How Marketers Trick Kids, and Why Parents Should Worry
Herb Weisbaum, Consumers’ Checkbook
Rite Aid Joint Supplements with Glucosamine and Chondroitin
December 2013: Plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed this lawsuit against Rite Aid. The reasons for the dismissal have not yet been disclosed.
November 2013: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Rite Aid, Corp. for allegedly falsely marketing its joint supplements with glucosamine and chondroitin. Specifically, the complaint claims that the company advertises that the supplements will “help rebuild cartilage & lubricate joints” without scientific evidence to support such claims. (Gross et al v. Rite Aid Corporation, Case No. 13-cv-06627, D. NJ.).
To read about class-action lawsuits against other glucosamine and chondroitin supplement makers, click here.
The Latest
Saatva
TINA.org pulls back the covers on this company’s Made in USA marketing.
Monetizing Minors: Eric Befumo (aka Big Justice)
Brand partnerships worthy of a big “doom!”
Instacart’s AI-Enabled Pricing Experiments May Be Inflating Your Grocery Bill, CR and Groundwork Collaborative Investigation Finds
Derek Kravitz, Consumer Reports
Most Deceptive Ads of 2025
Here were some of the worst ads TINA.org investigated this year.