A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the man who says he invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. Richard Montañez had sued ...

Richard Montañez’s rags-to-riches story remains in dispute after a judge ruled in favor of Frito-Lay and PepsiCo, but he has ...

The ex-janitor-turned-executive who said he invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos sued his former employers, saying he was harmed when ...

PepsiCo won the dismissal of a lawsuit by a former executive who said the food and beverage company defrauded and defamed him ...

Montanez, who stated off as as a Frito-Lay janitor, said he sparked what became Flamin’ Hot Cheetos around 1989.

PepsiCo won the dismissal of a lawsuit by a former executive who said the company defamed him by denying that he invented the popular spicy chips.

Richard Montañez has for years told a story of how he dreamed up Flamin’ Hot Cheetos while working as ... and captured the hearts of fans of the snack and immigrant communities.

For years, the purported origin story of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos flourished through the internet and beyond as a spicy retelling of the American Dream, with self-proclaimed inventor of the snack ...

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Although the judge dismissed the lawsuit from popular snack icon Richard Montañez, his quest for cheese-dusted justice may ...

Richard Montanez allegedly pitched his idea to a Frito exec and rose from a janitor to become Frito-Lay’s vice president of ...