Aldi has not yet responded to media queries on the matter. Its U.S. branch in Batavia, Illinois, was named in the lawsuit.

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Snack food maker Mondelez International is suing the Aldi supermarket chain for packaging its store-brand cookies and crackers in a way that “blatantly copies” products like Chips Ahoy and Wheat Thins ...

including a recent case in Australia and a ruling in the U.K. in favor of Thatchers cider company. Image credits: Getty Images Snack food maker Mondelez International is suing the Aldi supermarket ...

Snack food maker Mondelez International is suing the Aldi supermarket chain, alleging the packaging for Aldi’s store-brand cookies and crackers “blatantly copies” Mondelez ...

Eleven major food companies, including Kraft Heinz and PepsiCo, face a federal lawsuit in Pennsylvania accusing them of marketing ultra-processed foods (UPFs) using tactics similar of Big Tobacco.

Mondelez said in its complaint that Aldi’s private-label product packaging “blatantly copies and trades upon the valuable ...