# Chick-fil-A sues chicken producers, alleging price fixing on billions of dollars of poultry

> Chick-fil-A filed an antitrust suit against 17 chicken producers, including Tyson Foods, Perdue Farms, Pilgrim's Pride and Sanderson Farms. The suit alleges the producers coordinated bidding and pricing information to keep poultry prices artificially high.

- Date: 2020-12-08 · published 2020-12-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49812-chick-fil-a-sues-chicken-producers-alleging-price-fixing-on-billions-of-dollars
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

The litigation could affect poultry pricing practices, but it does not add a new supply or demand shock to chicken markets in the near term.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- nbcnews.com: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/chick-fil-sues-chicken-producers-alleging-price-fixing-billions-dollars-n1250253

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