Using unique data from a pre-mandatory price-reporting period we empirically investigate the effects of beef packer concentration and size efficiencies, packer procurement and pricing methods, and other market variables and quality characteristics on the prices paid by packers for slaughter...

The United States Meat Export Federation (USMEF) implemented a new-product promotion program to increase exports of U.S. beef to Guatemala in response to the implementation of the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). Consumer responsiveness and the effectiveness of...

The authors found that food retailers would incur sizeable incremental costs depending on the mix of labor and capital utilized if a dual tax structure was imposed. Thus, the tax savings to consumers then would be offset not only by the recoupment of the lost revenue by government, but also by...

Using IRI Infoscan store-level data or Prego and Ragu brands of spaghetti sauces, estimates were obtained for own-price, cross-price, and advertising elasticities for Houston, TX and Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX markets via the use of SUR (Seemingly Unrelated Regression) technique. As well, impacts of...

The demand for food away from home, food at home, and non-food items is investigated using a complete systems approach. Using the linear approximation of the dynamic version of the Almost Ideal Demand System, the results indicate that the share of total expenditure going to food away from home...

Determinants of merger and acquisition activity in the food industry are analyzed using logit regression analysis. Factors affecting the food processing, food retailing and food service sectors are considered. Results indicate merger and acquisition activity in all three sectors are...