August 28, 2017
A New Jersey federal judge refused Friday to toss a putative class action alleging the distribution division of Snyder's-Lance Inc. unlawfully terminated franchisees shortly after the two snack-food companies merged, ruling that the suing wholesaler operated in accord with the state's franchise protection law.
November 29, 2016
The distribution division of snack food company Snyder's-Lance Inc. was hit with a putative class action complaint in New Jersey federal court Monday, accusing it of unlawfully terminating franchisees in a "systemwide purge" shortly after Snyder's merged with Lance in late 2010.