August 26, 2019 A California consumer alleges in a class action that Trader Joe's overcharges for raw chicken weighted with amounts of retained water in excess of what's declared on product labels.
August 21, 2019 A class action focuses on the alleged amounts, source and quality of vanilla in Turkey Hill vanilla ice cream.
August 21, 2019 A class action filed in Florida circuit court claims Bombay Sapphire gin is made with an ingredient that is prohibited from being added to alcohol sold in the state.
August 21, 2019 Riviana Foods Inc. and New World Pasta Company—which do business as Ronzoni—are facing a class action suit that alleges they illegally “slack filled” boxes of some of their specialty pasta products.
August 16, 2019 McDonald's faces an antitrust class action that alleges employee wages and opportunities have been suppressed due to agreements between franchises to not solicit or hire each other's workers.
August 15, 2019 An Illinois consumer claims in a proposed class action that General Mills has falsely advertised its Fruit Roll-Ups as “naturally flavored” despite the fact that products allegedly contain malic acid, an artificial flavoring chemical.
August 12, 2019 Glanbia Performance Nutrition is facing a class action claiming it falsely advertises ingredients in some of its oatmeal products.
August 8, 2019 A class action claims Whole Foods has overstepped the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act with its collection of employee fingerprints to track work hours.
July 30, 2019 A DoorDash customer has filed a proposed class action against the company in which he claims the public was misled into believing delivery workers retained 100% of tips paid through the app.
July 19, 2019 A California consumer claims Chipotle sent her at least one unsolicited, auto-generated text message without consent to do so.
July 16, 2019 Friendly’s vanilla ice cream products are at the center of a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the items are not made with naturally derived vanilla, as represented on packaging.
July 16, 2019 A proposed class action lawsuit claims Maoz engages in unlawful telemarketing by sending automated text message advertisements to consumers without obtaining their prior consent.
June 21, 2019 A proposed class action claims Tropicana and PepsiCo have falsely labeled and advertised orange juice with calcium and vitamin D to give the impression that the product is all natural.
June 20, 2019 Fairlife and parent co. Coca-Cola face a class action lawsuit that says consumers were deceived by claims that Fairlife's milk cows were treated humanely.
June 20, 2019 A lawsuit claims that Dreyer’s and Edy’s vanilla ice cream products aren’t made from real vanilla, despite labeling that suggests otherwise.
June 18, 2019 Four plaintiffs claim the various vanilla varieties of Breyers ice cream do not contain real vanilla flavor as their ingredients lists suggest.
June 14, 2019 Two consumers allege Fairlife has fraudulently profited from its claim that the cows at its Fair Oaks Farm facility are treated humanely and with the highest degree of care.
June 10, 2019 Checkers faces a proposed class action over a data breach of its point-of-sale systems at more than 100 locations over nearly three years.
June 7, 2019 A proposed class action alleges Hershey's "white chocolate" Kit-Kats do not contain real white chocolate given they lack cacao fat.
June 7, 2019 A consumer claims to have been robocalled by Grubhub "dozens" of times despite requesting on more than one occasion that the calls stop.
June 5, 2019 A dozen sugarcane processors face a class action over property damage and health problems allegedly linked to pre-harvest sugarcane burning in Florida.
June 3, 2019 A proposed class action claims Dannon vanilla yogurt labels fail to disclose that the products' vanilla flavor is not derived from real vanilla beans.
May 31, 2019 A class action asserts that consumers are deceived by labeling and marketing of Dove Vanilla Ice Cream bars, which allegedly contain less real vanilla flavor "than their name suggests."
May 23, 2019 According to a federal class action, Starbucks uses at its Manhattan-area locations pesticide strips that contain DDVP, a toxin unsafe for use near food or in closed-in areas.
May 20, 2019 Stewart’s Fountain Classics are the subject of a proposed class action that claims manufacturer Mott’s LLP misrepresents that the sodas are artificially flavored and may not contain their represented ingredients.
