BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – Carlton’s, a family-owned seafood restaurant on Hooper Road in Central, is charged roughly 2% to 4% every time a customer uses a debit card. The business used to pass those costs onto customers, but a new state law says it can no longer do that.
“The fees that the credit card companies and the processing companies charge us, it’s just outrageous,” Carlton’s Jennifer LaGrange said.
Two days ago, Carlton’s announced it would no longer accept debit cards. After pushback on Facebook, the restaurant changed its mind…