Judge Dismisses UCL Suit Against Grocery Chain Over Club Soda Sodium Content

Mealey's (August 12, 2022, 1:27 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge on Aug. 9 sua sponte ordered the dismissal of a putative class action against Albertsons Companies Inc. for allegedly violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by misrepresenting the sodium content of its store-brand club soda product, writing that the plaintiff failed to establish an amount in controversy that satisfies the jurisdictional requirements of the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA)....