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- Five executives from Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits are charged in a federal indictment in Napa Valley for bribing Patrick Briones, a lead wine buyer for Albertsons Companies, to secure preferential product placement for wines from 2016 to 2024.
- The indictment says bribes included luxury trips and cash, disguised as expenses.
- Albertsons Companies says it is cooperating with authorities and notes the hearing is set for March 25 in Oakland.
