Retailers including CVS, Delhaize , Giant Eagle, Hy-Vee, Kroger, Meijer, Publix, Rite Aid, Safeway and Walgreens, have all recently filed lawsuits alleging that the major chocolate companies selling products in the U.S. have engaged in price-fixing. A lawsuit filed last week by Giant Eagle against Cadbury Schweppes, Hershey, Mars and Nestle alleges that the companies have colluded on prices going back to 2002. Isn't it common in commodity-based categories such as cocoa, coffee, paper, oil, wheat, etc. that prices rise or fall across the board at roughly the same rate and pace?

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