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Pilgrim’s Pride is the first company to plead guilty, although Tyson Foods (and possibly other companies) are cooperating under the Antitrust Division’s leniency program. Broiler chickens are raised for human consumption and sold to grocers and restaurants. The Justice Department already has indicted ten individuals, including four individuals from Pilgrim’s Pride.
As outlined in the plea agreement, from 2012 to 2017, Pilgrim’s Pride participated in a price-fixing and bid-rigging conspiracy involving Pilgrim’s contract for the supply to Kentucky Fried Chicken of dark meat and wings in 2013; Pilgrim’s contract for the supply to Kentucky Fried Chicken in 2014; Pilgrim’s contract for the supply to Kentucky Fried Chicken of 8-piece chicken on the bone in 2015 through 2017. The total commerce involved $361 million.