What A Pickle! Grillo's Pickles Sues Patriot Pickle For Allegedly Stealing It's Recipe

NY Post- A Boston-based pickle company is suing a rival in New Jersey, claiming it stole a 100-year-old recipe to make products sold at Whole Foods.

Grillo’s Pickles has filed its second lawsuit against Patriot Pickle products sold under the Whole Foods 365 label. The two were partners between 2012 and 2021 until they had a falling out, WCVB reported.

The company accused Patriot Pickle of using its proprietary recipe in its products sold nationwide at the popular supermarket chain.

“Patriot Pickle is trying to profit off of Grillo’s 100-year-old family recipe and our trade secrets,” company President Adam Kaufman said in a statement.

“It’s a massive violation of trust and a disappointment that after nearly a decade of partnership, our former co-packer, Patriot Pickle, has violated our agreements and is producing a nearly identical line of pickles for one of our biggest retailers, threatening to permanently damage our business.”

Picture this: two pickle-loving companies, Grillo's Pickles and Patriot Pickle, join forces in 2012, thinking they would dominate the world together. They created a harmonious symphony of flavors, supplying Whole Foods with their scrumptious pickles. But the pickle gods had other plans! The partnership eventually went as sour as an unripe cucumber, and the two companies parted ways in 2021, leaving behind a barrel of unresolved conflicts. (Is that enough pickle puns for you?) 

I'm convinced this happens all across the world in every industry. The people who work at Macy's bring over their secrets to to JC Penney, the people at McDonald's are itching to learn about what Burger King does, and the guys at a local deli shows tricks on how to make sandwiches better at his new place. It's really no surprise to me that people are trying to skate the rules of ethics with recipes etc and getting off on a technicality. This is likely the 104848392be time this happened and we're due for 4722949399 more. Just how it goes. 

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If you are asking me to pick a side in this thing ... obviously I'm picking Grillo's for their Patrick Ewing 1992 special edition sneakers as the prime reason. Size 10.5 if you are handing them out guys ...  (despite what you read on the internet)!