May 16, 2019 A proposed antitrust class action lawsuit out of Florida claims several fish producers operating out of Norway have conspired to fix the prices of farmed Atlantic salmon.
May 15, 2019 According to a lawsuit, Cento Fine Foods attempts to pass off some tomatoes grown outside of Italy's Agro Sarnese-Nocerino region as "Certified San Marzano."
May 7, 2019 A class action claims GNC's sale of certain dietary supplements is illegal in that the products are not labeled with a disclaimer noting they've not been approved by the FDA.
May 3, 2019 Waitr Holdings, Inc. has been hit with an Arkansas eatery’s proposed class action after allegedly raising the contractual service fee it charges restaurants on its online food delivery platform.
May 3, 2019 A class action says Hill's Pet Nutrition acted too slowly in recalling dog food contaminated with excessive amounts of Vitamin D.
May 1, 2019 A lawsuit claims Nature’s Path misrepresents the amount and quality of the acai berries in its Frosted Wildberry Acai Toaster Pastries.
May 1, 2019 A consumer alleges in a class action that Walmart's supposedly all-natural Parent's Choice Pediatric Shake in fact contains synthetic ingredients.
April 24, 2019 [UPDATE] A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed over an alleged conspiracy to artificially suppress the price of fed cattle for the production of high-quality beef products.
April 23, 2019 According to a class action, Oreos apparently made with real cocoa do not, in fact, contain cocoa in amounts expected by reasonable consumers.
April 19, 2019 Nestlé faces a class action that claims it fraudulently labels its chocolate products as sustainably sourced despite child labor in supply chains and no environmental controls.
April 12, 2019 Smashburger has been hit with a proposed class action out of California over its allegedly false advertising of its “Triple Double” burgers.
April 3, 2019 Restaurant chain operator Earl Enterprises Holdings is facing a lawsuit in the wake of a data breach that exposed customers’ private information to hackers.
April 2, 2019 A lawsuit claims that AriZona Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey does not actually contain “any detectible amounts of ginseng."
March 29, 2019 [UPDATE] A lawsuit alleges that Danone markets its So Delicious Coconut Milk as being healthier than it really is in order to sell the product at a premium price.
March 27, 2019 A proposed class action filed against TGI Friday’s Inc. claims the company’s name-brand “Potato Skins Snacks” do not actually contain potato skins.
March 22, 2019 A New York man claims in a proposed class action that Bareburger Group LLC misrepresents its restaurants as being “organic” when not all the products on the menu are actually certified as organic.
March 22, 2019 A proposed class action out of New York alleges that Annie’s Homegrown, Inc. has misled consumers into thinking its products are free of preservatives when they’re actually not.
March 21, 2019 A former server at The Waverly Inn has filed suit against the famed New York City restaurant and its three owners over claims that, among other abuses, tipped employees are required to perform "menial tasks" for less than minimum wage.
March 19, 2019 According to a class action, Welch's fruit snacks are deceptively labeled in that their fiber ingredient comes not from fruit, but from chicory root.
March 18, 2019 A class action claims Pret a Manger's health-conscious advertising of its food products as "natural" is misleading given they contain GMOs and synthetics.
March 7, 2019 A class action claims that despite its health-conscious marketing, Hain Celestial Group's Coconut Dream beverage presents a risk of cardiovascular disease.
March 7, 2019 A class action challenges the A2 Milk Company's claims that a certain protein found in its milk is the reason for its digestion-easing capabilities.
March 7, 2019 In a proposed class action, four plaintiffs claim free-range egg seller Nellie's misrepresents on packaging that its hens are treated with “love and kindness,” when in reality, the chickens are “overworked, crowded, and malnourished."
March 6, 2019 The Kroger Co. has been hit with a proposed class action that alleges it overstates the health benefits of its Simple Truth Coconutmilk on package labels.
March 6, 2019 A proposed class action has been filed in Washington on behalf of consumers who purchased “ordinary commodity coffee” that was allegedly deceptively labeled as authentic Kona coffee.
