Fake News: The guy who claims to have invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos is a fraud

May 16, 2021
6:23:42pm

Iman23 Truly Addicted User

Too bad. I liked the story.

The man who didn't invent Flamin' Hot Cheetos

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.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/the-man-who-didnt-invent-flamin-hot-cheetos/ar-BB1gMYd1

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Fake News: The guy who claims to have invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos is a fraud

Iman23

5/16/21 6:23pm

I just listened to a 30 minute podcast with him telling his story yesterday

CBaass

5/16/21 6:25pm

Frito Lay says he had nothing to do with Flaming Hot Cheetos, but they are too

Iman23

5/16/21 6:28pm

Amazing stories that are about 10% true are standard fair in the motivational

shoganai

5/16/21 6:38pm

Educational world too. A well-known and national speaker often talked about his literacy strategy that dramatically

Jimo Dashen

5/16/21 7:02pm

From later in the story it sounds like the truth is that he started as a janitor

Pepe

5/16/21 7:31pm

This quote says it all:

panacablue

5/16/21 6:34pm

Then why did they allow him to keep telling the story?

WJCougar

5/16/21 6:47pm

If you've spent significant time in corporate America, it's not hard to imagine

shoganai

5/16/21 6:53pm

RE: Fake News: The guy who claims to have invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos is a fraud

scootsy

5/16/21 6:50pm

Wow. This was a pretty powerful quote

TwinsRight

5/16/21 7:03pm

If we can’t trust the Hot Cheetos origin story, what can we trust??

valleus

5/16/21 8:38pm

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