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Montañez began giving keynote speeches, largely based on his Flamin' Hot Cheetos claim, in the late 2000s. [2] [18] Montañez's last position was vice president of multicultural sales and community promotions for PepsiCo North America. [19] He retired from PepsiCo in March 2019 during an internal investigation into his Flamin' Hot Cheetos ...
Richard Montañez has hit back at Frito-Lay’s claims he didn’t invent spicy snack in new defamation lawsuit
The man who says he invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos is suing his former employers for fraud, defamation and other violations, saying he was harmed when Frito-Lay and PepsiCo denied his role in ...
Richard Montañez has for years told a story of how he dreamed up Flamin' Hot Cheetos while working as a Frito-Lay janitor. The archival record, former employees and Frito-Lay itself say otherwise.
Flamin' Hot is a 2023 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Eva Longoria in her feature-length directorial debut. Written by Linda Yvette Chávez and Lewis Colick, it is based on the memoir A Boy, a Burrito and a Cookie: From Janitor to Executive by Richard Montañez, who claims to have invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos.
A court case could soon settle a spicy dispute: Who invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos?. A former PepsiCo executive is suing the company, saying it destroyed his career after questioning his claim ...
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 ...
Cheetos (formerly styled as Chee-tos until 1998) is a crunchy corn-cheese puff snack brand made by Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo. Fritos creator Charles Elmer Doolin invented Cheetos in 1948, and began national distribution in the United States.