Food

March 8, 2018 Four plaintiffs have filed a proposed collective action against the owners and operators of New York City restaurant and catering company Green Summit.

March 8, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed in New York against BFY Brands, Inc. in which the plaintiff claims the company’s Popcorners snack chip products are sold with unacceptable levels non-functional slack fill.

March 7, 2018 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Michael Foods, Inc., and a subsidiary that supplies private label eggs for Wal-Mart are facing a Washington consumer’s proposed class action that takes issue with the defendants’ labeling of their shell egg products.

March 7, 2018 Two companies and two individuals who operate Szechuan Story (also known as Szechuan Story Hot Pot) and Wego KTV are facing a proposed class and collective action from two former employees who allege the defendants violated state and federal labor laws.

March 7, 2018 A former employee has filed a proposed collective action against BJG Food Corp., which operates Daisey’s Diner in Brooklyn.

March 7, 2018 Joe Asian Sushi Inc. (which does business as Joe Asian & Sushi) and three individual owners are facing a former employee’s proposed collective action.

March 6, 2018 A proposed collective action has been filed against Venky’s Food Corp. (which does business as Om Real Indian Food Restaurant) and an individual owner over claims that the parties violated provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York Labor Law.

March 6, 2018 From Arkansas comes a proposed class and collective action in which the plaintiff, a former server, claims the operators of Little Rock’s P.F. Chang’s China Bistro failed to pay appropriate wages.

March 5, 2018 Two former employees have sued Hudson Seafood Corporation over allegations that some workers weren’t paid the proper minimum wage.

March 2, 2018 The operating companies and individual owners of PJ Berstein Deli [sic] are on the receiving end of a proposed collective action that claims the defendants violated several provisions of state and federal labor laws.

March 2, 2018 The operating company of Café Cosina Restaurant and two individual owners are facing a proposed collective action filed by a former delivery driver who claims he is owed unpaid wages.

March 2, 2018 A former cook for Tandoori Touch and Punjabi Kabab House has filed suit against the restaurants’ operating companies and individual owners over alleged labor law violations.

March 2, 2018 American Halal Company, Inc. has been hit with a proposed class action that takes issue with the allegedly misleading representations on its Saffron Road Lentil Cracker products.

March 2, 2018 According to a lawsuit, WalMart and Cal-Maine are not entirely forthcoming about the supposed 'outdoor' living conditions for their egg-producing hens.

March 1, 2018 Three plaintiffs allege the companies and individuals that run two Mokbar Korean restaurants in New York City failed to pay appropriate minimum, overtime and spread-of-hours wages.

March 1, 2018 Jim Giles Corp., which operates Central Bar in Manhattan, faces a lawsuit claiming it failed to pay proper minimum and overtime wages.

February 28, 2018 A former dishwasher and delivery worker has filed suit against Boonnak Tone, Inc. and an individual over claims that they failed to properly pay workers at their New York Thai restaurant Der Krung.

February 27, 2018 The lawsuits expand upon alleged child labor abuses in Hershey's and Mars's supply chains while claiming chocolate-buying consumers were none the wiser.

February 23, 2018 A former server claims the restaurant's operating companies inappropriately applied a tip credit to tipped workers' pay.

February 23, 2018 Tum & Yum and Prik Thai Kitchen face a former tipped delivery employee's lawsuit in which he claims he was not paid proper minimum and overtime wages.

February 23, 2018 The plaintiff claims he worked 61 hours per week for Inwood Beer Garden & Bistro Inc. without appropriate minimum, overtime and spread-of-hours wages.

February 23, 2018 A lawsuit against OTB Acquisition LLC claims the company failed to pay servers proper minimum wages.

February 22, 2018 The operating companies that run two Dunkin Donuts locations in Flushing and Jamaica, New York are the defendants in a proposed collective and class action in which the plaintiff claims she’s owed unpaid wages.

February 22, 2018 A proposed class action filed in San Diego County Superior Court against General Mills, Warner Bros., and seven other high-profile defendants has been removed to District Court for the Southern District of California.

February 22, 2018 Two companies and three individuals who operate Taqueria Meza are facing a former employee’s proposed collective action that claims the parties violated several provisions of state and federal labor laws.

