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PepsiCo, Frito-Lay challenge class allegations in US Robinson-Patman suit

( June 16, 2025, 15:26 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: PepsiCo and Frito-Lay told a California federal judge that litigation brought by independent US convenience stores alleging violations of the Robinson-Patman Act is not suited for class treatment. “This case is indistinguishable from the countless other RPA cases in which courts have rejected putative classes: it would require innumerable individualized inquiries to resolve claims brought on behalf of an enormous class, here numbering in the thousands,” the companies said in a memo filed in the Central District of California supporting their motion to strike the plaintiffs’ class allegations.See attached file....

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