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Man Sues Froot Loops for Not Being Frooty at All
Man files suit in San Francisco court alleging he was deceived by frooty moniker
By Sajid Farooq
Is froot the same as fruit?
Roy Werbel thought the two words meant the same thing and now he is mad as at Toucan Sam for his treasure chest of deceit. The man filed a lawsuit against Kellog's Froot Loops cereal in San Francisco federal court for allegedly intentionally misleading breakfast eaters into believing those delicious colorful loops were actually made from fruit.
Werbel says in his court filing that he mistakenly ate the frooty cereal believing it was healthy for him. Now he is demanding unspecified punitive and actual damages to be paid to everyone else who was taken by the cunning Toucan Sam's friendly smile.
And the fruity plaintiff does not stop there. Werbel filed a separate suit against Pepsico, the maker of Cap'n Crunch Crunch Berries cereal, because again he thought there was real fruit in the box.
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'Froot' Is Not Fruit, San Francisco Lawsuit Alleges
By Matt Smith
UPDATE: 'Froot Loops' lawyer says his client is no serial litigant.
According to Toucan Sam, avian mascot of Kellogg's Froot Loops cereal, "Follow my nose! It always knows! The flavor of froot! Wherever it grows!"
According to disgruntled consumer Roy Werbel, however, Sam's olfactory quest misleads consumers into mistaking junk food for naturally grown produce. Werbel recently filed a lawsuit in San Francisco federal court alleging that he bought and ate boxes of Froot Loops based on his mistaken belief the cereal contained fruit.
Kellogg's intentionally deceived consumers into buying Froot Loops by misleadingly using the word "froot" in the le, Werbel alleges. He demands unspecified punitive and actual damages, to be paid to all consumers who have mistakenly bought Froot Loops cereal. Had Werbel known that "Froot Loops contained no fruit, he would not have purchased it," his suit alleges.
Werbel's quest for a cereal containing natural, nutritious fruit did not stop at Froot Loops. He also bought and ate Cap'n Crunch Crunch Berries cereal with this goal in mind.
"He was misled by the packaging and marketing, which by design and intent convey the message that the product contains real fruit," Werbel stated in a separate lawsuit filed against Pepsico, maker of Cap'n Crunch cereal.
In light of Werbel's complaints against Pepsico and Kellogg's, SF Weekly finds it necessary to re-issue our occasional corporate caveat noting that, while our offices are located at 185 Berry Street, our publication should in no way be considered a nutritious source of fruit.
WTF
Someone is frooty.
Man's got a point. I wish I thought of this.
good man
Damn! To think I could be the one with the hope of "earning" some major bucks without doing .
people are getting creative in this down economy...
I'm gonna sue Subway because I was late for work and rushing and so I ran in and lo and behold there were no trains to be found anywhere. They cost me my job and my house!!!!
I should sue this forum. There's no free razors in the Quattro thread.
Good point. I am still waiting for mine.
and apple jacks are neither apples nor are they jacks. they should be called "Artificially Sweetened Breakfast Disks"
If I could get away with killing this man I probably would.
I'm going to sue "I can't believe it's not butter" because, can you believe it, it's not really butter?!?! Bas s.
wait, there is no fruit in froot loops????
Damn, here I was trying to grow a Crunch Berry tree 'cuz I thought they were good for you. I kept planting them but nothing ever came up.
I never even noticed it was spelled "Froot"...
Perhaps I can sue this clown for giving me the terrible idea to pursue a frivolous lawsuit against an international corporation on the grounds that it's their fault that I'm illiterate.
+1.
In that case, he has no argument. There's plenty of Froot in Froot Loops, just no Fruit.
Only in America :P
He probably thought that the cereal would be fruity enough to , um, keep him company.
In all honesty. I moved to the U.S when I was about 10. At first, I thought that cereal would have real strawberrys and peaches like they do on the box.
I don't know what is worse the idiot who decided to sue or the lawyer who said" you know what, I think we have a case"!
Do you think I have a case, being as I do believe it??
Maybe it's not to late to sue............
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