date:Aug 15, 2012
time) shipped Ozarka spring water to Sams Club and Wal-Mart stores in its territory, Nestl agreed to pay invasion fees, the court heard.
These totaled $2.5m from 1997 to 2007, but in May 2007 William Pearson, VP and CFO of Nestl, told Eureka CEO Steve Raupe that Nestl was losing money doing business with Eureka, and that (in the courts words)something had to change.
Three months later Pearson wrote to Raupe stating that, as of October 15 2007 Nestl would stop paying royalties or offering Eurek