Lawsuits have blamed the highly caffeinated drink for at least two deaths.
A Panera Bread spokesperson says the restaurant chain is phasing out its Charged Lemonade, a highly caffeinated beverage that has been blamed for at least two deaths in lawsuits.
The beverages prompted controversy in October following a lawsuit filed by the family of 21-year-old Sarah Katz, a University of Pennsylvania student with a heart condition who died after consuming Charged Lemonade. A second lawsuit was filed in December by the family of Dennis Brown, a Florida man with a chromosomal deficiency disorder and a developmental delay who also died after drinking a Charged Lemonade.
A third lawsuit was filed in January by Lauren Skerritt, a 28-year-old Rhode Island woman, which claimed the beverage left her with “permanent cardiac injuries.”
Ughh, yet another case of the few ruining it for the rest :/
First they reduced it to <300 on the caffeine and put signs literally everywhere about it. But apparently people still can’t read
You can just buy powdered caffeine, its cheap.
Or just take pills if you need it that bad. But that might be a sign you need to cut back really.
I wouldn’t call taking lemonade made from concentrated sugary syrup and filled with caffeine in a place that touts itself selling things like ciabatta sandwiches and “healthy” salads off the menu ruining it for anyone except maybe you.