Chick-fil-A Sues U.S. Chicken Producers for Poultry Price-Fixing
- Restaurant chain criticizes actions of Tyson, Pilgrim’s Pride
- Suit says companies coordinated to set price artificially high
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Chick-fil-A, the largest U.S. chicken-restaurant chain, sued Tyson Foods Inc. and several other top American poultry producers, accusing them of illegally coordinating with one another to keep prices high.
The closely held Atlanta-based chain “purchased billions of dollars worth of broiler chicken” from defendants or co-conspirators “at prices that were artificially inflated,” according to the complaint filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Chicago.