They made record profits after the pandemic and through bird flu, a fact that CFO Max Bowman attributed to "significantly higher selling prices" and "our ability to adapt to inflationary market pressures":
https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/23/cant-make-an-omelet/#keep-calm-and-crack-on
But Cal-Maine is comparatively transparent. The other food cartels - especially those that serve the restaurant sector - are harder to spot.
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