Hase sephiri seo tlhahiso ea lijo e kopanngoa haholo . Ho ea ka Mary Hendrickson, moprofesa oa lipolotiki tsa lijo le tsa temo Univesithing ea Missouri-Columbia, li-feedlots tse 20 li fana ka karolo ea halofo ea likhomo United States 'me li kopane ka ho toba le mekhatlo e mene e sebetsang e laolang karolo ea 81 lekholong ea phepelo ea nama ea nama. Hohle likarolong tse ling tsa lik'hamphani tse kang ho hlahisa le ho rekisa, lihlopha tsa lihlopha li laola liketane tsa lijo.
Ka 2001, ho ne ho e-na le karolo ea 40 lekholong ea thekiso ea lijo, ho latela Hendrickson. Mega-mergers har'a mekhatlo ena e tlohela bareki ka theko e phahameng ea maiketsetso le khethollo ea khethollo, ha lihoai li ntse li sitoa ho loantša matla a theko ea liphallelo tsa liphallelo.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) e sa tsoa fana ka nyeoe khahlanong le ts'ebetso ea Sysco ea US Foods, e tsitsitseng hore ho falla ho tla etsa hore k'hamphani e laole karolo ea 75 lekholong ea lefapha la ts'ebeletso ea lijo, e fanang ka likhate tsa indasteri United States. "Ts'ebetsano ena e ts'oanelang e tla felisa tlhōlisano e kholo 'marakeng' me e thehe khoebo e kholo ea lijo tsa basebeletsi ba lijo," ho boletse Debbie Feinstein, Mookameli oa Ofisi ea Khohlano ea FTC. "Barekisi naheng eohle, 'me likhoebo tse li sebeletsang li rua molemo ka tlhōlisano e phetseng hantle pakeng tsa Sysco le US Foods, ebang ba ja reschorenteng, hoteleng kapa sepetlele." Teko ea tsamaiso e tla qala ka la 21 July, 2015.
Heinz o phatlalalitse ka la 25 Mphalane, 2015, hore khamphani e tla reka Kraft Foods ka US $ 45 bilione mega-merger. Ho kopanngoa ha lik'hamphani tsena Kraft Heinz ho tla busa 'muso oa boraro oa lijo tse kholo ka ho fetisisa Amerika Leboea, feela ho Nestle le PepsiCo. Ts'ebetso ea lik'hamphani tse peli li 'nile tsa theoha, ka lebaka la ho fetola litakatso tsa bareki bakeng sa lijo tse phetseng hantle.
Le hoja mapolanka a lihlopha tsena ka bobeli a lumellane le tumellano eo, bonngoe bo ntse bo tla hloka ho fumana baemeli ba morao-rao le mekhatlo ea federal anti-trust pele ba koala.
Ha e e-s'o hlake hore na FTC e tla fa sutu khahlanong le Kraft Heinz. "Ha feela ho e-ba kholoanyane ha ho tlōlo ea ho se tšepane," ho boletse Ben Gomes-Casseres, moprofesa Brandeis International Business School, Boston. "Tsena tse peli ha li le 'marakeng o le mong, ntle le lijo tse hloekisitsoeng ... Ha ke lebele hore theko ea ketchup e nyolohe." Ba bang ba lebeletse hore ho kopana ho ka lebisa litheko tse phahameng ho bareki, ka lebaka la palo e fokolang ea baetsi ba lijo le barekisi. "Tsena tsohle tsa lijo-sebaka li fa [bareki] phoso ea khetho. Ba ntse ba nahana, 'Oh gosh, shebang marang-rang ana kaofela,' "ho boletse Diana Moss, mopresidente oa American Antitrust Institute. Empa seo mochine a sa se boneng ke palo e nyenyane le e nyenyane ea bahlahisi ba bolokang lihlahisoa tseo. "
Litheko tse ling tse ngata tsa morao-rao tsa litekete li kenyelitse ho fumana ha Hershey ho Krave Pure Foods, ho reka ha Meow Mix le JM Smucker, le Tyson Foods 'ea ho nka Hillshire Brands. Baeta-pele ba khoebo ea 3G, e ileng ea buisana le khampani ea Kraft Heinz, ho tlalehoa hore ba shebile Campbell Soup Co le PepsiCo bakeng sa ho nka chelete.
