NJ Wholesalers Fined $8M for “Unfairly Favoring” Large Retail Partners

Dear Client:  New Jersey's two largest wine and spirits wholesalers, Allied Beverage Group and Fedway Associates, along with 20 retailers are set to pay a total of over $10 million in fines after engaging in "discriminatory trade practices that unfairly favored" large retailers, per a release from the Office of the Attorney General and the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Violations from Allied Beverage Group and Fedway Associates included "manipulating the retailer incentive program (RIP), granting credit extensions and interest-free