North Carolina Attorney General Jackson Secures Settlement Delivering Millions of Eggs to Food Banks After Antitrust Case
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson, alongside 16 other bipartisan attorneys general and the U.S. Department of Justice, has reached a settlement with three major egg producers: Cal-Maine, Hickman’s Family Farms, and Versova. The settlement addresses allegations that these companies violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by colluding from 2022 to 2025 to share information and coordinate bidding. This alleged coordination manipulated a key industry benchmark, leading to artificially inflated egg prices. As a result of this settlement, approximately 50 million eggs will be distributed to food banks across the United States. In North Carolina specifically, three million eggs are being distributed statewide, with nearly 2.5 million already delivered. The Food Bank of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City recently received nearly 300,000 eggs as part of this initiative. Attorney General Jackson emphasized that the settlement holds these companies accountable and provides much-needed protein to North Carolinians.