3G e boetse e le sehlopha sa batho ba ikemetseng ka mor'a hore ba fumane lengolo la Burger King la Tim Horton. Ho ea ka motsetsete ea tummeng Warren Buffet, "bana bana ba na le sepheo sa lefatše."
Tlhaloso e kopanetsoeng kapa e tobileng hase eona feela tsela ea ho khothaletsa taolo ea khoebo maemong a lijo. Coco-Cola e rekile likarolo tse ngata tsa Green Mountain Coffee Roasting (GMCR), e ikemiselitseng ho atolosa lihlahisoa tsa eona tsa Keurig linaheng tse ling. Ka ho eketsa butle-butle karolo ea eona ea lihlahisoa k'hamphaning, Coca-Cola e eketsa ts'ebetso ea eona ho katleho ea GMCR 'me e ka' na ea lokisetsa hore ho qetelle ho rekoa.
Lihlahisoa tsa lihloliloeng li 'nile tsa e-ba tlas'a khoebo e tšoanang.
Ka September 2014, General Mills o ile a fumana ntlo ea lehae ea Annie ea bitsoang Annie, ea tsejoang ka ho fetisisa bakeng sa macic ea eona le cheese, bakeng sa US $ 820 milione ka chelete. Dr. Phil Howard, Moprofesa oa Motsoako Profinseng ea Michigan, o boloka tlaleho ea "ea nang le lihlahisoa tsa tlhaho," e leng libuka tsa khatiso tse bontšang indasteri ea moralo. "Barekisi ba batlang lik'hamphani tsa lijo tse nang le maikutlo a mangata a tlhaho, ba lokela ho batla lihlahisoa tsa mekhatlo e ikemetseng ea lihlahisoa," Howard e eletsa. "Ho fanoe ka tšimo ea ho bapala e sa lekaneng eo ba e phelisang, ba ikemetseng ba lihlahisoa tse entsoeng ka boikemelo ha ba khone ho phela ntle le tšehetso e joalo."
Ho na le mabaka a hore melao ea khahlanong le tumelo e teng. Ka ho laola karolo ea 'maraka, lik'hamphani tse seng kae li khona ho laela theko le ho hatisa barekisi ba nyenyane. E le hore re lule re le tlhōlisano moeeng oa mekhatlo e kopanetsoeng, esita le mekhatlo e kholo ka ho fetisisa e tlameha ho lula e fallela ho ts'oella batho ba nang le phaello. Mega-mekhatlo ea indasteri ea lijo le eona e khona ho buisana ka litaba tsa khoebong tsa machaba, ho senya tsamaiso ea lijo le libaka.
Ho reka lihlahisoa tsa bahoeletsi ba libaka le tsa libaka ke habohlokoa ho ts'ehetsa likhoebo tse nyenyane, mme ho kopa mekhatlo ho etsa se ts'oanang ho ka eketsa matla a ho reka a bareki ba lumelang marakeng a nang le tlhōlisano le a tsitsitseng bakeng sa lijo tse tsitsitseng. Tlhokomelo ea bophelo bo botle ntle le kotsi e sebetsa ho ntlafatsa tlhahlobo ea libaka lipetlele 'me e khothalletsa likhapiso tsa lipatlisiso ho bareki ba litšebeletso tsa tlhokomelo ea bophelo. Bothata ba Lijo tsa 'Nete ke letšolo la ho tlosa lijo tse kopanetsoeng liholong tsa koleche le tsa univesithi, ho totobatsa bohlokoa ba ho reka sebakeng sa heno le libaka bakeng sa lisebelisoa tse sa feleng tsa phepelo. National Farm to School Network e kopanya lijo tsa sekolo ho lihoai tsa moo, ho khaola bahoeletsi ba khoebo le bahlahisi ba lijo. Ke habohlokoa ho tšehetsa mekhoa ena ea libaka tsa libaka le libaka le ho kopa likolo le mekhatlo ho etsa se tšoanang.