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Judge won't let turkey producers end class action accusing them of fixing prices of Thanksgiving birds
The lawsuits are similar to those that hatched settlements worth hundreds of millions of dollars from many of the same companies over chicken prices -
Judge says Winn-Dixie can't keep suing chicken producer Fieldale Farms after settlement reached
Grocery chain didn't promptly file opt-out request in chicken price class action, can't keep suing a chicken producer who settled. -
Southeastern US grocery chain joins court fight vs chicken producers over alleged price collusion
A major grocery chain is the latest company to allege leading poultry producers manipulated chicken prices. Bi-Lo Holdings LLC, which also operates Winn-Dixie Stores Inc., filed a complaint Jan. 12 in federal court in Chicago, alleging producers and related businesses “conspired and combined to fix, raise, maintain, and stabilize the price of” broiler chickens, which constitute roughly 98 percent of all chicken meat sold in the United States.