The allegations come after an election season dominated by concerns about the cost of living and as researchers and federal agencies have scrutinized the consolidation of top food producers, which experts say has driven up prices across American grocery aisles.
Cavendish Farms, Lamb Weston, McCain Foods and the J.R. Simplot Company, the four leading producers and sellers in the United States of frozen potato products like french fries, hash browns and Tater Tots, conspired to artificially fix the prices of their spuds.
McCain Foods strongly disputes any allegation that the company violated antitrust laws, or any other laws, with respect to the sale of frozen potato products.
When there are only a handful of players in the market, collusion is too appetizing for these companies to pass up,
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