New Antitrust Case Targets Artificially Inflated Egg Prices
NEW YORK—November 6, 2025—DiCello Levitt, Cohen & Malad, Kirby McInerney, and Lockridge Grindal Nauen have filed a class action lawsuit targeting alleged price fixing in the U.S. egg industry. According to the complaint, the country’s largest egg producers and related entities conspired to artificially inflate the price of conventional eggs, costing retailers and consumers hundreds of millions of dollars.
Filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, the lawsuit accuses Cal-Maine Foods, Rose Acre Farms, Versova Holdings, Hillandale Farms, Daybreak Foods, Urner Barry Publications, Egg Clearinghouse, United Egg Producers, and others of engaging in a coordinated scheme to fix, raise, and maintain the price of conventional shell eggs nationwide. The complaint details how the defendants allegedly manipulated industry price benchmarks and exchanged competitively sensitive information, resulting in unprecedented price spikes that far outpaced any legitimate supply disruptions.
“This case is about restoring competition and fairness to a market that touches every American household,” said Partner Greg Asciolla, Chair of DiCello Levitt’s Antitrust and Competition Litigation Practice. “Egg producers and their co-conspirators have used their market power and control over industry benchmarks to drive up prices, leaving retailers and consumers to foot the bill. Now more than ever, the cost of groceries is a critical issue for families, and we are proud to represent those harmed by this conduct.”
The lawsuit alleges that, beginning no later than January 2022, the defendants used their dominant market positions and control over price reporting agencies to coordinate price increases, even as production costs fell and supply disruptions eased. The complaint further notes that egg prices dropped dramatically only after news broke of a federal antitrust investigation into the industry in March 2025—strongly suggesting that prior prices were the result of coordinated, anticompetitive conduct.
The proposed class includes all persons and entities who purchased shell eggs directly from one or more of the defendant producers since January 1, 2022. The lawsuit seeks damages, treble damages, disgorgement of profits, injunctive relief, attorneys’ fees, and other remedies under federal antitrust law.
The case is King Kullen Grocery Co., Inc. v. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:25-cv-02274-JMS-MJD in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. A copy of the complaint is available here.
The DiCello Levitt team on the matter includes Greg Asciolla, Alex Barnett, and Jonathan Crevier.
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