhlanganiswa kakhulu . NgokukaMary Hendrickson, uprofesa wezokudla nezokulima kwezobuchwepheshe eNyuvesi yaseMissouri-Columbia, ama-feedlots angu-20 kuphela aphethe ingxenye yezinkomo e-United States futhi axhumene ngqo namafemu amane okucubungula alawula amaphesenti angu-81 enkambiso yenkomo. Ngaphandle kwemikhakha engaphansi kwemikhakha efana nokukhiqiza nokudayisa, izimpi ezinkulu zezinkampani zilawula izinketho zokuhlinzeka.
Ngo-2001, amahlanu amakhulu kunazo zonke ezitolo zase-US ayenamaphesenti angaphezu kuka-40 okuthengiswa kokudla, kusho uHendrickson. Ama-mega-hlangana phakathi kwalezi zimabhizinisi ashiye abathengi ngamanani aphakeme kakhulu kanye nokuzikhohlisa, kuyilapho abalimi behluleka ukulwa namandla okuthenga ama-conglomerate.
I-Federal Trade Commission (FTC) isanda kufaka isicelo sokukhishwa kwe-Sysco ye-US Foods, ngokusho ukuthi ukunyakaza kuzobangela ukuthi inkampani ilawulwe amaphesenti angama-75 embonini yesevisi yokudla, ehlinzeka ngamakhishi asezimboni e-United States. "Lokhu kuhlanganiswa okuhlongozwayo kuzoqeda ukuncintisana okuphawulekayo emakethe futhi kudale umthengisi omkhulu wokudla," kusho uDeborah Feinstein, uMqondisi weBusiness of the FTC's Competition. "Abathengi ezweni lonke, futhi amabhizinisi awakhonza ayazuza emncintiswaneni ophilile phakathi kukaSysco ne-US Foods, noma badla endaweni yokudlela, ehhotela noma esibhedlela." Isivivinyo sokuphatha sizoqala ngoJulayi 21, 2015.
U-Heinz umemezele ngoMashi 25, 2015, ukuthi inkampani izothengisa ama-Kraft Foods ku-US $ 45 billion ye-mega-merger. Ukuhlanganiswa kwalezi zinkampani ku Kraft Heinz kuzodala umbuso wesithathu wokudla waseNyakatho Melika, okwenziwa nguNestle noPepsiCo kuphela. Ukuthengiswa kwezinkampani zombili sekuyekezela, ngenxa yokushintsha okuthandayo kubathengi bokudla okunempilo.
Ngenkathi amabhodi womabili izinkampani avumelana ngokuvumelana ngalokhu, ukuhlanganiswa kuzodingeka ukuthi uthole abanikazi bamasheya abadlule kanye nabaphathi bezempi zokulwa ne-federal ngaphambi kokuvala.
Akukacaci ukuthi ngabe i-FTC izofaka i-suit ngokumelene no-Kraft Heinz. "Ukukhula nje akuyona ukwephulwa kwe-antitrust," kusho uBen Gomes-Casseres, uprofesa eBrandeis International Business School eBoston. "Lezi ezimbili azikho emakethe efanayo, ngaphandle kokudla okucutshungulwayo ... Angilindeli intengo ye-ketchup ukuba ikhuphuke." Abanye balindele ukuthi ukuhlanganisa kungabangela amanani aphakeme kubathengi, ngenxa yenani elishisayo labakhiqizi bokudla kanye nabathengisi. "Zonke lezi zihlanganisi zokudla-zindawo zinikeza [abathengi] ukukhohliswa kokuzikhethela. Bacabanga, 'Hosh, buka zonke lezi zinto,' "kusho u-Diana Moss, umongameli we-American Antitrust Institute. "Kodwa lokho umthengi angakuboni kuyinamba encane nencane yabakhiqizi abagcina leyo mikhiqizo."
