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Too Much Power in Too Few Hands: Food giants Take Over the Industry
Submitted by Persona non grata on Mon, 2013-02-25 01:00
Three companies now account for more than 40 per cent of global coffee sales, eight companies control the supply of cocoa and chocolate, seven control 85 per cent of tea production, five account for 75 per cent of the world banana trade, and the largest six sugar traders account for about two-thirds of world trade, according to the new publication from the Fairtrade Foundation.
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