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Declining Competition in Food Retailing: An Opportunity for Consumer Food Cooperatives?
Author(s) -
COTTERILL RONALD W.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of consumer affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1745-6606
pISSN - 0022-0078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6606.1978.tb00887.x
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , business , marketing , food market , food systems , consumer demand , food products , economics , market competition , food industry , market economy , agriculture , food security , political science , food science , geography , ecology , chemistry , biology , archaeology , law
Food cooperatives have become more popular among consumers during the past decade. Although consumers can organize cooperatives for several reasons, economic factors may be more important than indicated by previous research. Specifically, the recent growth in consumer food cooperatives may be associated with declining competition in local food markets. This article reports recent research results on market structure and performance by SMSA that address this hypothesis.