Was your green beer more expensive this St. Patrick's Day? Perhaps it's because of corporate concentration?

If markets were competitive, corporations would keep their prices as low as possible as they competed for customers.

Fewer competitors means higher prices for you.

@rbreich This is US-only, isn't it.
Beer market share by company worldwide 2022 | Statista

AB InBev, maker of Budweiser, held the largest portion of beer market share at 27.4 percent in 2022, ahead of other companies like Heineken.

Statista
@cstross @rbreich Yes. And certain parts (most) of the US at that You can tell by the $value of "Beer" Companies in the graph.