Cal-Maine Foods Inc. will donate 2.16 million eggs to resolve a lawsuit from Texas into price gouging during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The large brown or white eggs will be distributed to 17 specified food banks within 120 days, according to an agreed judgment in state court that Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced Thursday.
“My office will crack down on any corporation illegally raising prices on Texans,” Paxton said in a press release. “Cal-Maine tried to take advantage of the people of Texas during the Covid-19 pandemic, and this settlement is an important step towards securing justice for the company’s ...
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