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Where's the beef? Burger King must face claims of deceptive ads over Whopper size, judge rules
Just The News ^ | August 30, 2023 - 8:00pm | By Ben Whedon

Posted on 08/31/2023 6:26:01 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: PIF

>> The one on the right looks like the cook squashed it with his spatula. <<

No, if anything it’s still nicer than typical.


21 posted on 08/31/2023 6:51:48 AM PDT by dangus
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To: 1Old Pro
If it is that far off they should not allow it, it's false advertising. I saw a Fish sandwich at McDonald's the other day, it was the size of a pickle, total scam advertising.

Yeah. The Filet-o-Fish used to be a square patty that filled the bun and the corners of it would stick out of the bun. It was covered with an entire square police of American cheese. Now it's a rectangular little thing barely bigger than a fish stick, and the slice of cheese likely less than half of what it used to be.

22 posted on 08/31/2023 6:56:54 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: z3n

Check


23 posted on 08/31/2023 6:57:03 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: BBQToadRibs2

not just food. bought a car in the 60’s because the advertising showed lots of pretty girls hanging out with a guy who bought one of those cars. can I retroactively sue the car company for false advertising?


24 posted on 08/31/2023 6:58:35 AM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: SamAdams76

>> Yuck. How do people eat this crap in the first place? <<

Congratulations on recognizing the inferiority! You have such a refined palate!

What is it about online folks that they feel the need to say that they don’t like food that is sold for “convenience”? Yes, given the opportunity, I make my own. At lunch, sometimes I want a hamburger and shocker of shockers!: My office doesn’t come with a range, frying pan, or fresh ground meat! I don’t have time or money for a $30 dinner at one of the sit-down restaurants, so I have fast food. And yes, Burger King burgers are better than McDonald’s.


25 posted on 08/31/2023 6:58:41 AM PDT by dangus
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To: Qwapisking
bought a car in the 60’s because the advertising showed lots of pretty girls hanging out with a guy who bought one of those cars. can I retroactively sue the car company for false advertising?

No, that's your own fault :)

26 posted on 08/31/2023 6:59:45 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Red Badger

“class action lawsuit.”

Pathetic. Its entreprenurial abuse of the legal system

The lawyers who brought the case are an ambulancing-chasing law firm in Miami, who claim to have brought together 100 “plaintiffs” - probably homeless people who signed their name to a form for the promise of $5.

They’ll settle with Burger King, take the majority of the settlement for themselves, and then divide the remainder among “burger king” customers who will get $0.50, if they bother to apply


27 posted on 08/31/2023 7:00:12 AM PDT by PGR88
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28 posted on 08/31/2023 7:03:34 AM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: BBQToadRibs2

Maybe Burger King should run “political” ads and oh by the way stop in and get a burger….. we all know political ads can lie and that’s ok! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


29 posted on 08/31/2023 7:05:43 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: dangus

Would not know - never eat there.


30 posted on 08/31/2023 7:06:48 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Red Badger

There burgers give me heartburn of epic proportion. Also saw the grilling assembly line. Reminded me of cow crap falling out the back end of a cow.


31 posted on 08/31/2023 7:07:55 AM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
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To: pa_dweller

He was the good guy. He was always the good guy. We knew this in 1993.


32 posted on 08/31/2023 7:09:44 AM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins.)
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To: dangus
I've been bringing my own lunch to work for decades. Basically it consists of a tin of sardines and a couple handfuls of nuts. When I do go out, I get a salad with no dressing and dump the sardines and nuts into it (sardines are packed in olive oil so there's your healthy dressing).

Everybody, regardless of socio-economic status, has the ability to provide themselves a nutritious lunch. They don't need to go to a fast-food joint because they can't afford a sit-down meal at a restaurant.

I realize it's a choice to eat fast food, but it's an unhealthy and costly one. Also, totally unnecessary.

33 posted on 08/31/2023 7:11:57 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (6,390,901 Truth | 86,874,940 Twitter)
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To: Red Badger

well

it is called a whopper


34 posted on 08/31/2023 7:15:33 AM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: PGR88

probably homeless people who signed their name
to a form for the promise of $5.

**********

Most every thing and every body has a price.
The question remains as to how high is it?
Life goes on and we choose or participate.


35 posted on 08/31/2023 7:15:33 AM PDT by deport
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To: Red Badger

Make all fast food joints post a giant disclaimer stating how your product MAY NOT look like the product advertised on the menu. Big letters and pictograms (for the ones that can’t read.)


36 posted on 08/31/2023 7:17:32 AM PDT by The Louiswu (PEDO JOE MUST GO!!!)
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To: Sirius Lee
The last time I ate at BK was over 30 years ago.
It was in the summer, I had spent the whole day moving,
and I was hot. And extremely hungry. Drove through and got
a bacon cheeseburger.
Less than 10 minutes later it came back up again.

I will never partake of ANY food item from Burger King ever again.

I HAVE drank a few cups of coffee from there since.
That is all.

BK serves Douwe Egberts coffee - which is not that awful.

37 posted on 08/31/2023 7:21:19 AM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: Red Badger

In October 2020 we went too see friends in Moab and stopped at a McDonald’s in Price, Utah. We were that hungry.

I expected something awful and instead was treated to the cleanest restaurant I’ve ever seen, friendly service, and a hot tasty Quarter Pounder with hot tasty fries. Best fast food burger I’ve ever had and I love In-N-Out!

These places can do better if they want to.


38 posted on 08/31/2023 7:24:59 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Red Badger

You know there have been a couple of bone headed decisions by Trump judges recently. I think he probably listened to the wrong advisors on these appointees.


39 posted on 08/31/2023 7:26:22 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: Red Badger

I love Whoppers. I don’t actually look at the pictures. The real scam is Taco Bell. The difference between what you see in the ad and what you get is incredible. Frustratingly, Taco Bell used to be great, but the food they serve now is pathetic.


40 posted on 08/31/2023 7:34:31 AM PDT by RichT398
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