HERSHEY, Pa. (CBS) – A Florida woman is upset about the lack of designs on Reese’s holiday-themed peanut butter candy - and now she’s taking parent company Hershey to court over it.
Cynthia Kelly filed a federal class-action lawsuit Thursday in the U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Florida, alleging several Reese’s products don’t match their photos as depicted on the wrappers.
For example, Reese’s peanut butter pumpkins are merely pumpkin-shaped hunks of peanut-butter-stuffed chocolate, and the actual product has no Jack O’lantern-style carvings as the wrapper depicts, Kelly alleges.
I feel no lawyer is taking this case pro bono, so this person is paying attorney fees and hourly billing to do this. How much must this absurdity cost? Some lawyer is just like “cool. Easy, stupid money.”
Like… can a lawyer weigh in on this? If I bring this to you and tell you I’m adamant about filing the suit, how much is this process so far going to run me?
This was filed as a class action, with the class being all Floridians that purchased these. If you’re at all familiar with class action lawsuits, they hugely benefit the lawyers, minimally benefit the named plaintiff, and barely provide anything to the class at large.
So an attorney may take it, assuming the believe they can get the class certified. I don’t do that type of work, so I don’t know too much about it.
Also, contingency cases are possible against large companies based on nuisance value, essentially it’s cheaper to pay you $15k to go away then to litigate for a large company.
I think I’ve been among the “winners” of three, maybe four class action lawsuits. I think I’m up something like $17.
Interesting. Thanks for the information.
Actually, now that I think about it, these chocolates ARE frustrating me… 🤣
They also don’t have a bite out of them
I would sue Hershey’s for selling vomit chocolate, this stuff is shockingly bad.
This. When I went to the USA I tried one of those, as through media I had the idea that it was the best chocolate America had.
I took one but and then threw the rest in the trash where it belongs. Absolutely filthy stuff.
Yuck. No, it’s certainly not our best. It’s the bargain bin stuff that manages to push the most volume and marketing. You see it a lot around the holidays, but not too much besides.
Ghirardelli might be our best of the large brands, though it’s now owned by Lindt.
We of course have a ton of smaller brands with higher quality too.
Any of the mars chocolates are streets beyond any of the spoiled milk Hershey’s even.
Lindt makes basic-ass chocolate for premium prices, I’m quite sure you have better chocolate producers but as everywhere else they’re quite low-volume and you won’t find them in supermarkets. Also be prepared to pay up to 10 bucks per 50g, but it’ll be worth it – like once every couple of years, as a gift, etc.
If you have an Aldi close by try Moser-Roth, they’re approximately Lindt quality at prices actually reflecting the quality of cocoa in it.
It’s quite well known though, so the marketing works.
Looks like she bought the “ready-to-carve” version.
5mil sounds like peanuts to them
Peanuts are an important part of their business model though
Mitch Hedberg would like to sign up.
Look up his KitKat joke. 😀
Are people honestly upset about junk food they only see outside of the wrapper for maybe a second or two before consuming it?
Some people’s lives are far too easy to have this much time to waste.
Why are you upset that they’re upset?
I’m not upset at all. I find this hilarious.
Sure bud.
