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Bumble Bee Foods, Chicken of the Sea, Starkist senior executives were involved in price-fixing, Wal-Mart suit alleges

By Leah Nylen ( June 5, 2017, 19:01 GMT | Insight) -- For nearly a decade, senior executives at Bumble Bee Foods, Chicken of the Sea and Starkist conspired to fix prices on canned tuna, according to a federal antitrust complaint filed by Wal-Mart Stores against the tuna companies and their owners. Through e-mail exchanges, faxes and sometimes in-person dinners, the companies are alleged to have coordinated price increases and decreased package sizes, with the knowledge and sometimes at the direction of executives at Thai Union Group, Chicken of the Sea's owner, and Starkist's parent companies, Del Monte and later Dongwon Industries.For nearly a decade, senior executives at Bumble Bee Foods, Chicken of the Sea and Starkist allegedly conspired to fix prices on canned tuna. Through e-mail exchanges, faxes and sometimes in-person dinners, the companies are alleged to have coordinated price increases and decreased package sizes, with the knowledge and sometimes at the direction of executives at Thai Union Group, Chicken of the Sea's owner, and Starkist's parent companies, Del Monte and later Dongwon Industries....

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