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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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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

TBF things look pretty different if you go back to 2015 like McDonald's is alleging.

EDIT: To me, it really looks like COVID was the big factor impacting price though.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

COVID wasn't the only factor. What people don't remember because of all the other crazy shit that happened was that we had a 3 year drought.

Prices still haven't stabilized because it's expensive to buy cattle right now. Prices will likely be in the shitter for another 1.5-2 years, and I'm not sure they'll ever really come down in a way people notice.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cattle retention has not even begun yet, you're absolutely correct. There will be 2+ more years of higher beef prices, we're still slaughtering more than are being born therefore cattle prices will continue to rise on a macro level.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I actually didn't realize that. I was thinking we were coming to an end because my buddy's ranch seems to have mostly recovered and he's got more cattle now than he had a few years ago. But I guess I should look at the wider market instead of a single place if I'm going to comment about things.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Oh, that's a good point -- missed that in the article. They did say that it started in 2015.