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McDonald's has some beef with today's largest meat packers. The fast food giant is suing the U.S.
meat industry's "Big Four" — Tyson, JBS, Cargill and National Beef Packing Company — and their subsidiaries, alleging a price fixing scheme for beef specifically. In a federal complaint, filed in New York, McDonald's accused the companies of anticompetitive measures such as collectively limiting supply to boost prices and charge "illegally infl ated" amounts. McDonald's alleges that the meat packers' conspiracy dates back nearly a decade, at least as early as January 2015, and continues today.
Its suit argues these companies' actions violate the Sherman Act, a federal antitrust law. Tyson, JBS, Cargill and National Beef did not respond to requests for comment. But these companies have faced federal probes and allegations of price fixing before.
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