Interesting, there's a carrot cartel in the US.
Forbes:
"At least 60% of those carrots are produced by just two companies, Bolthouse and Grimmway, both of which were acquired by buyout firms, in 2019 and 2020 respectively.
“There’s only two sources,” Adam Waglay, cofounder and co-CEO of Bolthouse owner Butterfly Equity, told Forbes. “We joke around — it’s kind of like the OPEC of carrots.”
Cartels are less funny for neighbors of the two producers in Southern California’s Cuyama Valley, who are calling for a boycott of Big Carrot..."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2023/11/21/inside-the-two-companies-that-dominate-the-us-carrot-crop/
#carrot #cartel #monopoly
Forbes:
"At least 60% of those carrots are produced by just two companies, Bolthouse and Grimmway, both of which were acquired by buyout firms, in 2019 and 2020 respectively.
“There’s only two sources,” Adam Waglay, cofounder and co-CEO of Bolthouse owner Butterfly Equity, told Forbes. “We joke around — it’s kind of like the OPEC of carrots.”
Cartels are less funny for neighbors of the two producers in Southern California’s Cuyama Valley, who are calling for a boycott of Big Carrot..."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2023/11/21/inside-the-two-companies-that-dominate-the-us-carrot-crop/
#carrot #cartel #monopoly
Inside The Two Companies That Dominate The U.S. Carrot Crop
Americans will eat 100 million pounds this Thanksgiving as the California neighbors of Bolthouse and Grimmway call for a consumer boycott over water use.Chloe Sorvino (Forbes)
