Over 280,000 eggs will be delivered to food banks across New York City after a multistate investigation found a trio of egg producers across the country illegally coordinated to influence and fix egg prices for years, overcharging customers. “It is unacceptable that New Yorkers paid higher prices for eggs because these companies were working together behind the scenes to raise prices,” James said. In New York, the eggs will be distributed through Feeding New York, the statewide network overseeing New York’s food banks. The investigation found that the egg producers secretly communicated with each other to coordinate their bidding activities and influence the daily egg price quotes published by Urner Barry, a benchmark pricing service widely used in egg supply contracts, since at least 2022. “By manipulating the Urner Barry benchmark, the companies artificially inflated the price of eggs paid by retailers and consumers across the nation.”