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A grocery shopper from Los Angeles has filed a class action lawsuit against the makers of TexasPete hot sauce, accusing the company of false advertising because the popular condiment is made in North Carolina.
Philip White filed the suit against T.W. Garner Food Co claiming he had been deceived when he purchased a $3 bottle of Texas Pete at a Ralph’s grocery store in 2021, Nexstar Media Wire reported.
The company had “cheated its way to a market-leading position in the $3bn hot-sauce industry at the expense of law-abiding competitors and consumers nationwide who desire authentic Texas hot sauce”, Mr White alleges in the lawsuit.
Mr White goes on to state that the label includes “the famed white ‘lone’ star from the Texan flag together with a ‘lassoing’ cowboy”.
“There is surprisingly nothing Texas about them,” the complaint said.
Mr White claimed to have been surprised when he learn that Texas Pete is manufactured in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which T.W. Garner Food Co freely admits on its website.
In a 2014 article on its website, the company says the company’s founder Sam Garner and his sons Ralph and Harold came up with the name in the 1930s.
When a marketing advisor recommended the name “Mexican Joe,” Sam Garner rejected the idea in favour of an “American name”. He opted for Texas due to the state’s “reputation for spicy cuisine”, and Pete for his son Ralph’s nickname…….
www.independent.co.uk
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A grocery shopper from Los Angeles has filed a class action lawsuit against the makers of TexasPete hot sauce, accusing the company of false advertising because the popular condiment is made in North Carolina.
Philip White filed the suit against T.W. Garner Food Co claiming he had been deceived when he purchased a $3 bottle of Texas Pete at a Ralph’s grocery store in 2021, Nexstar Media Wire reported.
The company had “cheated its way to a market-leading position in the $3bn hot-sauce industry at the expense of law-abiding competitors and consumers nationwide who desire authentic Texas hot sauce”, Mr White alleges in the lawsuit.
Mr White goes on to state that the label includes “the famed white ‘lone’ star from the Texan flag together with a ‘lassoing’ cowboy”.
“There is surprisingly nothing Texas about them,” the complaint said.
Mr White claimed to have been surprised when he learn that Texas Pete is manufactured in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which T.W. Garner Food Co freely admits on its website.
In a 2014 article on its website, the company says the company’s founder Sam Garner and his sons Ralph and Harold came up with the name in the 1930s.
When a marketing advisor recommended the name “Mexican Joe,” Sam Garner rejected the idea in favour of an “American name”. He opted for Texas due to the state’s “reputation for spicy cuisine”, and Pete for his son Ralph’s nickname…….
LA man sues Texas Pete hot sauce because it’s made in North Carolina, not Texas
The shopper claims T.W. Garner Food Co. “cheated its way to a market-leading position in the $3bn hot-sauce industry” in a class action lawsuit
www.independent.co.uk
