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What if Kraft Food and Procter and Gamble Merged?

 
 
Reply Fri 12 Feb, 2016 11:43 am
As the title says, what would happen, primarily in the US, if these two companies merged.
Their market definition would probably be fast moving consumer goods.
Would that decrease of one firm affect anything in the market?
Would they become price makers?
The likelihood of collusion?
Could they have a big impact on elasticity of demand?

Why or why not would this be a beneficial merger?

Thanks for your input,

JudasQuisling
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Tes yeux noirs
 
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Reply Fri 12 Feb, 2016 12:40 pm
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What if Kraft Food and Procter and Gamble Merged?

You'd be able to buy cheese that tasted of drain cleaner instead of tasting like ****, as it does now?
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nacredambition
 
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Reply Sat 13 Feb, 2016 06:10 am
@JudasQuisling,
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What if Kraft Food and Procter and Gamble Merged?
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They would simultaneously clean up both ends of the market place in an alimentary canal vertical integration.

Low cross elasticity
Pricemakers
Collusion is illegal
Essentials are inelastic
Economy of scale

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_elasticity_of_demand
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Setanta
 
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Reply Sat 13 Feb, 2016 07:12 am
They'd market Velveeta as a lubricant to replace KY jelly.
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Lordyaswas
 
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Reply Sat 13 Feb, 2016 09:06 am
They'd also have rinse-in softener that makes ones shirts smell like cheddar.
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