The Federal Trade Commission is opposing Whole Food’s acquisition of Wild Oats on anti-trust grounds? I don’t think so.
I am sitting here in the middle of the country trying to figure out how I can get phone service without going through AT&T and bottling my own water from my own well, in part because almost all US spring water has been bought up by Nestle. From simply watching personal consumption around me, I have assumed that anti-trust enforcement is reserved for — you know — things like driving up the expense of organic and fresh food outside of, say, Wal-Mart — and facilitating the takeover of the food and water supply. This is not to say that the people at the FTC are not sincere — the question is when do the big boys let them proceed.
Cui Bono? I wonder who is going to make money on this one. Time will tell.