Retail Consolidation and Produce Buying Practices: A Summary of the Evidence and Potential Industry and Policy Responses

G IANNINI OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS FOUNDATIO N UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Retail Consolidation and Produce Buying Practices: A Summary of the Evidence and Potential Industry and Policy Responses Richard J. Sexton, Timothy J. Richards and Paul M. Patterson G iannini Foundation Monograph Number 45 December 2002 U NIVERSITY OF C ALIFORNIA A GRICULTURE AND N ATURAL R ESOURCES CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE EXPERIMENT STATION