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Judge denies Texas Pete's request to dismiss lawsuit that hot sauce is made in North Carolina, not Texas (and now, something completely different)
Fox Business News ^ | August 6 2023 | Sarah Rumpf-Whitten

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxbusiness.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: 46to24; bidenjudge; bidenstooge; cdcalifornia; ghana; idiocy; maamefrimpong; sarahrumpfwhitten; taterjudge; taterstooge; texaspete
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To: Nifster

exactly....


61 posted on 08/06/2023 7:59:11 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: bert
I don't care where it's made...I care how it tastes.

I bought samples of all the hot sauces for my son in law...let him pick the one he liked...then sent him 200 packets for their travels. TP was No. 1.

62 posted on 08/06/2023 8:01:48 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: oldvirginian

HARRIS HAS TWO BLACK WOMEN IN HER JAMAICAN LINEAGE


63 posted on 08/06/2023 8:09:30 AM PDT by coalminersson
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To: FLNittany

“Does this judge know that Kia Tellurides aren’t manufactured in Colorado?”

And NY Strip Steaks do not come from New York.


64 posted on 08/06/2023 8:11:37 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: Fireone

Guess they’ll be coming after Old Paso Salsa next!


65 posted on 08/06/2023 8:14:09 AM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: Labyrinthos

And Arizona Ice Tea is not made in Arizona.


66 posted on 08/06/2023 8:22:02 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: JBW1949

Did you have a Darla try to break up the group?


67 posted on 08/06/2023 8:25:45 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: bert

Texas Pete is a.... character, a person who came from Texas to NC with a recipe. Simple and there is no brand from Texas that is hurt by this sauce. The sauce is nothing like any sauce truly from Texians. Quite popular in Texas NC and all over the country.

Don’t know who is bringing suit, but this reminds of the “case” presented on ABC by Sam Donaldson against a Salisbury, NC based grocery which was damaged by “hygeine” issues, depressed in value and then acquired by DelHaize company of Belgium (see: InBev)— now called Food Lion. And it is much more crappy a store than the one ABC helped destroy.


68 posted on 08/06/2023 8:36:29 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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To: bert

Can we get a photo of the judge— Judge me some ping pong. What the hell kind of name is that and who apptd it?

Marginally sounds Thai.


69 posted on 08/06/2023 8:37:50 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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To: Fireone

Quite clearly says— North Carolina. The ‘case’ has a lot of ... ‘didn’t you READ the required label in the first place” and.. “how did any of this damage you for a $3bottle of sauce” . Who— what conglomerate is backing this a@@clown “consumer”?

Frank’s hot sauce is made in USA by the Missouri based
Frank’s Food, a unit of FRENCH’s (the mustard people).


70 posted on 08/06/2023 8:42:38 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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To: Hot Tabasco

Mcllhenny Co. Avery Island, LA. An American company for over 150 years which uses... Tabasco peppers in the recipe. Ferments them in wooden barrels (which, when opened on the tour of the kitchens— can swell people’s eyelids... the concentrated fermenting hot pepper and juice it is in.

A wonderful American product. As is Texas Pete— made with simple cayenne.


71 posted on 08/06/2023 8:47:35 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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To: TangoLimaSierra; JBW1949; Bernard

I wonder, what is the time frame for this Little Rascals adventure. I watched the link posted and the Yum Yum quote.

I know that with me 81, we must be of the same generation but wonder still.

Back in the 50’s, my aunts and uncles called my dad Barney. That is, the wild man from Borneo. I never knew why but am now convinced that this movie must have had a bearing on it

BTW...... The country of Indonesia is moving the capital from Java to Borneo.


72 posted on 08/06/2023 8:49:43 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Joe Biden is a kleptocrat)
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To: tired&retired

Answers to your questions:

Yes, Jemima was a real person- her family has received royalties for the use of her name (and recipe)... until they didn’t because of some marxist a@@holes who called them racists. Did it to Uncle Ben’s rice to... shakedowns for “justice”.

Colonel Sanders was a Kentucky Colonel— a Ky thing.

Obama and kamala are halflings. obama asked and asian women twice to marry him, she refused because of his overt anti-semitism. So he found a field hand ugly all black instead.

Elizabeth Warren was never an Indian, and neither were any of her ancestors- entire thing was a concocted lie for quota admissions and advancement in liberal land.


73 posted on 08/06/2023 8:52:34 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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To: Hatteras

On the subject, at a restaurant in Hatteras, I ordered “Maryland Crab Cakes”. They missed the mark by at least 5 miles


74 posted on 08/06/2023 8:53:32 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Joe Biden is a kleptocrat)
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To: oldvirginian

Missed your post with my reply— yours is better!! Hah!


75 posted on 08/06/2023 8:54:33 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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To: John S Mosby
Yes, Jemima was a real person- her family has received royalties for the use of her name (and recipe)... until they didn’t because of some marxist a@@holes who called them racists. Did it to Uncle Ben’s rice to... shakedowns for “justice”.

Uncle Remus, who said to Uncle Ben, 'You're a credit to your rice!'.......Never got a dinner!

76 posted on 08/06/2023 8:54:52 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: John S Mosby

Not Thai. She's got the African Lice Cut hair

77 posted on 08/06/2023 8:57:15 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Joe Biden is a kleptocrat)
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To: tired&retired

What varietal? Commercially raised a sterile hybrid pepper of a cross of green pepper with Jalapeno. Great flavour, and they had no—zero heat. Branded as “Fooled You!” Good and Foolish Bread and Butter Peppers.

You could take one- red matured looking just like a Jalapeno- and munch down in front of very impressed friends.
Pickled in bread & butter sweet (with a little hot) liquid.


78 posted on 08/06/2023 8:58:34 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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To: coalminersson

one drop rule. Her father practically disowns her and is “Jamaican” Indian mother... and neither of them US Natural Born citizens. A far more important issue.


79 posted on 08/06/2023 9:01:51 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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To: bert

The real question is does Hillary have a bottle of it in her purse?


80 posted on 08/06/2023 9:02:34 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The road to tyranny is paved with compliance )
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