SGWS/RNDC Say Provi Harmed By “Increased Competition, Not Antitrust Monopoly”

Dear Client:  The top two wine and spirits distributors say in a pair of court filings this week they didn’t create an antitrust monopoly to ice out B2B online marketplace Provi from placing orders on behalf of retailers, but that the e-comm platform did not offer “commercially reasonable terms,” causing a breakdown in business relationships with the distributors.  Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits (SGWS) and Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) both filed lengthy answers to Provi’s antitrust suit brought in