The consolidation wave in U.S. food reta
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Neil Wrigley
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract This article assesses, from the perspective of a European academic, the intense wave of acquisition and merger driven consolidation that swept through the U.S. food retail industry during the late 1990s. It reviews the characteristics and causes of that consolidation wave, placing empha