Lindt Accused Of Fooling Russians By Secretly Selling Them Low Quality Chocolate
Russia’s competition authorities, the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS), said that quality tests carried out last year had found that chocolate produced by Lindt for the Russian market was not of the same quality than it produced for other countries. The Zurich-based chocolate maker denies the claims and says that its chocolate is the same wherever it is sold. In launching a formal anti-monopoly case, the FAS said that the information on Lindt packaging leads consumers to believe that they are being offered the same chocolate that is produced and sold under the same brand in western Europe....