King's Hawaiian controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
King's Hawaiian settles trade dress lawsuit over Sunnyside Farms packaging
Settlement
King's Hawaiian settled its trade dress lawsuit against Super Store Industries and Save Mart Supermarkets. The suit alleged that Sunnyside Farms-branded Hawaiian roll packaging infringed King's Hawaiian's packaging intellectual property rights. The settlement terms were confidential, and the packaging at issue was to be changed.
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On Wednesday, September 1, 2021, after agreeing to a confidential settlement with Super Store Industries and Save Mart Supermarkets, King's Hawaiian dismissed its latest trade dress lawsuit filed in federal court.
The specific terms and conditions of the agreement are confidential, but King's Hawaiian confirmed that the Parties have settled the pending litigation and that the Sunnyside Farms packaging at issue in the lawsuit will be changed.
In the lawsuit, King's Hawaiian alleged the Sunnyside Farms branded "Hawaiian" roll packaging infringed King's Hawaiian's intellectual property rights in the well-known packaging that King's Hawaiian uses with its famous, beloved Hawaiian sweet dinner rolls.
2020
Class-action lawsuit alleges King’s Hawaiian rolls were misleadingly marketed
Lawsuit filed
A class-action lawsuit was filed against King’s Hawaiian by a New York man, who alleged that he was misled into expecting the company’s sweet rolls to be made in Hawaii. According to the filing, the package stated that the rolls were baked and distributed from California. The lawsuit centered on the marketing of the product and the origin expectations it created for the plaintiff.
A New York man filed a class-action lawsuit against King’s Hawaiian, alleging that he was misled into expecting its sweet rolls to be made in Hawaii, while the package stated they were baked and distributed from California.
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Yonkers resident Robert Galinsky said that he was “misled” by the company when he purchased a package of King’s Hawaiian sweet rolls expecting them to be made in Hawaii.
A man named Robert Galinsky certainly cares about this as he has filed a against King’s Hawaiian Bakery because he says that he was duped into believing that they were actually baked and delivered from Hawaii.