Walmart shopper sues after partly cooked bread expanded inside him

A Colorado man is suing over the distress he suffered after eating take-and-bake bread without baking it.

The lawsuit — filed Feb. 3, with Walmart and Anthony & Sons Italian Bakery as defendants — claims a sell-by sticker obscured the instruction that the bread needed further baking.

The man bought the loaf at a Colorado Springs Walmart store on Sept. 22, 2025, and ate it the next day during his lunch break, the filing says. Later that day, “severe abdominal pain” sent him to the hospital.

“Diagnostic imaging revealed a gastrointestinal obstruction caused by expansion of uncooked dough,” the complaint says. The man says he spent three days in the hospital, during which time he suffered pain and repeated vomiting.

The lawsuit, first reported by Courthouse News Service, alleges negligence by the bakery and the retailer, citing not only the sticker placement but packaging that allegedly did not adequately communicate the risks of eating the partially baked bread. The plaintiff is seeking payment including compensation for medical costs, lost wages and suffering.