February 22, 2018 A proposed class action filed back in June 2017 against Monsanto Company, BASF SE and BASF Corporation was in early February transferred into the still-growing multidistrict litigation.

February 22, 2018 Two operating companies of San Remo Café and four individual owners are facing a proposed collective action alleging the defendants violated several provisions of state and federal labor laws, including failure to pay proper wages.

February 21, 2018 A former employee of The Kunjip has filed suit against the Korean restaurant’s two operating companies and two individual owners over claims that he is owed unpaid minimum, overtime, and spread-of-hours wages.

February 20, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed in New York against MJS America LLC, which operates as Majans America LLC and makes and sells snacks under the Majans Bhuja Snacks brand name.

February 19, 2018 Two former employees of One Mile House have filed suit against the bar’s operating company and six individual owners claiming they weren’t paid proper wages.

February 19, 2018 A former employee of Trece Mexican Restaurant has filed suit against its three operating companies and two individuals over claims that they violated state and federal labor laws.

February 16, 2018 Columbia Gourmet Deli Corp. and two individuals with control of the business are facing a proposed collective action filed by two former employees who claim they are owed minimum, overtime, and spread-of-hours wages.

February 16, 2018 New York New York Pizza, LLC and two individuals who operate the business are facing a former employee’s allegations that they failed to pay him properly and unlawfully terminated him in retaliation for complaining about the supposed wage violations.

February 16, 2018 Three former employees of Land Thai Kitchen have filed suit against the restaurant’s operating company and an individual owner over alleged labor law violations.

February 16, 2018 A Brooklyn resident has filed a proposed collective action in which he claims his former employer, Queens eatery Jing Wah Chinese Restaurant, and its owners failed to pay proper minimum, overtime and spread-of-hours wages.

February 16, 2018 The three plaintiffs claim they were paid pursuant to a tip credit even though they spent much time performing non-tipped tasks.

February 15, 2018 A former pizza maker claims Adoro Lei and its owners failed to pay proper overtime and did not provide him with meal or rest breaks of any kind.

February 9, 2018 Santo Coyote, Inc. and an individual with control of the business are facing the claims of two former employees who worked at the defendants’ restaurant as servers.

February 9, 2018 Two former employees of Big Nick's Pizza Joint have filed suit against the individual who operates the business claiming they were not paid proper wages, and at times, were not paid any wages at all.

February 9, 2018 A cook at New York’s North Shore Diner has filed suit against the restaurant’s operating company and two individual owners over claims that they violated provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York labor law.

February 9, 2018 A lawsuit claiming Burger King printed too many customer payment details on receipts has been bumped to district court for the Southern District of FL.

February 8, 2018 A New York consumer has filed suit against Simple Mills Inc. over claims that the defendant’s Almond Flour Crackers and Sprouted Seed Crackers also contain flours derived from sources other than almonds and sprouted seeds.

February 8, 2018 Two former employees of a New York eatery now known as The Spotted Dog (formerly Honky Tonk Tavern) have filed suit against the restaurant’s operating company and an individual owner over alleged labor law violations.

February 8, 2018 Three plaintiffs claim the companies that run Amendola Pizza failed to pay proper minimum, overtime and spread-of-hours wages.

February 7, 2018 The company that runs New Hama Fusion allegedly failed to pay proper overtime and spread-of-hours wages, and provide mandatory wage notices.

February 6, 2018 A former employee claims Eddy's Eats failed to pay minimum, overtime and spread-of-hours wages.

February 5, 2018 A shareholder claims Snyder's-Lance submitted an incomplete, inaccurate proxy statement to the SEC for its proposed acquisition by Campbell's Soup Co.

February 5, 2018 Two operating companies of CJ Food Mart and four individuals with control of the business are facing allegations that they violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York Labor Law.

February 5, 2018 Four former employees of Mission Chinese Restaurant have filed suit against its operating company and three individuals with control of the business claiming the restaurant was 'a hotbed of racial discrimination' that denied its workers proper wages.

February 2, 2018 A former employee of New Hama Fusion has filed suit against the restaurant’s operating company and three individuals with control of the business over claims that they failed to adhere to state and federal labor laws.