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A class action suit was filed this week in the US over alleged price-fixing by four potato companies that control 98 percent of the frozen potato products market in the US.

 

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Four companies [two American, two Canadian] currently dominating a multibillion-dollar market in the United States are being accused of sharing detailed, sensitive inside information with each other as part of an alleged conspiracy to raise the price of their goods and make more money off consumers.

 

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I saw that. Two of those companies are headquartered here in New Brunswick, and one (Cavendish) is owned by our local oligarchs.

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😀

4 hours ago, chromedome said:

I saw that. Two of those companies are headquartered here in New Brunswick, and one (Cavendish) is owned by our local oligarchs.

 

Tariffs are coming.😀

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