Posted on 11/29/2022 7:39:03 AM PST by Twotone
Florida woman Amanda Ramirez is suing Kraft Heinz Foods Company after her cup of microwavable macaroni and cheese took longer than 3.5 minutes to be fully ready for consumption.
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In a class-action lawsuit filed on Nov. 18 in the U.S. District Court in Miami, Ramirez accuses Kraft Heinz of false advertising because her 2.39 ounce cup of Velveeta Shells & Cheese was not "ready in 3½ minutes" as its packaging claimed it would be, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.
The crux of the complaint is that customers are falsely led to believe the product will be ready for consumption 3.5 minutes after the package is opened.
Preparation, however, requires removing the lid, adding water, and stirring in the cheese pouch — on top of the 3.5 minute cook time.
"Consumers seeing ‘ready in 3½ minutes’ will believe it represents the total amount of time it takes to prepare the Product, meaning from the moment it is unopened to the moment it is ready for consumption," the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit goes onto claim Kraft Heinz "sold more of the Product and at higher prices than it would have in the absence of this misconduct, resulting in additional profits at the expense of consumers."
"As a result of the false and misleading representations, the Product is sold at a premium price, approximately no less than $10.99 for eight 2.39 oz cups, excluding tax and sales, higher than similar products, represented in a non-misleading way, and higher than it would be sold for absent the misleading representations and omissions," the lawsuit adds.
The lawsuit further claims that Ramirez would not have purchased the product "had she known the truth" about its preparation time.
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Everyone should know it depends on the elevation it’s cooked at. The higher the elevation the longer it takes. Anyone living in higher elevations should know this.
And the harm to this idiot woman was .... what? The cost of her Mac & Cheese cup (8 pack is $8.49 or thereabouts)? Two or three extra minutes of microwave time? What was she doing, trying to make it while her house was on fire and she suffered burns due to the extra time because she couldn’t evacuate without her Mac & Cheese being done? What a bozo ... the lawyers taking this on should be disbarred.
I’m going to sue because I was still tired after my energy drink....
So, what’s wrong with crunchy mac-n-cheese?
Actually, now that I look more closely, the photo was taken in Washington, a few miles north of Vancouver. Just about as bad.
Why is she suing for millions? Can she prove harm and mental suffering?
Maybe this courtroom scene from “My Cousin Vinnie” will be reprised in the trial?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdCRRc9zlas
Big Food sometimes needs a kick in the pants. The excerpt does not tell how long it took Ramirez to prep and cook. If Kraft-Heinz is seriously defective it meeting the standard set forth in their advertising, then they should take it in the shorts like big boys and do the right thing.
Need to adopt the system where, if you lose your case, you must pay the other side’s legal fees and related expenses. Might help unclog the courts.
“the moment it was unopened”
Some idea.
Here comes the El Dente defense ….
It takes a lot longer than 3.5 minutes if you throw in the time it takes her to go to the store and buy the stuff too.
I noticed that macaroni in products like Hamburger Helper are noticeably thinner than regular elbow macaroni you can buy by itself. I guess because it’s made to soften up and cook faster. That’s probably the same with this product.
Regardless, Amanda Ramirez needs to get a life. She’s just looking for a payday.
Doesn’t it say on the package that you have to cook the macaroni for 8-10 minutes?
If you were to fully cook macaroni and then dehydrate it, the next cooking only takes a couple minutes.
I’ve done that before when preparing backpacking recipes to save tie and camp stove fuel
I don’t know, honestly. But I do know this woman’s suit should be thrown out on its face. It’s ludicrous.
1) Kraft didn’t actually advertise that it takes only 3 1/2 minutes to prepare. They put on the box, “ready in 3 1/2 minutes,” inside a sketch of a microwave oven. I totally would read this as “takes 3 1/2 minutes in the microwave.”
2) I bet I could put water in it and stick it in the microwave in less than half a minute. That’s less than the normal variation of microwave cooking times.
3) If Kraft says it takes 4 minutes to prepare, people will see “4 minutes” and cook it for 4 minutes.
4) The box also describes necessary preparation and THEN cooking it for 3 1/2 minutes. It’s not like she tried it after 3 minutes of cooking, when her time ran out.There is no intent to deceive. She can’t say she read the box and had no idea additional prep time was needed.
5) She says she wouldn’t’ve bought it if she knew it took “so long” to prepare. She wouldn’t’ve bought it if it said, “Ready in 4 minutes.” Bullshit.
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