Kellogg, Kraft Win Antitrust Suit Against Egg Companies (Correct)

Nov. 21, 2023, 8:05 PM UTCUpdated: Nov. 22, 2023, 3:50 PM UTC

General Mills Inc., a Kraft Heinz Co. unit, Kellogg Co., and Nestle SA for years likely overpaid for eggs because the nation’s largest producers and two trade groups conspired to restrict the supply, an Illinois federal jury decided on Tuesday.

A US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois jury of nine men and three women said the two largest US egg producers, Cal-Maine Foods Inc. and Rose Acre Farms Inc., along with two egg-industry trade groups, will have to pay damages to the food companies.

The same jury will decide the amount of damages ...

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