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.
A new spate of antitrust lawsuits accuses them of brazen price-fixing. An employee fills a bag with french fries at a McDonald’s in 2021. (Matthias Balk / dpa / picture alliance via Getty Images) One ...