Yet you don't want to point the finger of blame at consumers who flock to the cheapest supermarkets such as Aldi and Lidl, which are gaining market share and undercut the likes of Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury.
I saw a statistic that said we spend, as a society, less of our income on food than ever before. That drives intensive farming methods, cheap imports, the push for cheap food stock for animals (which in turn was a factor in Mad Cow Disease) and a few other issues besides.
There is also the small matter of other businesses in the food supply chain; in macro terms supermarkets are not as dominant as you might think (think of the supply chain into restaurants, hotels, pubs, sandwich bars/take away outlets and so on).
Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White