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'Potato Cartel' Drove Up Prices Nearly 50 Percent

According to an analysis by CSUN business law professor Melanie Stallings Williams and her colleagues, from 2004 to 2012, this “potato cartel” was able to significantly increase prices “with an average nationwide overcharge of 30 percent for fresh potatoes and 48.7 percent for Russet potatoes at the point of shipping, and 24.4 percent for fresh potatoes and 36.5 percent for Russet potatoes at the wholesale level.”

http://www.extracrispy.com/culture/3639/potato-cartel-drove-up-prices-nearly-50-percent

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