‘Labels are there for a reason’: Families sues after cookie mixup kills a 78-year-old grandmother

Grandmother Peggy Bryant, 78, (left) died after eating an incorrectly labeled peanut butter cookie – to which she was 'deathly' allergic, her family says - (Court filing)

A Washington family is suing grocery chain Safeway over the death of their beloved 78-year-old grandmother, who died after eating a peanut butter cookie that they say was incorrectly labeled.

Margaret Jean “Peggy” Bryant purchased a cookie, which was packaged as an oatmeal raisin cookie, from a Safeway store in Duvall on April 7, 2023. Her family said she was “deathly allergic” to peanuts.