A ‘potato cartel’ conspired to make your frozen fries 47% more expensive, lawsuits claim
The prices of frozen potato products—dominated by four companies—increased 47% in just two years, alleges one lawsuit.
Alleged 'potato cartel' accused of conspiring to raise price of frozen fries, tater tots across U.S.
Two proposed class actions filed this week in U.S. District Court claim that four leading potato companies — including two Canadian ones — have privately swapped intel to inflate the price of frozen ...
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Who Was the Genius Behind French Fries?
In English, they're called French fries, hinting at their supposed origin. The most popular, albeit unverified, story is that ...
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McCain, Cavendish Farms named in separate frozen-potato price-fixing lawsuits in U.S.
McCain Foods has 51 frozen food processing plants around the globe, and according to its website, makes one in every four French fries consumed worldwide. McCain Foods Canada sources its potatoes ...
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‘Potato cartel’ mashed competition to raise french fry prices, lawsuits say
Have your french fries become more expensive? A “potato cartel” of leading food producers is to blame, five new federal lawsuits contend. Cavendish Farms, Lamb Weston, McCain Foods and the J.R ...
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Corporate Citizen of the Year: McCain’s Max Koeune is building the farm of the future
Go into a McDonald’s almost anywhere in the world today, though, and there’s a good chance the fries you’ll be served were made in a plant owned by McCain Foods, a company that—at least ...