Carrabba’s Must Face Class Suit Over Stealth Drink Pricing

OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC, which operates Carrabba’s and other chain restaurants, must face a class suit alleging it stealthily changed drink prices during patron visits (Dugan v. TGI Fridays, Inc., 2017 BL 355533, N.J., 077567 September Term 2015, 10/4/17).

But TGI Fridays Inc., won’t have to defend against a similar class suit by customers alleging its failure to disclose drink prices violated New Jersey’s Consumer Fraud Act.

In the Carrabba’s suit, Ernest Bozzi alleged he was charged two different prices for the same drink during the same visit. Bozzi alleged he was told by an employee that the ...