She was tricked by this treat.
A Florida woman is taking up The Hershey Company, claiming it has “tricked” customers through “misleading” packaging on Reese’s seasonal-shaped chocolates.
Cynthia Kelly, of Tampa, is suing the chocolate giant for $5 million because she claims the packaging and the actual contents don’t match.
For instance, the pumpkin-shaped chocolate doesn’t have eyes and nose cutouts just like the packaging suggests, and the football shape is like an egg, in keeping with the lawsuit, filed in Florida’s Middle District Court.
“Hershey’s labels for the Products are materially misleading and diverse consumers have been tricked and misled by the photographs on the Products’ packaging,” the lawsuit, viewed by The Post, said.
“It is a class motion against Hershey for falsely representing several Reese’s Peanut Butter products as containing explicitly carved-out artistic designs when there are not any such carvings within the actual products,” the suit said.
Cynthia Kelly, of Tampa, is suing Hershey for $5 million over its “misleading” packaging. Lawsuit exhibit
She included examples of “misleading” products, including a ghost with no eye holes. Lawsuit exhibit
She also claimed the football-shaped candy looked like an egg. Lawsuit exhibit
The bizarre lawsuit got here forth after Kelly purchased pumpkin-shaped candies at Aldi for $4.49, believing it “contained a cute looking carving of a pumpkin’s mouth and eyes as pictured on the product packaging.”
She said she would have left the chocolates behind if she had known the carved face was not actually included on the snack-sized Reese’s.
“Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkins product that Plaintiff purchased didn’t contain any of the artistic carvings of the mouth or eyes as pictured on the label,” the lawsuit read.
The lawsuit features greater than just the pumpkin shapes, but in addition the ghosts, bats, footballs, snowmen, and bell-shaped treats, several of which were photographed within the suit.
“Hershey’s labels for the Products are materially misleading and diverse consumers have been tricked and misled by the photographs on the Products’ packaging,” the lawsuit, viewed by The Post, said. Lawsuit exhibit
The bizarre lawsuit got here forth after Kelly purchased pumpkin-shaped candies at Aldi for $4.49, believing it “contained a cute looking carving of a pumpkin’s mouth and eyes as pictured on the product packaging.” Lawsuit exhibit
The lawsuit features greater than just the pumpkin shapes, but in addition the ghosts, bats, footballs, snowmen, and bell-shaped ones, several of which were photographed within the suit. Lawsuit exhibit
The category-action lawsuit will cover “all consumers throughout the State of Florida who purchased considered one of the products.” Lawsuit exhibit
She also claimed that Reese’s packaging wasn’t all the time “deceptive” and that “two to a few years” ago the products matched its packaging and didn’t display faces.
Kelly also cited quite a few YouTube videos, where creators claimed Reese’s had “lied” to them and “failed” to deliver.
The category motion lawsuit will cover “all consumers throughout the State of Florida who purchased considered one of the products.”
The Recent York Post has reached out to Hershey for comment.
