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Burger King is facing a lawsuit that claims its Whopper burger appears too small on menus compared to what is offered in reality.<\/p>\n
The fast-food giant must face up to allegations that it is misleading customers by showing a burger that boasts a meatier patty, and ingredients that “overflow over the bun”.<\/p>\n
A judge in the case has ruled the restaurant chain now answer the claims, despite saying in a statement to the BBC that the allegations were “false”.<\/p>\n
Similar lawsuits across the nation are also being aimed at rival chains McDonald’s and Wendy’s.<\/p>\n
For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to Daily Express US<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The class action against Burger King, which has more than 6,850 restaurants in the US, said its Whopper burger was made to look 35 percent bigger than it actually was.<\/p>\n Previously, Burger King has argued that it is not required to deliver products that look “exactly like the picture”.<\/p>\n But US District Judge Roy Altman said jurors will “tell us what reasonable people think”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He did, though, dismiss suggestions Burger King misled customers through its TV and online adverts.<\/p>\n Following the hearing, a Burger King spokesperson said: “The flame-grilled beef patties portrayed in our advertising are the same patties used in the millions of Whopper sandwiches we serve to guests nationwide.”<\/p>\n The franchise on its website says a Whopper is “the burger to rule them all” and contains a “real meaty” beef patty.<\/p>\n In recent months more and more fast-food chains have faced legal challenges over false advertising claims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n This year, Taco Bell was sued for allegedly only offering half the filling advertised in its pizzas and wraps.<\/p>\n Last year, a New York man also brought action against McDonald’s and Wendy’s.<\/p>\n Within the lawsuit, the man accused the two companies of “unfair and deceptive trade practices”.<\/p>\n It alleged the companies’ burgers were at least 15 percent in adverts compared to actual products received by customers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [ad_1] Burger King is facing a lawsuit that claims its Whopper burger appears too small on menus compared to what is offered in reality. The fast-food giant must face up to allegations that it is misleading customers by showing a burger that boasts a meatier patty, and ingredients that “overflow over the bun”. A judge …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1023],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5792"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}