Agribusiness  August 20, 2024

Pilgrim’s Pride agrees to $100M settlement in price-fixing lawsuit

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (Nasdaq: PPC) has agreed to pay $100 million in a settlement with broiler chicken growers across the country to close out a six-year price-fixing lawsuit alleging that the company conspired with other chicken processors to orchestrate lower prices.

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Sharon Dunn is an award-winning journalist covering business, banking, real estate, energy, local government and crime in Northern Colorado since 1994. She began her journalism career in Alaska after graduating Metropolitan State College in Denver in 1992. She found her way back to Colorado, where she worked at the Greeley Tribune for 25 years. She has a master's degree in communications management from the University of Denver. She is married and has one grown daughter — and a beloved English pointer at her side while she writes. When not writing, you may find her enjoying embroidery and crochet projects, watching football, or kayaking and birdwatching on a high-mountain lake.
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