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The Truth About Your Choices in the Grocery Store

It might seem like every time you go into a supermarket there are about thirty new food products displayed prominently on end caps trying to draw you in. However, a new infographic from Finances Online shows that while there are a lot of products, only a handful of companies really...
By Heather HochMay 28, 2014
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It might seem like every time you go into a supermarket there are about thirty new food products displayed prominently on end caps trying to draw you in. However, a new infographic from Finances Online shows that while there are a lot of products, only a handful of companies really control the market. According to Alex Hillsberg, a journalist from Finances Online, the truth behind the $603 billion dollar industry is pretty disturbing once you find out just how little choice you have when you buy your weekly groceries.

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Heather Hoch is a music, food, and arts writer based in Tucson. She enjoys soup, scotch, Electric Light Orchestra, and walking her dog, Frodo.

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