The U.S. food industry is often described as fragmented, but in practice, it operates as a highly structured, consolidated system governed by a relatively small number of control points. Understanding how this system is organized—who controls scale, where leverage exists, and how power is distributed—matters far more than tracking individual market headlines.Below [...]

In a March 2025 meeting U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressed executives from major food companies, including PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz, and General Mills, to  remove artificial dyes from the U.S. food supply. Kennedy emphasized that eliminating these synthetic colors is a top priority for the Trump administration, aiming to achieve [...]

Industry critics like Casey Means and Tony Hicks say that big food companies create ultra-processed foods that bypass satiety signals, encouraging overconsumption. Some go as far as to suggest that food companies have used salt, sugar, and fat in precise ratios for decades, similar to how tobacco companies engineered their products to [...]

Picture this: you’re grabbing a quick takeout meal, sipping from a plastic water bottle, or reheating last night’s dinner in a microwave-safe container. These everyday moments all involve something called food contact chemicals (FCCs). They’re in the packaging, cookware, and even the stickers on your apples. But what are they, and should [...]

Our Top 10 U.S. Grocers page often sparks debate—especially around why Walmart ranks first overall, while Kroger is considered the largest U.S. supermarket. The confusion usually comes down to definitions. Walmart, Costco, and Target all sell groceries at enormous scale, but technically they are not supermarkets. They operate under different retail formats, even [...]

Nexat is a modular farming system developed by German company Nexat GmbH. Think of it as one massive chassis with swappable attachments for different jobs like plowing, planting, harvesting, and spraying. The idea is you buy one base vehicle instead of maintaining separate tractors, harvesters, and sprayers. The system got its first [...]