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Dong Suh Foods under South Korean antitrust probe over coffee pricing

By Jenny Lee ( March 17, 2026, 06:49 GMT | Insight) -- Dong Suh Foods, South Korea's leading instant coffee mix maker, is under antitrust investigation over whether it used its market power to push through unfair price increases on products including the Maxim and Kanu brands. The Korea Fair Trade Commission sent investigators to the company's headquarters in Seoul this week to seize internal documents covering its pricing framework, cost structures and supply prices at each stage of distribution, MLex was told.Dong Suh Foods, South Korea's leading instant coffee mix maker, is under antitrust investigation over whether it used its market power to push through unfair price increases on products including the Maxim and Kanu brands....

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