REAL LIFE NEWS: THE CHOCOLATE CONSPIRACY
by Hazed
Chocolate companies in Canada are in the dock for price fixing. Nestle, Mars and Hershey have been charged with conspiring with others to fix chocolate prices.
The villains! Can you think of anything more dastardly than make chocolate more expensive than it has to be?
This not-so-sweet behaviour is considered a serious criminal offence in Canada and the country’s Competition Bureau has announced that Hershey Canada has cooperated with the investigation and is now expected to plead guilty “for its role in the conspiracy to fix the price of chocolate confectionery products in Canada.”
The other two companies deny the charges and are expected to fight them in court.
Wow. A chocolate cartel. Delicious!