McDonald's hit with federal lawsuit over alleged AI price hikes

A potential class action filed in Illinois federal court accuses McDonald's and its franchisees of sharing nonpublic pricing data and using a Tiger Analytics pricing engine to raise prices, violating the Sherman Act and Illinois laws. Menu prices allegedly rose about 40% over five years.

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