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California consumer files US price-fixing claims against Walmart, Pepsi

( December 23, 2025, 23:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Counsel for Rick Petretti filed a US complaint accusing PepsiCo and Walmart of conspiring to artificially raise the price of Pepsi across the US at every single retailer other than Walmart for over a decade. According to the complaint, the companies weaponize from the dominant market share that Pepsi has in the soft drinks market and use the power of the dominant market share that Walmart has in the grocery store market to cause Walmart’s competitors to pay supracompetitive prices at wholesale while also throttling price competition for consumers at retail.See attached file. ...

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