Last year, the Texas-based fast food chain, TGI Fridays, found itself in deep waters over a false advertising lawsuit concerning TGI Fridays Mozzarella Sticks.
Produced under a partnership between TGI Fridays and Inventure Foods, the Mozzarella sticks are supposed to contain some mozzarella cheese, but they contain cheddar cheese instead.
Feeling deceived by the false claims in the package, an Illinois-based resident, Amy Joseph filed a lawsuit against TGI Fridays and Inventure Foods on February 5, 2021. The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary compensation from the two companies over deceptive advertising on the TGI Fridays Mozzarella Sticks package.
The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois reads:
“Despite its label, the Product does not contain mozzarella cheese; rather, it contains cheddar cheese.”
Joseph further claimed through the lawsuit that the fake promotion is a fraud and a violation of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Trade Practices Act:
“The respective state-law claims for consumer fraud and deceptive trade practices in all fifty states and the District of Columbia on behalf of herself and the nationwide class.”
It all started when Amy Joseph, an Illinois resident, bought a six-pack of TGI Fridays Mozzarella Sticks from Amazon for $22.95. She claims that the label on the packets had her believing that the packages contained...
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