The Rise of Supermarkets in Africa: Implications for Agrifood Systems and the Rural Poor

By D. Weatherspoon, T. Reardon. 2003

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Agroforestry Tree Products (AFTPs): Targeting Poverty Reduction and Enhanced Livelihoods (2005, background): “For example, the rise of large, multi-national ‘supermarket’ consumer companies (Reardon et al., 2003), may perhaps be an asset for the marketing of new food products.”
Retail Globalization and Household Welfare: Evidence from Mexico (2015, neutral): “A key driver of this so called ’supermarket revolution’ has been the arrival of global retail chains in developing countries (Reardon et al., 2003; Humphrey, 2007).1 Perhaps unsurprisingly in this context, retail globalization has led to heated policy debates.”
The rise of supermarkets and their development implications: International experience relevant for India (2008, background): “Models developed after the takeoff, such as by Reardon et al. (2003), reiterate the demand-side factors as necessary but not sufficient and emphasize policy factors and retail supply-side factors—in particular, procurement system modernization (driving down prices) and massive retail FDI, as well…”
Foreign Direct Investment, Vertical Integration, and Local Suppliers: Evidence from the Polish Dairy Sector (2004, background): “Yet most studies conclude that the impact on local suppliers is mostly negative, in particular for small suppliers in developing countries (Dolan & Humphrey, 2000; Weatherspoon & Reardon, 2003).”
The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets (2006, neutral): “…et al., 2004; Codron et al., 2004; Dries et al., 2004; Ghezan et al., 2002; Gutman, 2002; Hu et al., 2004; Neven and Reardon, 2004; Reardon and Berdegué, 2002; Reardon and Swinnen, 2004; Reardon et al., 2004; Rodriguez et al., 2002; Schwentesius and Gómez, 2002; Weatherspoon and Reardon, 2003).”
Standards, techno-economic networks, and playing fields: Performing the global market economy (2010, background): “Within a TSR, standards are attempts to reform existing production practices and trade systems, often as strategic tools of supply chain management ( Busch, 2007 ; Weatherspoon and Reardon, 2003 ).”
Global value chains in a post-Washington Consensus world (2014, background): “South Korea, Mexico, Turkey, South Africa and the former transition countries in central Europe also increased their export market shares during this period (Beltramello et al., 2012: 9–10).”
Quality control in nonstaple food markets: evidence from India (2008, background): “Supermarkets also favor vertical integration by reducing the number of intermediaries between wholesaler and consumer (Reardon et al. 2003).”
The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Developing Countries: Induced Organizational, Institutional, and Technological Change in Agrifood Systems (2004, background): “The most recent3 venue for supermarket take-off is in Africa, especially in eastern and southern Africa.”
Performing the economy, performing science: from neoclassical to supply chain models in the agrifood sector (2007, background): “In short, retailer strategies have not only incorporated subnational and national markets but have also begun to look towards developing nations where growing middle classes offer relatively untouched terrain for sales and where sourcing at lower prices is possible (Dries et al . 2004; Konefal et al”