Don't order a scotch-and-soda:
"a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch"
I thought it had a bite to it, but you won't notice after the first drink.
"NJ bar fined $500,000 for switching liquor" Associated Press, August 01, 2013
TRENTON, N.J. — An operator of TGI Fridays restaurants in New Jersey has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine for serving customers cheap booze when they paid for top shelf.
Acting Attorney General John Hoffman said Wednesday that the fine levied against Livingston-based Briad Group, as a result of an investigation dubbed Operation Swill, should send a message to every bar and restaurant in the state that customers should always get what they pay for....
Twenty-nine establishments, including 13 TGI Fridays, had been accused of cheating customers following state raids in May....
At one of the 29 businesses, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch. In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with water that was not even clean....
The establishments were chosen for enforcement action as a result of information from confidential informants, consumer complaints, and samples taken by undercover investigators earlier in the year, state officials said....
What is sad is this is even an issue in AmeriKa, but that's the current business model we are working under.
--more--"
How long can f*** and loot the consumer last as a sustainable model?
