Poultry Industry Executives Indicted Over Alleged Price-Fixing Scam

The Justice Department on Wednesday indicted four current and former executives from chicken producers Pilgrim's Pride and Claxton Poultry Farms over allegations of conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids between 2012 and 2017, the first charges in an ongoing antitrust investigation, according to aFILE - In this Dec. 2, 2008 file photo, a statue of Pilgrim's Pride founder Bo Pilgrim is displayedoutside the distribution center near Pittsburg, Texas.

The Justice Department launched an investigation into potential price fixing between major poultry producers following years of accusations and litigation against producers like Perdue Farms, Sanderson Farms and Tyson Foods., poultry prices rose 11% between 2012 and 2018, then fell 27% between 2019 and February 2020 due to ramped up production and expansion.

Pilgrim's Pride stock immediately dove after news broke of the indictments, falling 16% before bouncing back up slightly.17%. That's how much Pilgrim's Pride represents of the greatly consolidated U.S. poultry market, according to theMarket consolidation also proved a liability for poultry and meat producers during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Chicken Industry Executives, Including Pilgrim’s Pride CEO, Indicted on Price-Fixing ChargesThe CEO of one of the country’s biggest chicken producers and three other industry executives were indicted for allegedly conspiring to fix prices on chickens sold to restaurants and grocery stores, the Justice Department’s first charges in a continuing criminal antitrust probe. That’s fowl play! if history has taught us anything it is that you can Never trust a pilgrim Good old Corporate America. Screwing people for decades.
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