A “potato cartel” has allegedly conspired to artificially hike prices on french fries and hash browns as they corner the $68 billion frozen spuds market, according to multiple lawsuits. After decades ...
In McCain Foods Limited v J.R. Simplot Company (2025 FC 1078), the Federal Court of Canada found that the Defendant’s use of pulsed electric fields (PEF) to pretreat potatoes before further processing ...
Two leading frozen potato manufacturers based in Idaho face a lawsuit over allegations of price fixing. Boise agribusiness giant J.R. Simplot and Eagle potato producer Lamb Weston were among four ...