avidamoeba comments on Four companies control two-thirds of Canada’s grocery market. In the US, the top four account for about a third.

Four companies control two-thirds of Canada’s grocery market. In the US, the top four account for about a third. (opendatacanada.ca)

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Loblaw, Sobeys, Metro and Costco sell about 67 cents of every dollar Canadians spend on groceries, by a USDA estimate. The four biggest US food retailers sell about 35 cents.

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 hours ago*

2 or 4 - functionally equivalent. A market requires many many more to be efficient. We're better off only in principle.

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