Perdue Chicken Price-Fixing Settlement: $115M

All persons who purchased from any of the Defendants or their respective subsidiaries or affiliates either fresh or frozen, in the form of: whole birds (with or without giblets), whole cut-up birds, or parts (boneless or bone in) derived from the front half of the whole bird, for use or delivery in the United States from December 1, 2008, until July 31, 2019.

The states included in the class action settlement are: California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and Wisconsin, plus the District of Columbia.

Please note that those purchased made in Rhode Island only qualify if they were made after July 15, 2013.

Proof of purchase is NOT required.

The Court previously gave final approval to Class Action Settlement between the Plaintiffs and Tyson, Pilgrim’s Pride, Fieldale Farms, Peco, George’s, Amick, Mar-Jac, Harrison Poultry, Simmons, Mountaire, and O.K. Foods. 

On March 31, 2022, payments from the Previous Class Action Settlement with Fieldale, Amick, George’s, Peco, Pilgrim’s Pride, and  Tyson Foods were made to Class members who submitted Claim Forms with validated qualifying Broiler purchases. These distributions are now complete, and all payments were negotiated or voided.

The gross amounts for the settlements that were not part of the previous distribution are as follows: HRF (House of Raeford Farms) ($27,500,000), Koch ($47,500,00), Mar-Jac ($7,975,000), Harrison Poultry ($3,300,000), Simmons ($8,018,991), Mountaire ($15,899,826), and O.K. Foods ($4,856,333). The gross amount of these settlements is $115,050,150.