Customer sues TGI Fridays after discovering their ‘Mozzarella Sticks’ are filled with cheddar cheese
Customer sues TGI Fridays after discovering their ‘Mozzarella Sticks’ are filled with cheddar cheese but have NO mozzarella in them
- The customer discovered Mozzarella Sticks are only filled with cheddar cheese
- Amy Joseph filed the lawsuit in 2021 against TGI Friday and Inventure Foods
- But a judge has ruled that the case can only proceed against the snack maker
A customer sued TGI Fridays after ordering Mozzarella sticks and discovering they are only filled with cheddar cheese.
Amy Joseph filed the lawsuit in 2021 against the chain along with Inventure Foods, the ‘Mozzarella Sticks’ snack maker.
But in a recent twist, Federal judge Robert Dow Jr. let TGI Fridays off the hook, but allowed the case against Inventure Foods to continue.
The judge agreed with Joseph that the name of the snack is misleading because it contains no mozzarella cheese, only cheddar.
A customer recently attempted to sue TGI Fridays and Inventure Foods after discovering that Mozzarella Sticks are only filled with cheddar cheese
‘While plaintiff makes wide-ranging allegations in her complaint about TGIF’s role in the creation of the product, the product’s packaging — and the complaint — show that TGI Fridays is only the licensor of the mark,’ wrote Dow on Monday, according to USA Today.
Joseph bought the snacks from Amazon, which have the TGI Fridays logo on the packaging, but discovered from reading the ingredients on the back that no ‘mozzarella’ could be found.
She said she would’ve ‘reasonably’ believed the product contained mozzarella, given the name ‘Mozzarella sticks’, even though the back label specifically states the sticks are only filled with cheddar.
But a judge has now ruled the case can only proceed against the ‘Mozzarella Sticks’ snack maker, Inventure Foods, letting TGI Fridays off the hook
Joseph argues she had a ‘reasonable…
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