The court of public opinion doesn’t hold too much weight when it comes to the actual decisions titans of the food industry make regarding their menu items. Name a popular order and we can find hundreds, if not thousands of people who hate said order, but that doesn’t mean McDonalds will retire the Filet-O-Fish. When it comes to the actual court of law though, the powers that be might be more open to change. A new NBC News report details a Florida class-action lawsuit that alleges Burger King has been falsely advertising the size of its Whopper.
The lawsuit claims that most of Burger King’s offerings are “materially overstated,” with the onus of this false advertisement being placed on the item that has come to represent the fast-food chain: the Whopper. Plaintiffs say the advertised Whopper appears about 35 percent bigger than . Those affected believe that Burger King has been exaggerating the size of its range of burgers in promotional images and advertisements, beginning in September 2017.
