In re: Wholesale Grocery Products Antitrust Litigation

  1. September 02, 2020

    Attys Seek $2.6M Fees For Wholesaler Antitrust MDL

    Three law firms who served as co-lead counsel in multidistrict litigation over anti-competitive agreements between several grocery companies asked a Minnesota federal court Tuesday to award them over $2 million in attorney fees after their clients were able to reach a settlement that totaled nearly $9 million.

  2. August 15, 2018

    Mass. Grocers Appealing Loss In Wholesaler Antitrust MDL

    New England grocery store operators told a Minnesota federal court Wednesday they plan to appeal a July loss in multidistrict litigation accusing Supervalu Inc. of agreeing to not compete for customers with C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. in the wholesale supply of groceries.

  3. April 23, 2018

    Jury Rejects Antitrust Claims Against Grocery Wholesaler

    A Minnesota federal jury has found for C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. in antitrust multidistrict litigation seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, concluding that several Midwestern retail grocers failed to show that the wholesaler agreed to not compete with Supervalu Inc. for customers in the region.

  4. March 16, 2018

    Supervalu Fights Cert. For Boston Grocers In Antitrust MDL

    A group of Boston-area grocers has offered no new evidence to warrant them being given class certification in antitrust multidistrict litigation accusing Supervalu Inc. and C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. of an agreement not to compete for customers in certain states, Supervalu told a Minnesota federal judge Thursday.

  5. February 16, 2018

    Boston Grocers Seek Conditional Cert. In Antitrust MDL

    Two Village Market companies have asked a Minnesota federal court to conditionally certify a class of 51 grocers in the Boston area in antitrust multidistrict litigation claiming that Supervalu and C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. agreed not to compete with each other for customers in certain states.

  6. July 27, 2017

    Supervalu To Settle Grocers' Antitrust Suits For $8.75M

    A group of Midwest wholesale grocery customers asked a Minnesota federal judge on Wednesday to approve an $8.75 million settlement with Supervalu Inc. to end multidistrict litigation claiming that Supervalu and C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. agreed not to compete with each other for customers in certain states.

  7. July 13, 2017

    Grocers Say Midwest Consumers Can't Prove Antitrust Injury

    C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. and Supervalu Inc. have urged a Minnesota federal court to throw out multidistrict antitrust litigation brought against them by a group of Midwest wholesale grocery customers, saying their accusers cannot prove they suffered an actual injury from the alleged scheme.

  8. February 13, 2013

    Wholesale Grocery Antitrust Claims Revived By 8th Circ.

    The Eighth Circuit on Wednesday revived claims from several retail groceries accusing SuperValu Inc. and C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. of conspiring to hike prices, ruling that arbitration agreements the retailers inked with certain wholesalers don't necessarily bar the antitrust suit.

  9. January 14, 2013

    Wholesale Grocery Suppliers Beat Antitrust Suit

    A Minnesota federal judge Friday dismissed the claims of the two remaining plaintiffs in a suit alleging wholesale grocery suppliers SuperValu Inc. and C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. conspired to inflate prices by entering into a noncompete agreement.

  10. July 26, 2012

    SuperValu, C&S Beat Class Cert. In Price-Fixing Suit

    In a ruling unsealed Wednesday, a Minnesota federal judge refused to certify a class of grocers who allege wholesalers SuperValu Inc. and C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. conspired to charge them inflated prices after entering noncompete agreements.

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