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https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/09/pricewars/
#pricegouging #antitrustlaws #inflation
#agristats #groceries
“ America’s largest meat producers are reportedly fixing prices. Tyson, Hormel, and Cargill are using a little-known technology—Agri Stats—to share secret data and make your groceries more expensive. It’s one of the biggest conspiracies in corporate history.”
https://perfectunion.us/this-is-the-biggest-food-scandal-in-history/
All this might leave one wondering whether there isn't something a little, you know, "conspiracy against the publick"-y going on in Big Meat?
Let me tell you about #AgriStats. Agri Stats has been around since 1985. Every large meat packer pays to be a "member" of Agri Stats, and they each submit weekly, detailed statistics about *every* aspect of their business: all their costs, all their margins, broken out by category.
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