{"id":449,"date":"2010-01-04T14:10:20","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T14:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/?p=449"},"modified":"2020-04-05T08:47:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T08:47:29","slug":"german-coffee-roasters-fined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/german-coffee-roasters-fined\/","title":{"rendered":"GERMAN COFFEE ROASTERS FINED FOR PRICE-FIXING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of 2009, Germany\u2019s anti-trust regulator fined coffee roasters Tchibo, Melitta Kaffee and Alois Dallmayr Kaffee OHG and six managers at the firms a total of \u20ac159.5 million (US$229 million) for price fixing.<\/p>\n<p>The companies set up a cartel which the regulator said had fixed prices for <a href=\"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/category\/coffee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coffee<\/a> beans, espresso, and filtered coffee.<\/p>\n<p>The Bonn-based Federal Cartel Office said the cartel had existed since the beginning of 2000 and continued to operate until the companies\u2019 offices were raided in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>The three companies can appeal against the fines if they wish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of 2009, Germany\u2019s anti-trust regulator fined coffee roasters Tchibo, Melitta Kaffee and Alois Dallmayr Kaffee OHG and six managers at the firms a total of \u20ac159.5 million (US$229 million) for price fixing. 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