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• The Federal Trade Commission today issued a report on the causes behind grocery supply chain disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The report revealed that large market participants accelerated and distorted the negative effects associated with supply chain disruptions.
• The FTC’s report also examined how supply chain disruptions affected competition among retailers, wholesalers, and producers, as well as the impacts on consumers and businesses.
• “The FTC’s report examining U.S. grocery supply chains finds that dominant firms used this moment to come out ahead at the expense of their competitors and the communities they serve.” As the report explains, supply chain disruptions did not equally impact every retailer, wholesaler, or producer.

Competitive Impacts of Supply Chain Disruptions

The report highlights several key insights regarding market structure and business conduct among grocery retailers, wholesalers, and producers, as well as their effects on consumers. These insights include:
The Commission voted 3-0 to issue the staff report. Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter issued a statement.

• The NCB Co-op 100® remains the only annual report of its kind to track the profits and successes of cooperative businesses in the United States.
• Dairy Farmers of America, based in Kansas City, Kansas reported $24.5 billion in revenue, earning the number two ranking again this year.
• Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc., based in Kansas City, Kansas reported revenue of $12.3 billion and earned the fifth position on the list.
• Do-it-Best Corp., located in Fort Wayne, Indiana earned 13th place on the list, with $5.5 billion reported in revenue.

• SunOpta Inc’s subsidiary, Sunrise Growers Inc., has issued a voluntary recall of specific frozen fruit products linked to pineapple provided by a third-party supplier due to the potential for these products to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
• View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230621084402/en/
  Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.
• Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
• This voluntary recall includes the following code dates currently in stores or consumers’ freezers:
  Great Value Mixed Fruit packaged in a 16-ounce plastic bag (70,360 cases) with the following codes:

• That’s because Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is now offering three flavorful smoked sausages in grocery stores throughout Kansas City and across Nebraska including Ray’s Apple Markets, Queens Grocery, McKeever’s Price Chopper and Prengers Markets.
• Just in time for National Barbeque Month in May, Dickey’s Texas-made sausage favorites: Original Smoked Kielbasa Sausage, Spicy Cheddar Smoked Kielbasa Sausage and Hot Links Smoked Sausage are the perfect choice for both beginners and avid-grillers.
• “Our Kansas City and Nebraska fans can now experience our down-home cookin’ anytime they have a craving for Dickey’s!”
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