A federal jury in Illinois has found two large egg producers and trade associations liable for conspiring to restrict supply and drive up egg prices, in a dispute the judge in the case said pitted “the nation’s egg makers against its egg breakers.”
    • TheFriar@lemm.ee
      9·
      1 year ago

      I mean…did you read who the plaintiffs are?

      Plaintiffs in the case are Kraft Foods Global, Kellogg’s, General Mills and Nestle USA

      I can’t imagine them getting 110m settlement will be a “win” exactly.

  • SpaceBar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    1 year ago

    General Mills Inc., Kellogg Co., and Nestle SA were the ones who sued.

    So basically, I’ve been rooting for a giant asteroid to hit the plaintiff and defendant tables mid trial.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    255·
    1 year ago

    before any one starts imagining bond-esque villains and plots to take over the world…

    it was just a conspiracy to jack the rates of the eggs up.

    • jennwiththesea@lemmy.world
      291·
      1 year ago

      Okay, but do you know how angry the average Facebooker is about the price of eggs? It’s a thing that certain people are quite upset about. Of all the inflationary hits, for some reason eggs have really hit theses folks’ funny bones.

      • Raine_Wolf@lemm.ee
        19·
        1 year ago

        It’s because for the longest time, eggs were the cheapest and fastest way to get protein into your body. Especially compared to the cost of meat. But now, because of inflation, everyone is trying to be more frugal which just jacks the price of those goods and makes us all suffer more.

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        103·
        1 year ago

        I mean, yeah. But there’s no submarines, or sharks with lasers, or anything.

        Its just plain old white collar price fixing. BoRiNg.

  • Igloojoe@lemm.ee
    5·
    1 year ago

    Website was shit so couldnt see.

    I wonder what the penalties will be for them causing the pointless inflation? Probably nothing…