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Business Wars Daily

BumbleBee Tuna, the Price-Fixing Poster Child, is Bankrupt

Business Wars Daily

Wondery

News, Daily News, Business News, Business

4.6716 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Today is Tuesday, December 3, and we’re looking at Bumble Bee vs. Chicken of the Sea.

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1:12.1

It's either no surprise or it's karma.

1:14.5

Bumblebee Foods has gone bankrupt.

1:17.2

One reason, sometimes crime really doesn't pay.

1:20.5

In 2017, the iconic tuna processor pleaded guilty for its role in a massive price-fixing scheme

1:26.4

that kept canned tuna prices artificially

1:29.0

high between 2011 and 2013. The company was handed a fine of $25 million. Bumblebee still owes

1:36.6

the U.S. 17 million, and it's spending tens of millions of dollars defending itself against

1:41.8

civil lawsuits filed by Walmart, Kroger, and other

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