May 16, 2017
A putative class of restaurants urged a Florida federal court on Monday to uphold its claims that food distributor Sysco Corp. unlawfully tacked on fuel surcharges to delivery costs, saying the use of the term "fuel surcharge" misleads customers and is actually a hidden price increase.
March 22, 2017
Food distributor Sysco Corp. urged a Florida federal judge Tuesday to dismiss a putative class action alleging it "double-dipped" when billing businesses by tacking a new fuel surcharge on top of per-item prices it charged customers that already include the cost of fuel, telling the judge that the proposed class has failed to state a claim.
March 15, 2017
Food distributor Sysco Corp. deceptively billed fuel charges to a Florida restaurant and other companies as "hidden rate" increases unrelated to actual fuel costs, a proposed class action alleged Tuesday.