Activist Math In the latest analytical miss by the activist group Food & Water Watch, “The Economic Cost of Food Monopolies: The Grocery Cartels,” the group found the U.S. food system filled with oligopolies and monopolies. Notably, they mentioned nothing about Americans spending less on food (6.4 percent of income) than any other country. They lament that grocery stores have fallen in number by 30 percent over the past 25 years and claim this has occurred “at the direct expense of…consumer choice.” They do not explain how the industry “funnels wealth into the hands of corporate shareholders and executives” by denying their customers choice. In fact, grocery customer satisfaction was high and...