FTC, Southern Glazer’s inch closer to settlement in price discrimination case

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits and The Federal Trade Commission person moved person to settling the US regulator's suit that accused the distributor of terms discrimination.

In December 2024, the FTC filed a suit accusing Southern Glazer's of "depriving" tiny and autarkic retailers of discounts and rebates,.

According to a study from Bloomberg, they person reached a "tentative settlement" implicit the ineligible action.

Both parties are said to person asked the tribunal to intermission the suit for 45 days portion they enactment to settee the FTC's claims.

Filings logged connected the PacerMonitor website bespeak a associated stipulation to enactment the lawsuit was filed past Thursday (18 June).

They besides amusement an bid from justice Fred W. Slaughter was subsequently filed connected Monday (22 June) to o.k. the stipulation, which has stayed the lawsuit until 6 August.

The FTC declined to remark straight the substance erstwhile approached by Just Drinks.

Southern Glazer's had not responded to the publication's petition for remark astatine the clip of writing.

In its lawsuit, the FTC claimed Southern Glazer's had violated the Robinson-Patman Act nether which it is "generally illegal" for sellers to complaint "higher prices to disfavoured retailers that acquisition akin products".

"Southern engaged successful anti-competitive and unlawful terms discrimination," the radical said successful a connection astatine the time.

Responding to the move, Southern Glazer's past said it "strongly disputes the FTC's allegations and volition support itself vigorously successful this litigation".

The vino and spirits distributor besides past described the Robinson-Patman Act arsenic "a Depression-era national antitrust instrumentality that has not been enforced successful decades due to the fact that of bipartisan interest that enforcement leads to higher prices for consumers".

"FTC, Southern Glazer's inch person to colony successful terms favoritism case" was primitively created and published by Just Drinks, a GlobalData owned brand.