Posted on 12/06/2023 10:48:58 AM PST by daniel1212
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal jury in Illinois ordered $17.7 million in damages — an amount tripled to more than $53 million under federal law...
The jury ruled last week that the egg producers used various means to limit the domestic supply of eggs to increase the price of products during the 2000s. The time frame of the conspiracy was an issue throughout the case; jurors ultimately determined damages occurred between 2004 and 2008...
Food manufacturers joining as plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the egg producers are Kraft Foods Global, Inc., The Kellogg Company, General Mills, Inc. and Nestle USA, Inc. The jury found the egg suppliers who participated in the conspiracy were Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., United Egg Producers, Inc., United States Egg Marketers, Inc. and Rose Acre Farms, Inc.,
It’s all a shell game.
Yep.
At the time I was thinking it was a kind of ESG marketing ploy by the corporations (before we used the term "ESG").
The quirk in the law is you can have a monopoly, but you cannot do things that maintain that monopoly.
You also cannot ‘collude’ with your competitors to maintain or raise the price of your products, that is ‘price-fixing’................
We bought chickens, so we have enough without buying them...........
These egg producers should have stopped all sales to these companies on the day the lawsuit was filed and they should not sell anything in the State of Illinois in an effort to mitigate any future damages. Only EXPORT your eggs to free countries like North Korea or China...
Sue the Chickens
Make them pay in ‘feathers’.
You get a $0.25 discount on your eggs if you bring your own carton.
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What if you bring your own chicken to help?
She also has sheep. They make cheese and unfortunately they started making GELLATO in the last year. This is because every Saturday when I go to get eggs, Mrs Woodbutcher says: make sure you get GELLATO. It is delicious. half pint is $5. Full pint $10. 1 dozen eggs $5. Duck eggs $8. Jumbo chicken eggs $8. Irregular chicken eggs $3/doz
She also sell lamb meat of various cuts. She also has several Guinea Hens, some peacocks, and some ducks.
Most of us are absolutely paranoid about bringing diseases like blackhead into our flocks. Especially those of us who have mixed flocks of birds.
>Woo Hoo! When can WE expect our checks?<
Unless you are one of these people, no soup for you.
BTW - The lead lawyer in this hen house suit was Brandon D. Fox. The jokes write themselves.
https://www.jenner.com/en/people
EC
Yikes!
Intentional.
As usual.
Will anyone go to jail?
No.
So it will happen again.
Corporate executives need to be criminally liable for their corporations actions.
This shielding of them is nonsense
Egg producers did the same thing through the Chinese flu days too.
Lumber producers also rigged prices during the Pelosi pandemic. Lumber yards were flush with product. Supply chain my a$$.
Probably just lawyers looking for business .
I only buy pasture raised organic eggs. Brand I like is Wilcox Family Farms. They are in WA, where I live, so don’t have to pay higher prices for just-as-good eggs trucked in from east coast farms.
My neighbor, a vegan, who doesn’t even eat eggs, knows the owner of Wilcox and
says he’s extremely consientious about caring for his flocks. Wilcox yolks are always orange, not yellow, indicating higher good-for-you omega 3 content.
Suggest everyone buy pasture raised eggs from a farm nearest you.
In NY that was not allowed.
However, NH is still relatively free.
Wow.. I can’t find anything like that in my area. Kudos to you for healthy food.
As a milk fan and former dairy worker I prefer milk in cardboard or dark plastic, since store light causes oxidation and affects taste.
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