How Marketers Trick Kids, and Why Parents Should Worry
Herb Weisbaum, Consumers’ Checkbook
In November 2020, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Flavor God for allegedly misleadingly advertising discounts on seasonings, flavored powders, meat rubs, and salts by offering specific percentage discounts off of fake reference prices that do not represent prices at which the products were previously sold or the prevailing market prices within the three months immediately before the advertised sale. (Sullivan et al v. FlavorGod LLD d/b/a Flavor God, Case No. 20-cv-10882, C.D. Cal.)
Herb Weisbaum, Consumers’ Checkbook
TINA.org pulls back the covers on this company’s Made in USA marketing.
Brand partnerships worthy of a big “doom!”
Derek Kravitz, Consumer Reports
Here were some of the worst ads TINA.org investigated this year.