( October 7, 2025, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Direct purchasers of frozen potato products filed their consolidated class action US complaint accusing Lamb Weston, McCain Foods, Cavendish Farms, and JR Simplot of conspiring to fix prices. “In recent years, these four Defendant Processors discovered their ability to leverage their dominance in this market, as well as their regular contacts and access to one another’s competitively sensitive data, to fix the prices of Frozen Potato Products at artificially inflated levels. Their well-orchestrated conspiracy, and the small number of entities involved, enabled them to coordinate price hikes with unusual effectiveness,” the complaint claimed.See attached file. ...
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