The People vs the Big Bread Cabal (Class action suit)

[Muta]

Looks like the price-fixing scheme is toast

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by Muta

Looks like the price-fixing scheme is toast

Heads are gonna roll, I expect some turnovers.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Drak

Publicly executed? We even have fascism rising up in the bread aisle.

What can you say? The rise of Fascism seems to be working like the rise of a good loaf of sourdough, so why not?

This has all the heft of a good croissant!

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by Geraldsh

Thanks for the link!
Signed and sent, if on one else bothers to fill out the form the entire $500,000,000 will be mine, all mine, every cent.

How badly do you knead it?

[CroFlames]

I don't share a lot in common with Oprah, but



Particularly a good sourdough and fresh baguette.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

I don't share a lot in common with Oprah, but



Particularly a good sourdough and fresh baguette.

I too love bread, a fresh baguette with good cheese and some nice sandwich meat?

[puffnstuff]

Currently prefering Calabrese bread more than sourdough.

[Erick Estrada]

It's bad enough we have to deal with all the other crap going on today and now we have to deal with price fixing on bread? What a time to be alive! I actually recently received a cheque for $25 for the Auto Parts class action lawsuit so may as well throw my name in for another free Quarter Pounder meal.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

It's bad enough we have to deal with all the other crap going on today and now we have to deal with price fixing on bread? What a time to be alive! I actually recently received a cheque for $25 for the Auto Parts class action lawsuit so may as well throw my name in for another free Quarter Pounder meal.

As I recall, and its a little hazy as my History classes were eons ago, but the price-fixing of bread which translated into many other regions throughout the middle-ages and was actually a very common practice.

Bakers werent just some guy getting up early and tossing some dough into a hastily cobbled together oven, they were respected artisans!

There were two main differences however as I recall.

The first being that Bakers, by law, had to produce a certain amount of bread per day at minimum of various types but it was measured by weight and 'underweight' bread sales were punished.

A baker's dozen, devil's dozen,[13][14] or long dozen is 13, one more than a standard dozen. The broadest use of baker's dozen today is simply a group of thirteen objects (often baked goods).[15] The term has meant different things over the last few centuries.

In England, when selling certain goods, bakers were obliged to sell goods by the dozen at a specific weight or quality (or a specific average weight). During this time, bakers who sold a dozen units that failed to meet this requirement could be penalized with a fine. Therefore, to avoid risking this penalty, some bakers included an extra unit to be sure the minimum weight was met, bringing the total to 13 units or what is now commonly known as a baker's dozen.[16][17] The thirteenth piece of bread is called the vantage loaf.[18]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dozen#Etymology

And the second major difference being that the price fixing was introduced by the Monarchy specifically to keep the prices low...because everybody's gotta eat.

Fed Peasants are Peasants less likely to behead you.

[Knut]

Time to Rise Up against Big Bread

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Knut

Time to Rise Up against Big Bread

What are you gonna do? Blow it's Gingerbread House down??

[OldSam]

Originally Posted by Geraldsh

Thanks for the link!
Signed and sent, if on one else bothers to fill out the form the entire $500,000,000 will be mine, all mine, every cent.

I applied. We can split the total.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

Have you purchased bread in the last 2 decades? You may be entitled to financial compensation. Follow this link to put in a claim for a part of the $500 million settlement.

https://www.canadianbreadsettlement.ca/

I was looking for a pun combining bread and the Illuminati, but nothing rose up.

Is my memory off or wasn't there some other price fixing settlement relating to bread a few years ago? Is this a different one?


For those rising up together, they should call themselves breadthren. Go yeast mode on those deceptive companies needing an anti-crust beat down.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

Is my memory off or wasn't there some other price fixing settlement relating to bread a few years ago? Is this a different one?

It appears so. When you fill out the form, one of the questions is: "Did you apply for a $25 Loblaw Gift Card under the Loblaw Card Program in 2018 as partial compensation for the purchase of Packaged Bread?"

If you did get something then, you may not be eligible to get anything for this settlement.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by getbak

It appears so. When you fill out the form, one of the questions is: "Did you apply for a $25 Loblaw Gift Card under the Loblaw Card Program in 2018 as partial compensation for the purchase of Packaged Bread?"

If you did get something then, you may not be eligible to get anything for this settlement.

I noticed that once I started going through the claim form. I double checked my email and I don't see anything relating to it or a confirmation or whatever, so I don't think I applied for the gift card. Worst case, I am mistaken and I get nothing. But I woke up getting nothing, so this would be just be some type of bonus.

In 2018, I was also at a different address, so I wonder how they'd cross reference that other than potentially using locations, emails and names?

[Locke]

Class Action Lawsuits...the best thing since sliced bread?

I wants my slice of that delicious gluten-heavy bread money!!

[Geraldsh]

Two or three decades ago there was a class action lawsuit against the type of foam used in certain furniture. I made $28.00 on that deal so I know how the game is played, looking forward to hearing from the big bread boys.

[Wormius]

Still waiting for our damn iPhone cheques.

[Locke]

I got a decent payout from the Class Action against Banks when they got caught over-billing Merchants on point-of-sale services.

I'm sure the bread lawsuit will be mere croutons compared to their reaping of leavened profits!

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Still waiting for our damn iPhone cheques.

You'll need the most up-to-date iPhone and a different charger for that.