failure fee

But it is uncertain whether failure fees will become standard fixtures.

Still, there are some signs that the rumbling over failure fees is being taken seriously.

Many industry executives doubt that either of the two wholesalers seeking failure fees has been able to collect payments from food companies.

Curtailment Using Fees Retailers and wholesalers are hopeful that failure fees, or the threat of failure fees, will help curtail the line extensions.

Plans are Postponed In January, to the relief of food company executives, the Fleming Companies, Oklahoma City, the nation's largest wholesaler, postponed its plan to require failure fees until the release of the Food Marketing Institute's findings.