4-227

4-227. Spirituous liquor pricing; prohibition;
definitions

A. Subject to subsection B of this section, a wholesaler shall sell its product to
a qualified retail cooperative without regard to the volume of the product purchased by
the cooperative at the lowest price at which the wholesaler sells the product to any
other retail licensee at or near the location of the cooperative.

B. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall apply only to a purchase by
a retail cooperative of fifty cases or more of a product on a single occasion.

C. As used in this section:

1. "Product" means a particular brand of spirituous liquor in a designated size
container or a mix of brands and containers when sold on a combined basis established by
the wholesaler which is offered on quantity discount terms established by the wholesaler.

2. "Qualified retail cooperative" means a retail cooperative of twenty retail
licensees or more established pursuant to section 4-222.