Customers from Starbucks Corp have been angered by the fact that there is no mango in the coffee chain’s Refresher beverage. The have filed a class-action lawsuit in the US courts, claiming that Starbucks' Mango Dragonfruit, Mango Dragonfruit Lemonade, Pineapple Passionfruit, Pineapple Passionfruit Lemonade and other Refresher drinks lack these very fruits.
In a request for dismissal, Starbucks claimed that reasonable customers wouldn’t have expected a product called Mango Dragonfruit to have any actual mango in it, but this was not honored by a judge.
The case was first filed by Joan Kominis and Jason McAllister in August 2022, claiming that consumers purchased the products and paid a premium price based upon their reliance on Starbucks’ naming of the products.
Source: proactiveinvestors.co.uk