Haisi chakavanzika chokuti kugadzirwa kwezvokudya kunowirirana zvikuru . Maererano naMaria Hendrickson, purofesa wezvokudya uye zvekurima zvekurima paYunivhesiti yeMissin-Columbia, vanongodaro makumi maviri vanofambisa zvinotakura hafu yemombe muUnited States uye vanobatana zvakananga kune mafaira mana ekugadzirisa anotungamirira 81 muzana yekubata nyama. Pamwe peshizha zvinyorwa zvakadai sekutengesa uye zvekutengesa, magamba makuru anoshandisa zviketani zvekushandisa.
Muna 2001, mashanu makuru ezvitoro ezvipasimusi zveUnited States aive anopfuura 40 muzana yezvokudya zvekutengesa zvekudya, maererano neHendrickson. Mega-mergers pakati pezvikwata izvi vanosiya vatengi nemitengo yakakwirira yepamusoro uye chirevo chekusarudza, asi varimi vari kuramba vasingakwanisi kurwisa simba rekutengesa rekugovera zvikamu.
Federal Federal Commission (FTC) munguva pfupi yakatevera yakapa sitsinyo pamusoro peSysco kutora US Foods, ichipikisa kuti kufamba kwaizoita kuti kambani irambe ichitarisa 75 muzana yehuwandu hwezvokudya zvekudya, iyo inopa michina yemabhizimisi muUnited States. "Izvi zvakasangana pamwe chete zvinogona kupedza kukwikwidza kwakanyanya mumusika uye kugadzira nyika yakawanda yekudyisa zvokudya," akadaro Debbie Feinstein, Mutungamiriri weFTC Bureau of Competition. "Vatengi vari munyika yose, uye mabhizimisi anovashandira vanobatsirwa nemakwikwi ane utano pakati peSysco neUnited States, kana vachidya muresitorendi, hotera, kana chipatara." Chiitiko chekutonga chichatanga musi waJuly 21, 2015.
Heinz akazivisa musi waMarch 25, 2015, kuti kambani ichatenga Kraft Foods mu US $ 45 biliyoni mega-merger. Kusimbiswa kwekambani idzi ku Kraft Heinz kuchaumba North America yechitatu yekutonga kwehumambo hwemhepo, inotorwa naNestle naPepsiCo chete. Kutengeswa kwemakambani ose ari kutamba, nekuda kwekuchinja kushandiswa kwevatengi kune zvekudya zvine utano.
Nepo mapurisa emakambani maviri aya akabvumirana pamwe chete nekutengeserana, kubatana kuchange kuchida kutora vatori vemapurisa vekare uye federal anti-trust regulators vasati vavhara.
Hazviri pachena kana FTC ichapikisa Kraft Heinz. "Kuwedzera kukura hakusi kupesana nekusavimbika," akadaro Ben Gomes-Casseres, purofesa paBrandeis International Business School muBoston. "Aya maviri haasi mumusika mumwe chete, kunze kwekugadzirwa kwekudya ... Handitarisiri mutengo we ketchup kukwira." Vamwe vanofungidzira kuti kuungana kunogona kutungamirira kumatengo akakwirira kune vatengi, nekuda kwekuwanda kwenhamba yevashandi vezvokudya uye vatengesi. "Zvose izvi zvekudya-nzvimbo inobatana inopa [vanotenga] kunyengera kwekusarudza. Vari kufunga kuti, 'O gosh, tarisa pazvinhu zvose izvi,' "akadaro Diana Moss, purezidhendi weAmerican Antitrust Institute. "Asi izvo mubhadhari haazvioni ndezviduku uye zviduku zvevashandi vanochengetedza zvigadzirwa izvozvo."
Zvimwe zvekutsvaga kwekutengeswa kwetikiti zvakabatanidza Hershey's acquisition ya Krave Pure Foods, kutenga kwaJM Smucker yeMeow Mix, uye kutora kwaTyson Foods kweWatchshire Brands. Vatungamiri vekambani yekutsinhanisa 3G, iyo yakabvunzurudza mutambo weKraft Heinz, inonzi ichitarisa Campbell Soup Co uye PepsiCo nekuda kwekutora.
3G isiriwo boka revanhu vari voga mushure meBurger King's acquisition yaTim Horton's. Maererano nemudzimai anonyanya kuzivikanwa Warren Buffet, "varume ava vane chido chepasi rose."
Kubatana kana kugadziriswa kwakakwana hakusi iyo nzira chete yekubatanidza kutonga kwekambani mune zvekudya. Coco-Cola yakawedzera zvikamu zve Green Mountain Coffee Roasting (GMCR), yakagadzirira kuwedzera maKeurig ayo maitiro munyika yose. Nokuwedzera zvishoma nezvishoma chikamu chayo chemotokari mukambani, Coca-Cola iri kuwedzera danda rayo mukubudirira kweGGCR uye inogona kunge ichigadzirira kugadziriswa kwekupedzisira.
Zvinhu zvakasikwa zvinowanikwa pasi pesangano rimwe chete.
MunaSeptember ya2014, General Mills akawana Annie's Homegrown, anonyanya kuzivikanwa nemakisi ayo mac uye cheese, zve US $ 820 mamiriyoni mumari. Dhiyabhorosi Phil Howard, Purofesa weZvibatanidza kuMichigan State, anochengetedza "uyo ane zvisikwa," kubudisa maratiro anoratidza kushandiswa kwemabhizimisi. "Vashandi vanoda makambani ezvokudya anowedzera zvimwe zvepfungwa dzepakutanga zvingaita zvakanaka kutsvaga michero kubva kumabhizimisi akazvimirira," Howard anopa mazano. "Vakapiwa munharaunda isina kufanira iyo vari kukwikwidzana, ivo vanozvimiririra zvirongwa zvehupenyu hazviiti kuti vararame vasina rubatsiro rwakadaro."
Pane zvikonzero zvekuti mitemo inopesana nemitemo iripo. Nokutonga chikamu chemakambani, mashomanana emakambani anokwanisa kutema mitengo uye kusvitsa vatori viduku. Kuti urambe uchikwikwidzana mumamiriro ekubatana kwekambani, kunyange mapeji makuru anofanira kunge achigara achifamba achienda kune vamwe vanotarisira pfuma-vanoita. Mega-makambani mumakambani ezvokudya vanokwanisawo kutaurirana nezvekudyidzana kwenyika dzepasi pose, kuparadza zvirongwa zvekudya zvekune dzimwe nyika.
Kutenga kubva kune vagari vemunharaunda uye vemuzinda kunokosha pakutsigira mabhizimisi maduku, nekukumbira masangano kuita zvimwechetezvo zvinogona kuwedzera simba rekutenga revatengi vanotenda mumakwikwi echokwadi uye anochengetedza zvekudya zvakachengetedzeka. Utano Hwakanaka Husina Hadzi huri kushanda kuvandudza kushandiswa kwemunharaunda munzvimbo dzezvipatara uye kukumbira kupindura kwevanhu vanoona nezvehutano. Chaizvo Chikafu Chinetso chiri kukurudzira kubvisa zvokudya zvekudyidzana kubva kumakoroji eyunivhesiti nedyunivhesiti, kusimbisa kukosha kwekutengesa kwemunharaunda nekumahara kwezvigadzirwa zvakasimba zveketani. Sangano reNational Farm to School Network rinobatanidza kudya kwechikoro kumapurazi emunharaunda, kubvisa vatengesi vemabhizimisi uye vanogadzira zvokudya. Zvakakosha kutsigira matanho aya emunharaunda uye mahara uye kukumbira zvikoro uye masangano kuti aite zvakafanana.