[itsahoot]

Now that’s what I call business synergy.

I think Costco is now one of the bigger chicken farms just so they can keep broasting chickens at a compelling price. They have had their big hotdog and cold drink for $1.50 for many years, more than ten for sure.

[Zhang Fei]

[I think Costco is now one of the bigger chicken farms just so they can keep broasting chickens at a compelling price. They have had their big hotdog and cold drink for $1.50 for many years, more than ten for sure.]

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That is news to me. Thanks. Meanwhile, Walmart is a major player in the milk bottling biz. The termination of supply contracts with Dean Foods, after Walmart got into the biz, was a large factor in DF’s bankruptcy filing.

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https://www.fox6now.com/news/walmart-kroger-bottle-their-own-milk-and-shake-up-american-dairy-industry
[When supermarket shoppers reach for white gallon jugs these days, most of the time they grab a low-priced store brand. To expand those offerings, major grocery retailers, including Kroger Co., Walmart Inc. and Albertsons Cos., have built their own milk-bottling plants.

Grocers’ move into the bottling business is threatening some of the biggest operators in the $40 billion U.S. milk industry, the purveyors of national brands. Dean Foods Co., which until last year was the largest U.S. milk processor by sales, and Borden Dairy Co., another big producer, were sold this year after filing for bankruptcy in November and January. Executives of both had blamed some of their struggles on grocers’ focus on cheap milk, often used as a loss leader.]

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ICYMI, my reference to synergy between Jack in the Box and Ralston Purina was a dig at JACK, given that Ralston Purina is in the pet chow biz. JACK has long been a standalone publicly traded company, but opportunities to work in a cheap shot are rare.