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US egg producers price-fixing settlement

Overview

Major egg producers, including Cal-Maine Foods, Hickman’s Egg Ranch, and Versova/Centrum, have entered into antitrust settlements following investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and various state attorneys general. The investigations found that these companies coordinated to manipulate a daily egg price index between June 2022 and March 2025, which artificially inflated prices for consumers and retailers.

As part of the settlement, the companies are required to pay a combined $3.3 million to participating states and donate more than 53 million eggs to food banks and nonprofits nationwide.

Implementation of these donations has begun across several states. In Arizona, deliveries have reached the Yuma Community Food Bank, while Hickman’s Egg Ranch is supplying over 2.1 million eggs to regional organizations in Phoenix, Mesa, and Tucson. In Texas, the distribution includes 7 million free eggs through a network of at least 17 food banks.

Entities

Cal-Maine Foods · Hickman’s Egg Ranch · Arizona Attorney General’s Office · Kris Mayes · U.S. Department of Justice

Timeline

  1. 2 days ago

    [BUSINESS] 2 sources
    Egg producers to distribute millions of free eggs following price-fixing settlement

    Egg producers are donating millions of free eggs to U.S. food banks following antitrust settlements regarding alleged price-fixing between 2022 and 2025.

  2. 25 days ago

    [BUSINESS] 4 sources
    Cal-Maine Foods delivers eggs to Yuma food bank following price-fixing settlement

    Cal-Maine Foods delivered 183,600 eggs to the Yuma Community Food Bank following a settlement over an illegal egg price-fixing scheme that manipulated national market prices.

Sources

allaboutarizonanews.com · pulptastic.com