By Michael Acton ( July 5, 2022, 18:16 GMT | Insight) -- Pilgrim’s Pride fixed prices with Claxton Poultry and other chicken suppliers from 2014 onward when bidding for contracts with KFC, an employee at Pilgrim’s told a US jury in Denver today as the third trial in the case nears an end. Robert Bryant, a general manager at Pilgrim’s Pride, had already testified, but was called back by the DOJ for rebuttal testimony, and faced tough cross-questioning from defense lawyers who picked at his precise knowledge of the alleged conspiracy. Pilgrim’s Pride fixed prices with Claxton Poultry and other chicken suppliers from 2014 onward when bidding for contracts with KFC, an employee at Pilgrim’s told a US jury in Denver today as the third trial in the case nears an end....
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