McDonald’s Sues Top Meat Packers for Allegedly Colluding to Inflate the Price of Beef

The fast food giant is suing the U.S. meat industry’s “Big Four” — Tyson, JBS, Cargill and National Beef Packing Company — and their subsidiaries, alleging a price fixing scheme for beef specifically.

George Weston Limited and Loblaw Companies Limited Announce Settlement of Class Action Lawsuits Concerning their Involvement in Historical Industry-Wide Bread Price-Fixing Arrangement

July 30, 2024 Loblaw Companies Limited

George Weston Limited and Loblaw Companies Limited jointly announced that they have entered into minutes of settlement to resolve nationwide class action lawsuits against them relating to their role in an industry-wide price fixing arrangement between 2001 and 2015 involving certain packaged bread products.

Washingtonian AG Ferguson’s Price-Fixing Lawsuit Nets $10.5 Million For Washingtonians From Tyson Foods

Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today the largest chicken producer in the nation will pay $10.5 million as a result of the Attorney General’s Office lawsuit over price-fixing on chicken products. Today’s announcement is the third and largest resolution in Ferguson’s lawsuit against 19 broiler chicken producers. The claims against the remaining 16 companies continue.

Ranchers Disturbed by Meat Packer Settlement

February 16, 2022 Lane Nordlund, KTVQ

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) said there were disturbed by the announcement. The group wants to know what has happened to the cattle industry’s demands for a federal investigation into the beef markets going back to 2019.

Beef Giant JBS to Pay $52.5M to Settle Price-Fixing Lawsuit

February 8, 2022 JOSH FUNK Associated Press

Colorado-based JBS didn’t admit any wrongdoing as part of the settlement, and company spokeswoman Nikki Richardson said JBS will continue to defend itself against other plaintiffs in the case, but she said JBS decided the settlement was “in the best interest of the company.”