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McDonald’s has some beef with today’s largest meat packers.

The fast food giant is suing the U.S. meat industry’s “Big Four” — Tyson, JBS, Cargill and National Beef Packing Company — and their subsidiaries, alleging a price fixing scheme for beef specifically. In a federal complaint, filed Friday in New York, McDonald’s accused the companies of anticompetitive measures such as collectively limiting supply to boost prices and charge “illegally inflated” amounts.

This collusion caused the beef market to become “a monopoly in which direct purchasers were forced to buy at prices dictated by (the meat packers),” McDonald’s suit reads — later noting that the injury it has sustained as one of those buyers is what “antitrust laws were designed to prevent.”

McDonald’s alleges that the meat packers’ conspiracy dates back nearly a decade, at least as early as January 2015, and continues today. Its suit argues these companies’ actions violate the Sherman Act, a federal antitrust law.

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[–] celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Hey everyone. This week, I challenge everyone to eat half as much beef as you normally would. If you eat 2 burgers a week, try just eating 1 and replace the other burger with a piece of chicken, or better yet, it's autumn, and a ton of veggies are still fresh in season from the harvest.

McDonalds can sue the beef packers, but we can cripple their entire supply chain and maybe help the planet out a little bit.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A few years ago, I was hit hard with some food poisoning that had me in the hospital. I don't remember what it was, but it made me tune into food recall reports.

And those recall reports are FREQUENT, and they're mostly meat.

I'm not a vegetarian, but I cut beef out of my diet last year. Pork is my next one. Chicken is going to be really hard though.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

For years I never thought I could do vegetarian because I would miss bacon and chicken. Over a decade later and both of those things are so far down in my list of things I miss.

[–] Desistance@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

You had money for beef? Prices are sky high. My chicken, pork and fish intake dramatically increased?

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 days ago

I have beef maybe once or twice a month. Doing my part.

[–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I was wondering the same. Maybe vegetarians/vegans can buy a cow lunch, or something.