The Hershey Company has been hit with a $5 billion lawsuit.
WFTV 9 reports {that a} Florida girl, Cynthia Kelly, filed the go well with alleging that Hershey’s fall and winter Reese’s sweets have been falsely marketed because the precise treats don’t have particulars seen on the packaging, like mouths and eyes.
The merchandise listed in her go well with embody Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkins, Reese’s White Pumpkins, Reese’s Items Pumpkins, Reese’s Peanut Butter Ghost, Reese’s White Ghost, Reese’s Peanut Butter Bats, Reese’s Peanut Butter footballs, and Reese’s Peanut Butter Shapes Assortment Snowmen Stockings Bells.
She submitted images that in contrast the chocolate to the packaging. “Reese’s, what are you doing,” the lawsuit reads. “Have a look at the image on the packet. It’s like a pumpkin with faces and a little bit mouth—you then open up the packet and you might be introduced with that monstrosity.”
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The submitting additionally contained YouTube video hyperlinks the place content material creators criticize Hershey for the deceptive packaging.
“Hershey’s labels for the Merchandise are materially deceptive and quite a few customers have been tricked and misled by the images on the Merchandise’ packaging,” the lawsuit stated.
Together with the $5 billion, she requested that the corporate create new packaging that precisely displays what the seasonal sweets appear like.
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