Blaming Mega-Mergers for High Cost of Produce
“Farmers’ Growing Pains” [July 8] describes how the glut of produce has driven down wholesale prices. So why, then, have we seen a steady rise in prices at the retail level?
Could it be the result of the mega-mergers of the ‘90s?
I remember that 10 years ago peaches sold for 59 cents a pound, 39 cents on sale. Now they are $1.99 regular and 99 cents on sale.
Perhaps a future article could investigate how the newly merged and all-powerful supermarkets are paying the farmers next to nothing but charging the public all it will bear.
Jeff Moskin
Culver City
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