Tag: Amanda Ramirez

Kraft Heinz defeats lawsuit over mac & cheese preparation time

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Kraft Heinz & Co of misleading consumers by promising it takes only 3-1/2 minutes to prepare a cup of microwavable Velveeta macaroni and cheese. U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom in Miami said consumer Amanda Ramirez...

What Does Mac and Cheese Have to Do With Medicine?

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, The Washington Post published an article about a South Floridian woman who filed a lawsuit against the Kraft Heinz Co. for false advertising. The lawsuit alleges that the company’s Velveeta mac and cheese cups take longer than 3.5 minutes to prepare. The instructions on the...

Woman sues mac and cheese maker because food took longer than 3.5 minutes

Amanda Ramirez claims the time does not include opening the lid, adding the flavour and stirring (Picture: Getty Images) An impatient Florida woman has launched a £4 million lawsuit – because her macaroni cheese took too long to cook. The Kraft Company markets its microwaveable cups of Velveeta Shells...

Lawsuit Claims Velveeta Mac & Cheese Isn’t Actually Ready in 3.5 Min

Velveeta’s microwavable mac and cheese cups have “ready in 3 ½ minutes” written on their packaging — but Amanda Ramirez claims that is not the truth and is seeking $5 million in damages from The Kraft Heinz Company because of it. Ramirez’s lawyers claim that she chose Velveeta over...

Florida woman sues Kraft Heinz over 3.5 minute Velveeta mac and cheese

CNN  —  The label on a cup of Velveeta’s microwaveable mac and cheese says the meal only takes three and a half minutes to prepare. But a Florida woman says this is false – and she’s suing the manufacturer for $5 million. Amanda Ramirez, of Hialeah, has filed a...

Woman sues Kraft claiming Velveeta Shells & Cheese took too long to make

A South Florida woman is suing Kraft Heinz claiming the food manufacturer hoodwinked her and other consumers by saying its Velveeta Shells and Cheese product only takes 3 1/2 minutes to be ready to eat.  The proposed class-action lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Miami, concerns Kraft’s microwavable single...

Woman sues, saying Velveeta Shells & Cheese prep time is deceptive

Comment on this story Comment “READY IN THREE ½ MINUTES” declares the packaging for Velveeta’s microwaveable mac and cheese cups. But that’s simply not true, according to one allegedly inconvenienced South Florida woman, who points out that the figure accounts for just the microwave time. It does not include...