Posted on 08/06/2023 5:06:16 AM PDT by bert
On July 31, U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong denied the motion to dismiss the lawsuit in a 20-page letter, saying that customers "could believe — erroneously — that the products originated in Texas."
"Though it is true that the imagery of the solo white star and lassoing caricature are not exclusive to the state of Texas, taking the imagery and text of the label as a whole, this argument does not discount the possibility that a reasonable consumer would believe that the products are based in or originate from Texas."
The class action lawsuit, filed on September 12, 2022, by Phillip White, claimed that he purchased a bottle of Texas Pete hot sauce for about $3 at a Los Angeles supermarket, believing it was produced in Texas, according to the complaint.
TEXAS PETE HOT SAUCE SUED AFTER CONSUMER LEARNS PRODUCTS PRODUCT IS MADE IN NORTH CAROLINA
After learning the hot sauce was made in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, he claimed the company was using false advertising. He further claimed that he would not have bought the bottle or paid as much for it if he had known where it was produced.
"By way of its false marketing and labeling, [Texas Pete] knowingly and intentionally capitalizes on consumers’ desire to partake in the culture and authentic cuisine of one of the most prideful states in America," the complaint alleges.
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A little off topic: Have to give the chicoms credit, everything they make and export to the US has the ‘Made in China,’ or just ‘China’ and is on just about everything except grocery store products. Avoiding this is guaranteed to help keep your house clutter free. Things like tools or auto parts are tough, sadly.
Was Aunt Jemima really an aunt.
Or was Colonel Sanders really a Colonel?
Or are Obama or Kamala really black?
Or was Elizabeth Warren really an Indian?
MarQ
My Boston cream pie wasn’t made in Boston.
My Kentucky fried chicken...oops...changed to KFC...is now southern fried chicken and is sometimes made north of the Mason Dixon.
Maryland crab cakes, California roll, Chicago pizza, Philadelphia lawyer, etc.
EC
even worse, i bought a bottle thinking that Pete himself made it ... definitely FALSE advertising!
Looks like we were born the same year. Grew up on the rascals.
Wildman from Borneo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq5BHe-Se-4
my guess is Africa.
Chef Boy ar dee was a real dude tho.
I don't even know how a buffalo can fly with those wings being so tiny and all.
Some buddies and I formed our own “He-Man Woman-Haters Club”...LOL
Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong. America must have run out of Feral “judges”. We’re filling all of the Feral courts with refugees. They’re being the judges Americans don’t want to be.
“Was Aunt Jemima really an aunt.”
Yes, Aunt Jemima was actually an aunt.
All the women (3 IIRC) were aunts.
“Or was Colonel Sanders really a Colonel?”
Colonel Harlan Sanders was actually a Kentucky Colonel. Back then you could buy yourself the designation of Colonel of Kentucky from the state government. He did so he was.
“Or are Obama or Kamala really black?”
Fifty fifty on Obie.
Kamalalala? Hell no that witch ain’t black. Anyone who tries that hard to act black really isn’t.
“Or was Elizabeth Warren really an Indian?
As surely as the sun rises in the west and settles in the south.
Don’t be silly. They are made from the wings of buffalo. Right?
The guy bringing the lawsuit (and the judge) should be forced to eat a plateful of Carolina Reaper peppers.
I think I’ll have some nice Hawaiian Punch with my Buffalo Wild Wings…
Winston-Salem needs a new claim to fame
That's the only question that matters.
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