Okunye ukuthengwa kwamathikithi amakhulu amasha kufaka phakathi ukuthengwa kukaHershey we-Krave Pure Foods, ukuthenga kukaJM Smucker kwe-Meow Mix, nokuthengwa kwe-Tyson Foods kwe-Hillshire Brands. Abaholi benkampani yokutshalwa kwezimali 3G, abaxoxisana ne-Kraft Heinz deal, kuthiwa babheka uCampbell Soup Co noPepsiCo ngokuthatha imali.
I-3G iphinde ibe yingxenye yangasese yokulingana ngemuva kokuthengwa kweBurger King kaTim Horton. Ngokusho kwezimali ezidumile uWarren Buffet, "laba bantu banezinhloso zomhlaba wonke."
Ukuzuza okuhlangene noma okuqondile akuyona yindlela kuphela yokuqinisa ukulawulwa kwezinkampani emkhakheni wokudla. I-Coco-Cola iye yathenga ngamasheya ama-Green Mountain Coffee Roasting (GMCR), alungele ukwandisa imikhiqizo yawo yeKeurig emhlabeni jikelele. Ngokukhuphula kancane kancane isabelo saso enkampanini, i-Coca-Cola ikwandisa isigxila sayo ekuphumeleleni kweGGCR futhi ingahle ilungiselele ukuthengwa kokugcina.
Ama-organic Organisation afakwe ngaphansi kokuhlanganiswa kwembonini efanayo.
NgoSeptemba ka-2014, i-General Mills yathola u-Annie's Homegrown, owaziwa kakhulu ngama-organic and cheese ayo, ngo-US $ 820 million. UDkt. Phil Howard, uprofesa ohlangene eMichigan State, ulandelela "ophethe izinto eziphilayo," ukushicilela amashadi afaka isakhiwo sembonini. "Abathengi abafuna izinkampani zokudla ezibandakanya eminye imibono engokwemvelo yokuqala kuyokwenza kahle ukufuna imikhiqizo evela kumafemu ezimele ezimele," uWoard weluleka. "Njengoba kunikezwe inkundla yokudlala engalingani, baqhubekile ngokuncintisana, abaqhubi bezinhlaka ezizimele abazimele bengenakusiza."
Kunezizathu zokuthi imithetho yama-anti-trust ikhona. Ngokulawula ukwabelana kwamakethe, izinkampani ezimbalwa zikwazi ukubeka amanani futhi zifake abakhiqizi abancane. Ukuze uhlale ekhuphisana emkhathini wokuhlanganiswa kwezinkampani, ngisho namafemu amakhulu kufanele ahlale ehamba ukuze aqhubekele abenzi inzuzo. I-Mega-corporations embonini yokudla nayo ikwazi ukuxoxisana ngamadili ngamazwe ngamazwe, okwehliswa kwezinhlelo zokudla zendawo nezindawo.
Ukuthengwa kwabakhiqizi basekhaya nabasemqoka kubalulekile ekusimeni amabhizinisi amancane, futhi ukucela izikhungo ukuba zenze okufanayo zingakhulisa amandla okuthenga abathengi abakholelwa ezimakethe ezinokuncintisana futhi eziqinisayo zokudla okusimeme. Ukunakekelwa Kwezempilo Ngaphandle Kokulimaza kusebenza ekuthuthukiseni ukutholakala kwendawo ezibhedlela futhi kucela izimpendulo zemibuzo evela kubathengi bezinsizakalo zezempilo. Inselele Yokudla Kweqiniso Imkhankaso ukususa ukudla ezinkampanini ezigumbini zokudlela zaseyunivesithi nakweyunivesithi, kugcizelela ukubaluleka kokuthengwa kwendawo kanye nesifunda ngamaketanga okugcina okunikezwayo. I-National Farm kuya School Network ixhuma ukudla kwezinsuku zesikole emapulazini asendaweni, inqamule abaphakeli bezinkampani nabakhiqizi bokudla. Kubalulekile ukusekela lezi zindlela zokuhlola ezendawo kanye nesifunda bese ucela izikole nezinhlangano ukuba zenze okufanayo.