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THE UK FOOD CHAIN WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE INTER‐RELATIONS BETWEEN MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS
Author(s) -
Burns J. A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.157
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1477-9552
pISSN - 0021-857X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1983.tb01010.x
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , business , margin (machine learning) , food chain , industrial organization , distribution (mathematics) , consumption (sociology) , chain (unit) , legislation , aggregate (composite) , marketing , food marketing , commerce , computer science , mathematics , political science , ecology , paleontology , mathematical analysis , social science , physics , materials science , astronomy , machine learning , sociology , law , composite material , biology
The paper considers developments over the past decade in the major elements that make up the UK food chain beyond the farm gate, looking at food consumption and the characteristics of food demand, the aggregate marketing margin, and providing a more detailed exploration of the present structure of food manufacturing and distribution. Following an account of the rapid rate of structural change in food retailing and wholesaling, developments in the relationships between distributors and manufacturers are discussed with comments on competition legislation.