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To: LibWhacker

Who was the tuna company - Starkist? - that got busted several years back, when they were underfilling their cans, and a class action lawsuit was brought against them? I thought I saw something weird when I would open a can, and I noticed that there was a lot more broth in there than usual. I just dismissed it as my mind playing tricks, and drained it onto a plate for one of our cats. (She loves that spring water broth. It’s like mother’s milk to her.) Well, we signed on to the suit, the company was found guilty, and sure enough, we got coupons for ten free cans back in September. It took years, but we actually got them. I guess that once in a while, the squeaky wheel still does get the grease. LOL


7 posted on 11/26/2019 2:22:15 AM PST by Viking2002 (..........and Epstein didn't kill himself. Yeah, I went there.)
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To: Viking2002

Per Wiki

On October 18, 2018, StarKist agreed to plead guilty to a felony price fixing charge as part of a broad collusion investigation of the canned tuna industry by the United States Department of Justice.[10] On September 11, 2019, StarKist was fined $100 million, the maximum statutory fine.

In September 2019, the plaintiffs who had signed up for the class-action lawsuit that was “settled” in August 2015 were finally paid their share of the settlement. Plaintiffs who signed up for the $50 in tuna certificates received a coupon good for $5.03 provided they buy at least three Starkist products totaling more than that amount. Plaintiffs who signed up for the $25 cash received a PayPal payment of $2.38 representing their share of the settlement after the law firm’s costs had been deducted.


8 posted on 11/26/2019 3:04:04 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: Viking2002

I think Nancy also wrote a law to keep American Samoa from having the same minimum wage as the rest of the USA.
This was because Starkist is the main employer on American Samoa. It saved Starkist lots of US$ in operating cost.


28 posted on 11/26/2019 6:29:13 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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