Out of the cage and into the barn
Supermarket power food system governance and the regulation of free range eggs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14970945 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christine Parker (0000-0002-7397-6341), Gyorgy Scrinis (0000-0003-3897-4778, The University of Melbourne) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 318-347 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Griffith Law Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1038-3441 • E-ISSN: 1839-4205 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10383441.2014.980879 |
| OpenAlex | W2001592104 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 26 |
The highly concentrated nature of food retailing in Australia gives supermarkets considerable control over the interface between consumers and producers. Legal and regulatory commentary debates what can and should be done about the market dimensions of supermarket power. This article shows that Australian supermarkets are amassing not only economic power but also political power in the food system. The article makes this argument by reference to two major supermarkets’ initiatives in the regulatory space around food labelling, specifically the contested meaning of free range eggs. The article examines how the supermarkets are using their market power to create private standards for suppliers of own brand products that set the meaning of ‘free range’ for consumers too. This entrenches supermarkets’ market share as well as their political power as food authorities
Argument (complex analysis · Business · Corporate governance · Economics · Food marketing · Free market · Market economy · Market power · Meaning (existential · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability · Law · Organic Food and Agriculture · Finance · Marketing
Temporal frictions in Australian horticultural value chains
Guardians of Public Value
Towards systemic solutions to food waste
Capturing the meaning of “free range”
The Meat in the Sandwich
Are Banks Responsible for Animal Welfare and Climate Disruption? A Critical Review of Australian Banks’ Due Diligence Policies for Agribusiness Lending
Healthy eating in supermarket circulars
Alimentação saudável em encartes de supermercados
The Caged Chicken or the Free-Range Egg? The Regulatory and Market Dynamics of Layer-Hen Welfare in the UK, Australia and the USA
(Political) Consumers and Certification Schemes
The politics of voluntary self-regulation
The essential ingredients of food regulatory governance
Problematising supermarket–supplier relations
Can the hidden hand of the market be an effective and legitimate regulator? The case of animal welfare under a labeling for consumer choice policy approach
Qualities of food
Re-embedding trust
Cooking up Consumer Anxieties about “Provenance” and “Ethics”
A toothless chihuahua? The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, neoliberalism and supermarket power in Australia
Watchdogs and ombudsmen
Corporate cooptation of organic and fair trade standards
Actors in private food governance
Retailer-driven agricultural restructuring—Australia, the UK and Norway in comparison
Introduction to symposium on the changing role of supermarkets in global supply chains
Supermarkets and private standards
Governance in the Global Agro-food System
Private voluntary standards in the food system
The quality 'turn' and alternative food practices
When foods become animals
Voting with Your Fork? Industrial Free-Range Eggs and the Regulatory Construction of Consumer Choice
Fast food/organic food
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |