Longtime Sapporo Distrib Sues Supplier Over Termination Notice

Dear Client: A 45-year Tri-State area Sapporo distributor claims in a lawsuit the supplier has threatened to terminate the parties’ decades-long relationship, citing the distributor’s poor post-Covid performance as a pretextual reason for pulling the contract.  Wine of Japan Import Inc. (WOJ) and its import affiliate, Sanwa Trading Co. Inc., distribute “Sapporo products in the New York City area and New Jersey, specifically to Asian restaurants and groceries.” They sued Sapporo and c-suite execs in Morris County Superior Court in