Here's why a court found Kellyanne Conway too unreliable to testify in Whole Foods lawsuit
TRAVIS GETTYS
14 MAR 2017 AT 12:38 ET
Kellyanne Conway has gained a reputation for untrustworthiness since going to work for President Donald Trump, but a federal court once found her polling work too unreliable to be considered in a lawsuit filed by the government against Whole Foods.
The Federal Trade Commission sued Whole Food in 2007 to block the grocery retailer’s purchase of the rival Wild Oats chain over monopoly concerns, and the company hired Conway’s polling firm to support its case, reported Business Insider.
The FTC found a series of internal company emails and public blog posts that showed Whole Foods wanted to acquire its competitor because Wild Oats held a “monopoly” in some markets.
Whole Foods hired Conway’s firm, The Polling Company, to design a survey to back claims by a former FTC official who often testified for companies involved in antitrust suits.
That former official, David Scheffman, argued that Whole Foods and Wild Oats shoppers frequently shopped at other grocery stores, so the organic grocers couldn’t raise prices without losing those customers to competitors.
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