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They like a Quarter Pounder without cheese. So they're suing McDonald's for $5 million
Miami Herald ^ | May 22, 2018 | Howard Cohen

Posted on 05/26/2018 8:04:13 PM PDT by EdnaMode

Two South Florida McDonald's customers think the fast-food giant is being awfully cheesy with how it charges customers for a signature item that has been on its menu since 1975.

According to a class-action lawsuit filed in Fort Lauderdale federal court on May 8, Cynthia Kissner, of Broward County, and Leonard Werner, of Miami-Dade, say they have had to pay for cheese they don't want on their Quarter Pounder sandwiches.

The suit asks for at least $5 million.

It comes down to this: On the menu, a hamburger at Micky D's is cheaper than a cheeseburger.

According to the lawsuit, filed by Andrew Lavin of the Miami-based Lavin Law Group, McDonald's used to sell four items in the Quarter Pounder family, with and without cheese, with prices adjusted accordingly — about .30 to .90 cents more for cheese than without.

This practice continued for years, the suit says, but now McDonald's, "at some point," ceased "separately displaying these products for purchase on menus, and currently lists the availability of Quarter Pounder with Cheese and Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese."

As a result, the suit claims, "customers have been forced, and continue to be overcharged for these products, by being forced to pay for two slices of cheese, which they do not want, order, or receive, to be able to purchase their desired product."

Having to pay for cheese they do not receive because they asked that it be held off of the burgers, well, they are not "lovin' it," to borrow from McDonald's current slogan.

(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Food; Society
KEYWORDS: browardcounty; cheese; cowardcounty; floriduh; lawsuit; mcdonalds; miami; miamidade; quarterpounder
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To: Larry Lucido

Heh.


41 posted on 05/26/2018 9:01:04 PM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is mine. #Free Tommy)
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To: hanamizu
I bought their stock at around $90 and it’s now over $160.

Again, stocks are cyclical. Doesn't project long-term growth.

Their all day breakfast is doing well for them.

Gas station chains such as Sheetz will cut into that. I get my coffee and breakfast sandwich from Kwik Trip, which is cheaper and faster than McDonald's.

42 posted on 05/26/2018 9:03:14 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Democracy: The cliff's edge of Marxism)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Have ya tried the gas station Sushi? Really good, and marked down after a few days.


43 posted on 05/26/2018 9:05:14 PM PDT by crosdaddy
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To: Paladin2

Pasteurized processed “cheese product”.


44 posted on 05/26/2018 9:05:58 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: hal ogen

I’d guess if the attorneys didn’t think the cheeseheads had a case, they would have never taken it. Some lunatic attorneys get big paydays on class actions.


45 posted on 05/26/2018 9:08:05 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: EdnaMode

Five million bucks for a slice of McDonald’s “cheese”? ROTFL! I guess they could win if they get the right morons on the “jury”.


46 posted on 05/26/2018 9:12:03 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: EdnaMode
Sonic did this with the burgers a couple if years ago. I don't like their “cheese” so I don't get it and I'm not a big fan of having to pay for it.

But sue? That's nuts.

47 posted on 05/26/2018 9:24:23 PM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the 0zarks)
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To: EdnaMode
A third of that goes to the guys who usually have to chase ambulances. What a great deal for them.

Micky D makes a settlement deal to give each person named in the complaint either two free burgers without cheese or the cash equivalent and list the item separately in the future. The lawyers who represent the "winners" have written into the settlement that the "winners" actually can only get one burger and the cash equivalent for one burger minus their cut.

What a damn waste caused by stupid little SJWs the majority of whom probably don't buy a burger at McDonald's very often anyway.

48 posted on 05/26/2018 9:30:23 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Correct. See the Subway pricing model wrt the “options”.


49 posted on 05/26/2018 9:31:09 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: EdnaMode

Public hanging to serve as notice.


50 posted on 05/26/2018 9:32:41 PM PDT by EEGator (The best part of freedom of speech is it lets one know who the a-holes are...)
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To: petitfour

I used to order a Quarter Pounder with cheese and nothing else.

No ketchup, no mustard, no onions, no pickles, just ‘naked’.

Not only did they happily make it, it was always fresh and juicy, opposed to the dry things left under the heat lights.


51 posted on 05/26/2018 9:35:43 PM PDT by Salamander (I ride all night and I travel in fear, that in this darkness, I will disappear...)
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To: Larry Lucido

Cheddar? Not much call for it around here.


52 posted on 05/26/2018 9:40:44 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Larry Lucido

Just looking at that screen shot makes me nauseous.


53 posted on 05/26/2018 9:41:30 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

It’s the single most popular cheese in the world?!


54 posted on 05/26/2018 9:42:26 PM PDT by Professional
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To: Professional

Still funny.


55 posted on 05/26/2018 9:43:52 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: EdnaMode

Because, you know, somebody put a Gun to their Heads and made them go to McDonalds and order a Quarter Pounder.

Because, you know, nobody else on the Planet sells Hamburgers.


56 posted on 05/26/2018 9:45:06 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The only good Commie is a dead Commie. Cast your Vote Accordingly.)
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To: EdnaMode

They aren’t being “forced” to do anything; if you don’t like the burgers that McDonald’s offers, go somewhere else, or stay home and make your own.


57 posted on 05/26/2018 9:45:22 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: metmom
I'm so old that I remember when McDonald's used to advertise that they had sold MILLIONS of Hamburgers.
58 posted on 05/26/2018 9:47:11 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: EdnaMode
I don't go to Five Guys because that is Obummer's favorite hamburger joint.

This lawsuit is like me suing Five Guys because Obummer likes them best.

59 posted on 05/26/2018 9:54:05 PM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: EdnaMode

I haven’t purchased anything from McDonald’s since 1973, and doubt I ever will. I’d have to be desperate.


60 posted on 05/26/2018 10:04:42 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Conservatives seek the truth. Democrats seek the power to dictate what truth is.)
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