Big Egg’s Price-Fixing Scandal
About this episode
The episode discusses a price-fixing scandal among top egg producers that contributed to record-breaking egg prices.
Record-breaking egg prices in recent years were blamed on an avian flu outbreak. But a recent Department of Justice complaint spells out another cause: a scheme among some of America’s top egg producers to bid up the cost of eggs. WSJ’s Patrick Thomas explains how they allegedly manipulated the “Wall Street of Eggs.” Jessica Mendoza hosts. Further Listening: - Eggs Are Still Expensive. Is This Company to Blame? - An Eggspensive Dilemma Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Jessica Mendoza
Guest: Patrick Thomas
Topics covered
- egg prices
- price-fixing
- avian flu
- Department of Justice
- egg producers
- manipulation
- economics
Keywords
- egg prices
- price-fixing
- avian flu
- Department of Justice
- egg producers
- Wall Street of Eggs
- scandal
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Department of Justice, Wall Street Journal, Spotify Studios
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