Florida woman sues Hershey for $5 million, says Reese's candies don't have carved designs
Florida woman sues Hershey for $5 million, says Reese's candies don't have carved designs
Pennsylvania-based The Hershey Company is facing a lawsuit seeking $5 million in damages over the wrappers on Reese's peanut butter candies.
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.
You know what? Fuck 'em. I don't know what she was expecting other than chalky, chocolate-scented paste that only vaguely resembles the already cheerless designs on the packaging. But if she wants to wring some money out of the behemoth that's hoovering up cocoa beans from half of Africa for pennies, grown by people who've never tasted chocolate in their lives, and use it to buy herself a boat, I say go for it. Fuck 'em up, petty chocolate woman. From the photos it kind of looks like you have a point.
At some point we have to fight back on all the lies, why not here I guess.
I had to look up the egg/football in question:
https://www.hersheyland.com/products/reeses-milk-chocolate-peanut-butter-football-1-2-oz.html
Yeah, I could see someone being upset. Imagine planning a Super Bowl party and putting out a platter of egg shaped things instead of little footballs.
Honestly no matter how small the issue we should be bringing it to their door step like this. You have to start somewhere and take small victories as they come. It's the only chance we have at effecting them at this point.
Looks like she bought the "ready-to-carve" version.
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?
They also don't have a bite out of them
Mitch Hedberg would like to sign up.
Look up his KitKat joke. 😀