Katya Schwenk

Yeah, so that has done a lot to reduce competition in this market.

Yeah, so that has done a lot to reduce competition in this market.

That is right. Yeah, this is actually something of a trend in a lot of the big anti-monopoly cases that we're seeing, whether it's from meat processors to sugar, are looking at the rise of these third-party data platforms that allow... companies in the industry to sort of feed information. So things like their labor costs, their operational costs, their prices for different products.

That is right. Yeah, this is actually something of a trend in a lot of the big anti-monopoly cases that we're seeing, whether it's from meat processors to sugar, are looking at the rise of these third-party data platforms that allow... companies in the industry to sort of feed information. So things like their labor costs, their operational costs, their prices for different products.

That is right. Yeah, this is actually something of a trend in a lot of the big anti-monopoly cases that we're seeing, whether it's from meat processors to sugar, are looking at the rise of these third-party data platforms that allow... companies in the industry to sort of feed information. So things like their labor costs, their operational costs, their prices for different products.

And once that it is in this platform, the platform shares that information among the rivals. So it's a way for executives to share the kind of confidential pricing information that you need to do to fix prices without having to like gather together secretly and conspire to fix them, which is like against the law.

And once that it is in this platform, the platform shares that information among the rivals. So it's a way for executives to share the kind of confidential pricing information that you need to do to fix prices without having to like gather together secretly and conspire to fix them, which is like against the law.

And once that it is in this platform, the platform shares that information among the rivals. So it's a way for executives to share the kind of confidential pricing information that you need to do to fix prices without having to like gather together secretly and conspire to fix them, which is like against the law.

Yeah, so prices have gone up really significantly. They actually increased by almost 50% from July 2022 to July 2024. The company's drive initially justified by pointing to higher operational costs, the supply chain pandemic stuff, but those costs have since gone down and the prices have stayed high.

Yeah, so prices have gone up really significantly. They actually increased by almost 50% from July 2022 to July 2024. The company's drive initially justified by pointing to higher operational costs, the supply chain pandemic stuff, but those costs have since gone down and the prices have stayed high.

Yeah, so prices have gone up really significantly. They actually increased by almost 50% from July 2022 to July 2024. The company's drive initially justified by pointing to higher operational costs, the supply chain pandemic stuff, but those costs have since gone down and the prices have stayed high.

Right. In fact, you had the wrong villain, potentially.

Right. In fact, you had the wrong villain, potentially.

Right. In fact, you had the wrong villain, potentially.

So over the last three months, starting in November of last year, we have seen a bunch of cases against these four companies.

So over the last three months, starting in November of last year, we have seen a bunch of cases against these four companies.

So over the last three months, starting in November of last year, we have seen a bunch of cases against these four companies.

Grocery stores, restaurants, like bars like Josh's have banded together and they have sued for damages saying, you know, these companies' price fixing has hurt our bottom lines.

Grocery stores, restaurants, like bars like Josh's have banded together and they have sued for damages saying, you know, these companies' price fixing has hurt our bottom lines.

Grocery stores, restaurants, like bars like Josh's have banded together and they have sued for damages saying, you know, these companies' price fixing has hurt our bottom lines.