Costco and Walmart Shoppers Risk Losing Bulk Discounts Thanks to a 1936 Law the FTC Just Brought Back to Life
The Federal Trade Commission alleges that Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, the nation’s largest alcohol distributor, violated a 1930s law — the Robinson-Patman Act — by offering larger discounts to retailers that buy in bulk. Southern Glazer’s supplies roughly one out of every three bottles of wine and spirits sold in the United States. The…
