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Watchdogs and ombudsmen: monitoring the abuse of supermarket power

Burch, David; Lawrence, Geoffrey; Hattersley, Libby - In: Agriculture and Human Values 30 (2013) 2, pp. 259-270

supermarkets; however, after 20 years of debate, it appears that these governments may be on the path towards legislating for an …

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Social and environmental attributes of food products in an emerging mass market: Challenges of signaling and consumer perception, with European illustrations

Codron, Jean-Marie; Siriex, Lucie; Reardon, Thomas - In: Agriculture and Human Values 23 (2006) 3, pp. 283-297

This paper focuses on the environmental and ethical attributes of food products and their production processes. These two aspects have been recently recognized and are becoming increasingly important in terms of signaling and of consumer perception. There are two relevant thematic domains:...

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Bringing political economy into the debate on the obesity epidemic

Winson, Anthony - In: Agriculture and Human Values 21 (2004) 4, pp. 299-312

This paper takes what has been termed the “epidemic of obesity” as the point of departure to examine the way in which political economic factors intersect with diet and nutrition to determine adverse health outcomes. The paper proposes several concepts to better understand the dynamics of...

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Retailer-driven agricultural restructuring—Australia, the UK and Norway in comparison

Richards, Carol; Bjørkhaug, Hilde; Lawrence, Geoffrey; … - In: Agriculture and Human Values 30 (2013) 2, pp. 235-245

supermarkets, have responded to neoliberal forms of governance and the resultant ‘hollowed-out’ state by instituting private … regime is one in which supermarkets impose ‘private standards’ along the food supply chain to ensure compliance with a range …

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Retail relations: an interlocking directorate analysis of food retailing corporations in the United States

Schwartz, Rachel A.; Lyson, Thomas A. - In: Agriculture and Human Values 24 (2007) 4, pp. 489-498

The US food retailing industry continues to concentrate and consolidate. Power in the agriculture, food, and nutrition system has shifted from producers to processors, and is now shifting to retailers. Currently, only eight food-retailing corporations control the majority of food sales in the...

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Towards a third food regime: behind the transformation

Burch, David; Lawrence, Geoffrey - In: Agriculture and Human Values 26 (2009) 4, pp. 267-279

supermarkets, of ready-meals and other own-brand products. This paper argues that behind the movement to a putative Third Food … situation in which agri-food companies, including food manufacturers, international commodity traders and supermarkets, may … benefit. Supermarkets for example, are moving into banking, and are altering their role as they move from being retailers of …

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