A trio of Covington, Ga., convenience-store owners has uncorked a class action suit against the Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. and a local business association composed largely of Indian and Pakistani merchants, claiming that special discounts and rebates offered only to the group amount to illegal racial discrimination.
Terry Wilson, owner of Wilson’s Grocery and the lead plaintiff in the case, said he was first made aware of the special offers to members of the Atlanta Retailers Association (ARA) by his Coca-Cola Co. representative, who told him about the “great deals” being offered to association members. Upon inquiring with his Pepsi representative, he was told that ARA members were indeed offered $3-per-case discounts for Pepsi products, and $1,000 rebates if they installed Pepsi displays in their stores.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
