Fries and a Shakedown

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    One afternoon in April 2022, Josh Saltzman, the owner of a sports bar in Washington DC, opened his inbox to find what looked like a french fry price-fixing conspiracy. Saltzman had received a notice from his bar’s food distributor that effective 4 April, the four major suppliers of frozen potato products, which sell products like […]

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    One afternoon in April 2022, Josh Saltzman, the owner of a sports bar in Washington DC, opened his inbox to find what looked like a french fry price-fixing conspiracy. Saltzman had received a notice from his bar’s food distributor that effective 4 April, the four major suppliers of frozen potato products, which sell products like […]

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    One afternoon in April 2022, Josh Saltzman, the owner of a sports bar in Washington DC, opened his inbox to find what looked like a french fry price-fixing conspiracy. Saltzman had received a notice from his bar’s food distributor that effective 4 April, the four major suppliers of frozen potato products, which sell products like […]

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