One more company is in trouble as it faces a lawsuit for allegedly having misleading packaging on its snack food that’s sold in supermarkets.
Amy Joseph filed a class-action lawsuit against Inventure Foods Inc. and TGI Fridays Inc., claiming that their joint product, “TGI Fridays Mozzarella Snack Sticks” is misbranded.
Joseph argues that the product is deliberately misleading because it’s packaging states “Mozzarella Stick Snacks,” but there is no mozzarella cheese present in the product.
Joseph filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District Of Illinois, claiming that despite its label, the product contains cheddar cheese rather than mozzarella cheese–which would put the defendants in violation of click here to continue reading…
The links provided below will take you to Joseph’s claim where it states her belief that this puts the defendants in violation of not only The Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Trade Practices Act but also “the respective state-law claims for consumer fraud and deceptive trade practices in all fifty states and the D Continued…C Instructions: Edit/rewrite text within input box
Joseph claimed that by stating their product contained one type of cheese when it really contained another, deception exists on behalf of representatives from both Target Corporation as well as Jose Ole’ Mexican Foods, LLC–hence why she is taking legal action against them.
Joseph said in the lawsuit that she had bought a six-pack of mozzarella cheese sticks on Amazon for $22.95 in January 2021. Joseph claimed that, because there was no product description specifying the ingredients and she could only see the front label, she believed she was buying mozzarella sticks with mozzarella cheese—not cheddar.
Joseph said that, based on the language of the suit, she believes she is entitled to relief from the defendants. The suit alleges that the defendants are responsible for misrepresenting that the product contained mozzarella cheese. Today,
On Nov. 28, A Chicago Federal Judge Ruled That The Lawsuit Could In Fact Move Forward Against Inventure Foods, But Not TGI Fridays. The Court Granted TGIF’s Motion To Be Dismissed From The Suit, Ruling That The Restaurant As A Franchisor Could Not Be Responsible For Any Misbranding Since All It Did Was License Its Trademarked Logo To Inventure Foods Who Then Made The Snack In Question.
Thomas A. Zimmerman, Jr., Joseph’s lead lawyer, stated to today.com that they are content with the judge’s ruling. The claims mentioned in the lawsuit have justification and should not be written off according to the judge- which gives them permission to continue fighting Inventure Foods as part of a class action lawsuit representing customers who purchased TGI Friday’s mozzarella sticks across the nation..
