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JT45242

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3. American oligopolies in almost every food but blame foreign companies

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 07:15 AM

Dec 7

There are about three companies that control over 90 percent of poultry.

5 companies control like 90 percent of grocery stores.
A handful.of companies own about 90 percent of meat packing facilities.

But yeah, don't blame Kroger, Walmart, Perdue chicken, etc. create a foreign boogeyman for people to fear and hate.

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Trump signs order to create food supply chain task forces to protect competition [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 7 OP

Free-market guy doing anything he can to blame foreigners and stay in office bucolic_frolic Dec 7 #1

Nucking Futz! "especially by foreign-controlled companies." Botany Dec 7 #2

"Ted Cruz is from Texas he can take his ass and family to the grapefruit orchards in Texas" BumRushDaShow Dec 7 #4

Can Ted and his kin @ least get a job in one of Texas' Poultry Processing operations? Botany Dec 7 #7

Someone needs to send him to Cancun BumRushDaShow Dec 7 #8

American oligopolies in almost every food but blame foreign companies JT45242 Dec 7 #3

Anti-Trust Laws OC375 Dec 7 #5

They're dumping macaroni on us! Blues Heron Dec 7 #6

Jesus Christ, before he is done we are all going to be eating the cats and dogs. Midnight Writer Dec 7 #9

So leave it up to a bunch of idiots who couldn't even operate the self service check out at a grocery store and have twodogsbarking Dec 7 #10

Que the Union-Busting... BurnDoubt Dec 7 #11