{"id":125897,"date":"2022-05-18T14:23:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T18:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=125897"},"modified":"2022-05-18T14:23:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T18:23:34","slug":"difference-between-advertised-and-actual-burger-sizes-results-in-a-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=125897","title":{"rendered":"Difference between advertised and actual burger sizes results in a lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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McDonald’s and Wendy’s are facing a lawsuit arguing that their advertisements are misleading. The lawsuit describes the advertised hamburgers as larger than the actual ones sold. The lawsuit continues to describe these deceptive ads as diverting individuals from restaurants with honest advertisements.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Much like the complaint Russo and Kelly filed against Burger King on March 28, the complaint against Wendy’s and McDonald’s cites various food reviews on YouTube and lifestyle publications that note inconsistencies in menu item sizes and advertisements as well as a list of protests made public on social media.<\/p>\n

Unlike the Burger King complaint, this filing cites a 2014 video interview with personal finance news website Money Talks News, where a food stylist revealed she prefers to undercook burger patties so it has a fuller appearance. In the video, the stylist works with “a simple burger purchased from a grocery store,” according to the narrator, who is also the founder of the news site.<\/p>\n

The stylist has worked with Wendy’s and McDonald’s, according to her online portfolio.<\/p>\n

FOX Business reached out to the stylist, Wendy’s and McDonald’s for comment.<\/p>\n

Russo and Kelly’s class-action complaint alleges that “meat shrinks 25% when cooked,” but Wendy’s and McDonald’s burger patties appear “approximately 15-20% larger” in ads compared to what’s served to customers in real life.<\/p>\n

The complaint claims Wendy’s “materially overstates” the patty size and topping amount in its Bourbon Bacon Cheeseburger.<\/p>\n

It also names 18 other burgers that have “overstated” representations depicted in advertisements, including the Big Bacon Cheddar Cheeseburger, the Big Bacon Cheddar Cheeseburger Double, the Big Bacon Cheddar Cheeseburger Triple, the Bourbon Bacon Cheeseburger Double, the Bourbon Bacon Cheeseburger Triple, Dave’s Single, Dave’s Double, Dave’s Triple, the Baconator, the Son of Baconator, the Big Bacon Classic, the Big Bacon Classic Double, the Big Bacon Classic Triple, the Bacon Double Stack, the Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger, the Jr. Cheeseburger Deluxe, the Jr. Cheeseburger and the Double Stack.<\/p>\n

As for McDonald’s the complaint claims the fast food chain “materially overstates the size of the beef patties for nearly every menu item in its current advertisements.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fox News has the rest of the story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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