Newsbrief: Missouri operator runs anti-competitive cartel, lawsuit

A proposed class action lawsuit alleges Missouri's largest retailer Good Day Farm is running an anti-competitive "cartel."

Filed by two Missouri wholesalers, the suit alleges that Good Day paid independent retailers to turn over management of their storefronts in order to control the market through a "buy-side monopoly (also called a monopsony," It says Good Day, controls at least 61 retail outlets under five brands, roughly a quarter of the shops in the state.

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