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Friday, March 29
The legal dispute between Frito-Lay and Jays, over recent claims in Frito-Lay advertising that Chicagoans preferred Lay's to Jays, has now been settled. Frito-Lay promised to not run any comparative ads with Jays for 2 years, and agreed to pay Jays' legal fees. Let this be a warning to any other potato chip maker coming to town: don't mess with Jays.