The biggest producer of chicken products in our nation is paying the state $10.5 million.
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Office reached a settlement with Tyson Foods — one of 19 chicken companies the state is going after for illegal price-fixing.
“The lawsuit asserts these 19 companies schemed amongst each other to inflate and manipulate prices, rig contract bids, illegally exchange information, and coordinate to reduce supply … this conspiracy violated the anti-trust provisions of the Washington State Consumer Protection Act,” Ferguson said.
While inflation has led to higher prices at the grocery store, price-fixing is something different. Price-fixing, Ferguson said, is when companies come to secret agreements
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