A Mexican-American laborer who claimed to have invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos, setting his life on an incredible rags-to-riches pathway, was exposed on Sunday as having invented key parts of the story. He claims that, as a janitor, he rang the chief executive and pitched the idea for Flamin' Hot Cheetos. Yet Frito-Lay said its records show he was not a janitor when Flamin' Hot was born. Flamin' Hot Cheetos are one of the company's best-known products and biggest sellersFred Lindsay, a salesman for the Chicago region, remembers clearly working to develop the snack. 'None of our records show that Richard was involved in any capacity in the Flamin' Hot test market,' Frito-Lay wrote in a statement to The Times.

Source: Daily Mail May 16, 2021 17:45 UTC