Burger King sued for supposedly lying about its Whopper
FILE-In this photo illustration, a Burger King Whopper hamburger is displayed on April 05, 2022 in San Anselmo, California. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Burger King is facing a lawsuit after being accused of misrepresenting the size of its Whopper sandwiches and other menu items.
On May 5, a federal judge in Florida denied the fast-food chain's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed in 2022 claiming that the company misled customers with their advertising of the popular burger and other products in commercials and other ads.
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Nineteen customers from 13 states sued the fast-food titan claiming that the company marketed the Whopper and other menu items as being 35% larger with more meat than what is actually served, WKRC-TV in Cincinnati reported.
Burger King filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit citing the customer's failure to read the product descriptions for its restaurant menu items, including the Whopper, which is described as "a ¼ pound of flame-grilled beef.
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The judge also noted that Burger King allegedly overstated the size of its menu items "to a much greater degree," including in the post-2017 advertisements that show the Whopper larger than in previous ads.
The lawsuit, obtained by USA Today, reads in part that Burger King "advertises its burgers as large burgers compared to competitors" by showing them "containing oversized meat patties and ingredients that overflow over the bun to make it appear that the burgers are approximately 35% larger in size, and contain more than double the meat, than the actual burger."
Burger King responds to lawsuit
The other side:
Burger King provided a statement to USA Today in response to the customers’ lawsuit saying their allegations are "false," concluding that "the flame-grilled beef patties portrayed in our advertising are the same patties used in the millions of burgers we serve to guests across the U.S."
The Source: Information for this story was provided by WKRC-TV in Cincinnati and the USA Today, which obtained a statement from Burger King on the lawsuit. This story was reported from Washington, D.C.