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Tyson Foods, Chicken Producers Face More Claims on Price Fixing

  • Supervalu, supermarket chains allege supplies were manipulated
  • Kroger, Albertsons, Hy-Vee filed similar suit dated June 29
A package of Tyson Foods Inc. chicken.

A package of Tyson Foods Inc. chicken.

Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg

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Supervalu Inc. and other supermarket and restaurant chains alleged that chicken producers conspired to limit supplies and inflate prices, adding to antitrust lawsuits against companies including Tyson Foods Inc. and Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

Closely held grocery chains Publix Super Markets Inc., Wakfern Food Corp., Associated Grocers of the South Inc. and Meijer Inc., along with OSI Restaurant Partners LLC, sued the poultry producers Tuesday in federal court in Chicago. The complaint cites chicken purchases from 2008 to 2016.