NEW YORK, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued alcohol distributor Southern Glazer's on Thursday for giving big customers exclusive discounts, enforcing a law aimed at ...

business Retail. FTC sues alcohol distributor Southern Glazer’s over price discrimination The distributor allegedly gave discounts to Total Wine, Costco, Kroger and other big retailers.

The FTC said that since at least 2018 and continuing today, Southern has repeatedly discriminated in price between disfavored independent purchasers—which include neighborhood grocery stores ...

The Federal Trade Commission sued the largest U.S. distributor of wine and spirits on Thursday, saying it is illegally discriminating against small and independent businesses. Southern Glazer’s ...

FTC sues largest wine and spirits distributor, saying it discriminates against smaller stores Southern Glazer’s, which has a key office in Cerritos, serves commercial customers such as Total ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued alcohol distributor Southern Glazer's on Thursday for giving big customers exclusive discounts, enforcing a law aimed at protecting small ...

FTC Sues Largest US Wine and Spirits Distributor, Saying It Discriminates Against Smaller Stores The Federal Trade Commission sued the largest U.S. distributor of wine and spirits on Thursday ...

The FTC’s case is based on the rarely enforced 1936 Robinson-Patman Act, which permits volume discounts but only if a seller can demonstrate they achieve real cost efficiencies. According to the FTC, ...