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

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

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 ...

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.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Richard Montañez, who claimed to be the inventor of Flamin' Hot Cheetos, ...

PepsiCo introduced Flamin' Hot Cheetos in 1992, and made it a multibillion ... Lay rejected the "urban legend" that he invented the snack chips. Frito-Lay later said its comments were misconstrued ...

The Flamin' Hot version of the classic Cheetos snack has already amassed a loyal following, and many fans immediately took to ...