Conflict of interest (in Blanton's)

Plus: The country’s leading ecommerce marketplace (derogatory)!

Editor’s note: Welcome to The Fingers Weekender, a Sunday digest exclusively for paying Friends of Fingers featuring the independent journalism about drinking in America you love, optimized for hungover scrolling. (Sorry it’s later than usual; I got sidelined with a biblical bout of food poisoning this weekend.) In today’s edition:

• A Big Beer strike watch;

• Good news for wine-based riot punch;

• The next chapter in Kroger-Albertsons;

And much more. If someone forwarded this to you, buy a subscription to get next Sunday’s edition straight in your inbox.—Dave.

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