4 ms·

The DOJ thinks it was a ruse. https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-egg-producers-face-new-wave-price-fixing-lawsuits-2025-11-18/ https://www.reuters.com

• deleted 7mo ago
  [deleted]
• SpicyLemonZest 7mo ago
  It could potentially be a ruse by egg producers. Certainly there's reason for suspicion. But darth_avocado's claim was that grocery stores were in on the ruse and must have extracted huge profits from price gouging consumers. I think that's obviously false. You'll note that in the jury case the plaintiffs were themselves megacorporations, and substantially larger ones than the producers they were suing at that. I don't blame consumers for deciding they don't care about the underlying market structure and just want cheap eggs. But you can't run a store on that basis, and if the city feels like it has to there'll be problems.