Republican Missouri Senator Josh Hawley on Sept. 14, 2023, introduced Strengthening Antitrust Enforcement for Meatpacking Act to empower antitrust enforcers to break up giant meatpacking and poultry monopolies and place power…
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JBS has agreed to pay $25 million to a group of commercial beef purchasers that accused the meat packing company of conspiring with other packers to restrict the supply of…
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Minnesota Court Adds Large Retailers Into Packer Antitrust Suit
by Colter BrownSeveral large retailers and wholesalers (including Sysco, US Foods, Kroger, Hy-Vee, Albertson, Associated Grocers, Subway, SuperValu, and Cheney Brothers) recently filed claims similar to those brought originally in April 2019…
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A new lawsuit alleges crop input manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers coordinated a boycott of online sales platforms such as Farmers Business Network and AgVend to prevent greater price transparency, a…
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A federal judge in Minnesota dismissed the class action antitrust lawsuit last week that alleged the nation’s four largest meat packers conspired to fix cattle prices. U.S. District Court Judge…
