Gruma.

A group of 18 U.S. food companies filed a US$70 million class-action lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort. accusing the U.S. subsidiary of Mexico's No. 1 tortilla maker Gruma of violating antitrust laws antitrust laws n. acts adopted by Congress to outlaw or restrict business practices considered to be monopolistic or which restrain interstate commerce. The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 declared illegal "every contract, combination.... . According to according to
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3. the claim, Gruma allegedly paid retailers in order to gain access to the best shelf space and to eliminate competing products from U.S. stores.

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Title Annotation:	Competition
Publication:	Latin Trade
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	Jan 1, 2004
Words:	58
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