When asking a premium price becomes price fixing (as Sony and other major music publishers did with their illegally negotiated price gouge on CDs), it is criminal.
capitalism doesn’t have to equal crime.
The article sustains my point that their peers (and not just restaurants but even competing candy manufacturers) are all agreeing to hike their prices at the same time. Coincidence?
What Era are you posting from? I haven't bought a compact disc since about 1998. Everybody is downloading music for about a dollar a track these days. CD's have gone the way of platform shoes and 8-track tapes.
Anyway, what evidence do you have that Chipotle's is "price-fixing". So they raised their chicken burrito prices by 5%. That is first increase in three years and with a 2% inflation rate, consumers are actually paying less for a burrito from Chipotle's today than they were three years ago.
Fact is that Chipotle's offers a far superior "fast-food" experience than Taco Bell with a more upscale clientele, a better ambiance and better quality food product. In spite of a "down" economy, they are absolutely killing it and gaining market share in their space at a rapid clip.
Instead of trying to tear them down, conservatives should be emulating them in their own business endeavors.