Emily Sortor  |  August 23, 2019

Category: Food

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ronzoni gluten free pastaA class action lawsuit claims Ronzoni specialty pastas are packaged in oversized boxes in violation of federal law.

Sherrie Clevenger and Theresa Reisfelt say they intentionally chose the Ronzoni “Garden Delight,” “Gluten Free,” “Smart Taste,” and “SuperGreens” pastas for their health benefits, and felt comfortable with the price because they observed that the boxes were the same size of the regular pastas.

However, the Ronzoni class action alleges that the plaintiffs discovered after they purchased the pastas that the specialty pastas contained far less product than the traditional pastas.

According to the Ronzoni class action, the company places 12 ounces of speciality pasta in the same size box as its 16 ounces of regular pasta, leaving 25 percent empty space.

Additionally, the customers say there is a plastic window in the boxes so that consumers can see inside the box. However, the window is reportedly positioned at the bottom of the box, which misleads consumers into thinking that they have an accurate view into the full box, when really, the product does not fill the packaging.

The customers say that they were financially injured by the packaging because had they known that there was less pasta in the box than appeared, they would not have purchased the pasta or would not have paid as much for it.

The customers seek to represent a Class of all California customers who made retail purchases of Ronzoni Garden Delight, Gluten Free, Smart Taste, or SuperGreens pasta between July 2015 and when the Class is certified.

The customers claim that Riviana Foods Inc., the makers of Ronzoni pasta, intentionally mislead customers into believing that the boxes are full in order to entice them into a purchase.

According to customers, people rely on the size of packaging to determine how much product they are receiving, and larger packaging makes people think that they are receiving more product. However, in the case of the Ronzoni specialty pastas class action lawsuit, the large packaging was not full of pasta.

The Ronzoni class action lawsuit claims that this packaging violates both California and federal law that prohibits businesses from packaging products in boxes that have too much empty space, or “slack-fill.”

The law allows for a certain amount of empty space in packaging, but that empty space has to be functional. The consumers assert that because other pastas produced by Riviana Foods contained more pasta but were in the same size box, the slack-fill in the specialty boxes was unnecessary.

The Ronzoni class action lawsuit was originally filed in California state court but was recently removed to federal court.

Clevenger and Reisfelt are represented by Robert J. Stein III of Divincenzo Schoenfield Stein and Lanza & Smith PLC.

The Ronzoni Specialty Pastas Slack-Fill Class Action Lawsuit is Sherrie Clevenger, et al. v. Riviana Foods Inc., et al., Case No. 8:19-cv-01572, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

 

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210 thoughts onRonzoni Class Action Says Pasta Box Sizes Are Misleading

  1. April Horne says:

    Please add me

  2. catherine rerisi says:

    Please add me, I use this all the time

  3. Louis Calabrese says:

    It’s also regular pasta 12 Oz. Mezze Pennoni #247.

  4. Pamela M. Comstock says:

    I have bought numerous Ronzoni pasta. Love their product, but had no idea they were skimpy on their quantity. Please add me to the complaint.

  5. Gina Burns says:

    Add me please

  6. Rebecca Tripp says:

    Please add me. Thanks.

  7. Dervin Gray says:

    Add me

  8. Faith Rock says:

    please add me

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