US EditionTrader Joe's Customers Suing over Specific Coffee Variety: What's the Issue?
The suit says four customers claim the coffee has less than half the caffeine of regular blends and was marketed as fully caffeinated.
- Four customers from California, New York, and Illinois filed a class-action lawsuit against Trader Joe, alleging the grocer misled buyers about caffeine levels in its French Roast Low Acid Whole Bean Coffee.
- The lawsuit claims that by using labels like "full" and "rich," Trader Joe misled consumers into believing the coffee was fully caffeinated, despite failing to identify it as "half caff."
- Testing cited in the complaint indicates the coffee contains 51% of the caffeine found in Trader Joe Dark French Roast, while also testing lower than half-caff products from Folgers and Puroast.
- Plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages and requesting that a federal judge order Trader Joe to audit prior customer claims, issue refunds, and recall the product, citing "unlawful and unfair business practices that harm the public."
- Customers further alleged the "low acid" claim is inaccurate, asserting the coffee is "only slightly less acidic than the average cup of dark roast coffee," though Trader Joe has not publicly responded.
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