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The New York Prosecutor's Office has resolved a legal dispute with a farm accused of illegally raising egg prices during the pandemic, requiring the company to
donate 1.2 million eggs to
state
food banks
, to be distributed among people in need.
"As New Yorkers scrambled for food, one of the nation's largest egg producers raised prices to unprecedented levels, making it more difficult for New Yorkers to feed their families," said State Attorney
Letitia James
in a message in her Twitter account, in which she also posted images of herself and some of her assistants showing the eggs.
This is the company
Hillandale Farms Corporation,
which was denounced by the Prosecutor's Office last August for speculating with the prices of this food in the first months of the pandemic, in violation of local laws.
Without going to trial, the farm pledged not to raise the price of eggs again and agreed to
donate 100,000 cartons to thousands of inexpensive kitchens,
homeless shelters and food delivery centers for people in need.
"Hillandale may have come into conflict with our state's price hike laws and devised
a plan targeting the most vulnerable
in our state at its darkest, but today we are delivering 1.2 million eggs to feed. starving New Yorkers and doing things right, "said the prosecutor.
According to the Prosecutor's Office, between March and April 2020, the farm obtained a
millionaire profit
with the "illegal increase" in the price of this product to the supermarkets and stores that it supplies in the state.
The Ohio and Pennsylvania-based company raised the price of a dozen large white eggs
from $ 0.59 to $ 1.10
in early March
and
raised
it again on the 15th of that month to $ 1.49. to later set
it at $ 2.93,
"almost five times more than the asking price in January."
Hillandale, who on August 12
categorically denied the prosecution's accusation
in a statement, today assured that "he is pleased to announce that he will donate 100,000 dozen eggs to food funds in New York as part of an agreement negotiated with the prosecutor. general".
After underlining that the case of the eggs "has been permanently dismissed", he maintains that the agreement "reflects the deep concern of the Hillandale farm for the community it serves", and they are satisfied to be able to help "the most vulnerable families ", something that seems to contradict the statements of the prosecutor.
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