McDonald's sues top meat packers for allegedly inflating beef prices

NEW YORK CITY, New York: McDonald's has filed a federal lawsuit against four of the largest U.S. meat companies - Tyson, JBS, Cargill, and National Beef Packing Company - alleging they conspired to inflate beef prices through anticompetitive practices.

The lawsuit, submitted in New York, claims the meat packers coordinated to limit beef supply, which led to artificially high prices that McDonald's and other dir