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Company: Sturm Foods Inc.
Current Parent Company: TreeHouse Foods
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Penalty: $25,000,000
Year: 2020
Date: April 21, 2020
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Sturm Foods agreed to pay $25 million to settle litigation alleging it misled consumers into thinking its coffee pods produced brewed coffee rather than instant coffee.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Southern District of Illinois
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 3:11cv565
Case Name: Suchanek et al v. Sturm Foods, Inc. et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: food products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: food products
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