Thatchers Cider has become the latest firm to sue supermarket chain Aldi for copying a product - with a court claim that Aldi’s ‘Taurus Cloudy Cider Lemon’ is a rip-off of Thatcher’s Cloudy Lemon Cider.
The family cider firm, based at Sandford, near Bristol, has lodged papers with the High Court in London asking for an injunction which stops Aldi from selling its Taurus lemon cider brand, and asking for at least half a million pounds in damages, The Grocer has reported.
Thatchers say the German-owned supermarket has ‘intentionally mimicked’ its cloudy lemon cider, which has been a huge hit since it was launched by the North Somerset cidermaker a couple of years ago.
