Richard Montañez’s rags-to-riches story remains in dispute after a judge ruled in favor of Frito-Lay and PepsiCo, but he has ...

Although the judge dismissed the lawsuit from popular snack icon Richard Montañez, his quest for cheese-dusted justice may ...

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

The ex-janitor-turned-executive who said he invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos sued his former employers, saying he was harmed when ...

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

Richard Montañez credits his wife, Judy Montañez, for his success JC Olivera/Getty Richard Montañez’s wife, Judy Montañez, has long been his biggest supporter. Before the A Boy, a Burrito ...

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

Richard Montanez allegedly pitched his idea to a Frito exec and rose from a janitor to become Frito-Lay’s vice president of ...

An ongoing debate over who invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos is heating up. Richard Montañez, the man who claims to be the brains behind the popular snack, has now filed a lawsuit against PepsiCo ...

According to his lawsuit, Richard Montañez began working for PepsiCo as a janitor at its Frito-Lay plant in Ranch Cucamonga, California, in 1977. One day, a machine in Montañez’s plant broke ...

In a decision on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge John Holcomb said Richard Montanez, who retired from PepsiCo in 2019 to ...

Richard Montañez said he proposed the idea while working as a janitor and ultimately rose through the company's ranks. But PepsiCo told The LA Times in 2021 that "the facts do not support the ...