IN RE: Whole Foods Market, Inc., Greek Yogurt Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation

  1. September 02, 2016

    Whole Foods Says It's Time To Trash Sugary Yogurt MDL

    Consumers can only blame themselves for their lack of proof in multidistrict litigation over misleading sugar amounts in Greek yogurt sold by Whole Foods, the retailer said Thursday, telling a Texas federal court to reject a sanctions request stemming from tossed product samples and to dismiss the litigation entirely.

  2. May 16, 2016

    Class Sour On Whole Foods' Destruction Of Yogurt In MDL

    Whole Foods' opposition to pausing multidistrict litigation over allegedly misleading sugar amounts in Greek yogurt while the consumers find new testing samples is effectively an admission that the grocer's decision to destroy the product harmed the class, the consumers told a Texas federal judge Monday.

  3. May 10, 2016

    Whole Foods Fights Bid To Delay Yogurt MDL

    Whole Foods urged a Texas federal court Monday to reject efforts to pause litigation over allegedly misleading sugar amounts in Greek yogurt, arguing that delaying the suit would prejudice the retailer while any harm done to consumers by proceeding stems from their own actions.

  4. May 05, 2016

    Yogurt Buyers Fight To Keep Sugar Content Suit Alive

    Whole Foods Market Inc. customers who bought private label Greek yogurt that allegedly had as much as five times more sugar than advertised on Wednesday urged a Texas federal judge to let their case against the grocery giant continue.

  5. May 02, 2016

    Yogurt Consumers Want Dairy Kept In Sugar Content MDL

    Yogurt eaters angry over the amount of sugar in Whole Foods' private-label Greek yogurt urged a Texas federal court not to dismiss their claims against the Ontario-based dairy that makes it, saying the Hague Convention shouldn't be allowed to complicate a suit that now appears to contain two live complaints.

  6. April 18, 2016

    Yogurt Maker Wants Out Of Sugar Content MDL

    A yogurt manufacturer defending itself from multidistrict litigation over allegedly misleading sugar amounts in Greek yogurt sold by Whole Foods Market Inc. on Monday urged a Texas federal court to dismiss it from the suit, saying that it was improperly served with an outdated complaint.

  7. March 28, 2016

    Whole Foods Says It Had No Duty To Preserve Yogurt in MDL

    Whole Foods responded Friday to accusations of evidence destruction by consumers in multidistrict litigation over its alleged concealment of sugar amounts in its Greek yogurt, telling a Texas federal judge the consumers failed to properly test their own samples and never requested additional yogurt samples be saved.

  8. March 04, 2016

    Whole Foods Destroyed Evidence, Yogurt MDL Plaintiffs Say

    A group of consumers in multidistrict litigation accusing Whole Foods of concealing the amount of sugar in its Greek yogurt told a Texas federal judge Friday that the upscale grocer knowingly destroyed all yogurt samples and asked the court to impose sanctions.

  9. February 16, 2016

    Whole Foods Escapes Yogurt Sugar Content MDL

    A Texas federal judge presiding over multidistrict litigation accusing Whole Foods of concealing the amount of sugar in its Greek yogurt dismissed the suit on Tuesday, stating that consumers suing the company relied on scientific tests that didn't meet federal standards.

  10. December 10, 2015

    Customers Bite Back At Bid To Nix Whole Foods Yogurt Suit

    A proposed multidistrict class of Whole Foods customers accusing the grocer of downplaying the sugar content of its plain Greek yogurt told a Texas federal judge on Thursday that their state law claims aren't preempted by federal law, despite the grocery chain's contention.

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