Tag: Illinois

Kraft Mac & Cheese Buyers See Hidden Phthalates Claims Advance

Jan. 13, 2023, 3:57 PM Preemption arguments can’t be resolved at dismissal stage Claims based on other alleged misrepresentations get tossed Kraft Mac & Cheese consumers can proceed with a proposed class action alleging the package misleads purchasers into believing that the product is free from phthalates—plasticizing chemicals that...

Ill. Judge Slices Kraft Mac And Cheese Chemical Suit In Half

By Lauraann Wood (January 13, 2023, 7:23 PM EST) — A group of consumers claiming Kraft deceptively included harmful chemicals in its macaroni and cheese haven’t plausibly pointed to any false statements on the product label, but their material omission and unjust enrichment claims can proceed, an Illinois federal...

Chuck E. Cheese still uses floppy disks in 2023, but not for long

Enlarge / Stewart Coonrod holds up an official 2023 Chuck E. Cheese floppy disk in a TikTok video. It contains dance moves for in-store animatronics. On Sunday, a Chuck E. Cheese employee named Stewart Coonrod posted a TikTok video that documents the process of installing a new song-and-dance show...

Beef-A-Roo restaurant chain is coming to Johnson County

Beef-A-Roo’s Wild West roast beef sandwich is served on a sesame seed bun with bacon, American cheese, barbecue sauce and chipotle sauce, then topped with onion rings. It also has a burger version. Beef-A-Roo Since 1967, Beef-A-Roo has been a Rockford, Illinois, favorite. Now it’s coming to Overland Park....

Snack processor acquires Just the Cheese

ELGIN, ILL. — Nuts and dried fruit processor John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. has acquired the Just the Cheese brand from Specialty Cheese Company, Inc., Reeseville, Wis. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The Just the Cheese line features baked cheese snacks in bar and crisp formats....