Giant Eagle alleges chocolate price fixing in suit
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PITTSBURGH -- Giant Eagle Inc. is accusing chocolate companies of conspiring to increase prices and stifle competition.
The O'Hara-based grocer claims it was overcharged for $200 million worth of chocolate products between 2002 and 2007. The grocer doesn't say by how much it was overcharged in its suit filed in U.S. District Court.
Defendants are The Hershey Co.; Mars Inc., of McLean, Va.; Nestle S.A., of Switzerland; and Cadbury Schweppes plc, of London, and subsidiaries. A Canadian network of food distributors, ITWAL Ltd., also is named.
The defendants declined comment.
The suit is at least the fourth filed in the United States since last year alleging a chocolate conspiracy.
Giant Eagle operates in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland.
First Published March 28, 2008 11:51 am
