Friends of the Earth, in its “Agrifood Atlas” that was presented in Brussels on Tuesday 31 October, has slammed “the dramatic impacts of the global food system being rapidly monopolised by ever-fewer, ever-larger corporations at every stage of the food chain”. This alarming trend, the NGO says, poses risks to consumer choice, jobs and working conditions and food production in the future.
Almost half of all food sold in the EU comes from just 10 supermarket chains, and 50 food...