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Episode: US lawsuit accuses PepsiCo of price discrimination that favored Walmart over smaller stores
Description: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued PepsiCo in January, alleging that it has engaged in illegal price discrimination by giving unfair price advantages to one large retailer at the expense of other vendors and consumers.
The benefiting customer wasn't named in an FTC statement about the lawsuit. But a source familiar with the case, who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to discuss it, said the retailer was Walmart.
The FTC said PepsiCoβs practices included making promotional payments to Walmart but not to large grocery chains or independent convenience stores. The FTC said that lets Wa...