How Is Private Equity Impacting Grocery Retail Markets?

Originally Recorded: November 27, 2023

Description: Private-equity firms own nearly twenty percent of the United States’ total corporate equity. This means there can be less transparency into the actions of a company when public companies are made private. It can also mean more focus on short-term profits versus the long-term health of a company’s bottom line. Join us for a panel discussion that will cover private equity’s growth as an industry, why private equity’s growing control over grocery retail raises competition and consumer protection concerns, and how private equity’s growth has potential to impact local businesses and consumers.

Speakers:

• Brendan Ballou – Special Counsel, US Department of Justice; Author, Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America
• Claire Kelloway – Food Systems Program Manager from the Open Markets Institute
• Mac Conforti – Assistant Chief, Competition & Policy Advocacy Section, Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice

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Materials

• Reference Materials: How Is Private Equity Impacting Grocery Retail Markets?

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