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Article: Pizza Hut suing Papa John's over 'Better Ingredients' claim
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- August 13, 1998
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AP Online
08-13-1998
DALLAS (AP) _ The nation's largest pizza chain has sued an upstart rival, charging that the trademarked claim by Papa John's International Inc., ``Better Pizza. Better Ingredients.'' is false.
Dallas-based Pizza Hut Inc. is challenging Papa John's claim that their ingredients makes their pies better.
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Dallas, Pizza Hut charged that the competition's advertising is ``false, misleading and deceptive.''
``Fundamentally, they do not have better pizza and they don't have better ingredients,'' Pizza Hut president Mike Rawlings said. ``We need to let the consumers know the truth.''
Rawlings said Papa John's ...