Burger King to face lawsuit over Whopper not being "as big as in the picture"

Kermit.de.frog · 30-08-2023 8:17pm #1

Haha this is great and could apply to so many others. McDonalds also getting sued. Let's call a spade a spade - it's FALSE ADVERTISING 😃

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66654440

I've never eaten a Big Mac that looks like this. Normally it's thrown together and falling over 😄

https://youtu.be/hlzm7-gvTRg?t=199

Leg End Reject · 30-08-2023 8:22pm

I'd be more offended by the undercooked fries in the picture in the article.

Does anyone genuinely expect food to look exactly like it does in ads? Fast food restaurants are mostly staffed by disinterested teenagers and any burger I've seen has been squashed to the point it looks like someone sat on it.

Overheal · 30-08-2023 8:45pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121048717#Comment_121048717

BK fries are actually not bad. They do look blonder than your average fry but also a lot less saturated oils, giving them a lot more mashed potato texture in the middle, it works.

There's been several similar lawsuits lately, eg. taco bell portion lawsuit. Could be that it's trendy and people are paying more attention to possible violations or/and it's a small reckoning from companies doing Shrinkflation practices across the industry for a number of years. I don't personally recall being sleighted by BK advertising recently but I also haven't been to one since... winter/spring? The lawsuit apparently concerns the in-restaurant menu displays, not circular advertising. Which would sorta remind me in a way of the Best Buy wifi scandal, easier to try and get away with **** if you keep it in your store (iirc they spoofed other competitors websites on their in house wifi to show higher prices if customers tried to price match in store).

JP Liz V1 · 30-08-2023 8:48pm

Do BK use horse meat in their burgers?

Lewis_Benson · 30-08-2023 8:50pm

This is the most American thread ever.

Overheal · 30-08-2023 8:53pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121048813#Comment_121048813

Not even close, but it's not a contest. It's a very American thread.

Leg End Reject · 30-08-2023 9:48pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121048798#Comment_121048798

They're always fine, it's just the portion in the picture in the article.

_Kaiser_ · 30-08-2023 9:54pm

I'm more offended of late by the cost of the meals. Even a basic plain hamburger (not even a quarter pounder, nothing on it and with nothing else) is €2.50 now.

Potential-Monke · 30-08-2023 9:57pm

The gas thing is that the Whopper and BK's other XL burgers are the biggest out there. While it doesn't look picture perfect, it's far closer to most others, especially McDonalds. It's like people are only finding out now that food ads rarely contain the actual product you'll be consuming. Approx 40 seconds in:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cokHvwWw9k

AllForIt · 30-08-2023 10:09pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121048798#Comment_121048798

BK fries are actually not bad. They do look blonder than your average fry but also a lot less saturated oils, giving them a lot more mashed potato texture in the middle, it works.

It been well over a decade since I've had fast food joint french fries so don't know what they're like (I'm sure the're just yummy), but the far more plausible explanation for how you perceive them is they've managed to make them look like real food, but more defiantly are still pure garbage.

https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/how-ultra-processed-food-tricks-you-into-eating-more-and-how-you-can-free-yourself-of-its-addictive-properties

Enjoy your meal :D

edit:typo

igCorcaigh · 30-08-2023 10:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121048798#Comment_121048798

Oh, that's an interesting one with the in-house WiFi! Very clever/sneaky!

Overheal · 30-08-2023 10:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121049105#Comment_121049105

cheese is the worst offender it makes you question your sanity when your homemade foodporn grilled cheese barely does that **** too

igCorcaigh · 30-08-2023 10:31pm

Cool, but what about that chipper that had upside-down peas? Anyone sue?

Overheal · 30-08-2023 10:32pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121049165#Comment_121049165

Yeah the human body is meant to take care of more of the steps of digesting foods, not having potato freeze tried, turned into a powder, and reconstituted into a fry sometime later. Best you can trust rn is the CFA Waffle Fry it still has potato skin and all, its the real deal, but it's loaded up with MSG and salt 😂 and their money goes to a lot of hateful pricks.

riffmongous · 30-08-2023 10:34pm

Yeah we know it's garbage, but it used to be super cheap garbage :pac:

I spent many a night knocking back 4 cheeseburgers for 4 euro after a heap of pints, I just can't bring myself to pay the 1.60 or whatever is now per burger. I'd sooner just go home and make some toast

I.R.Y.E.D · 30-08-2023 10:43pm

Don't eat BK etc as the food is imo shite, but in terms of what you see in the picture vrs what you get served, you could say the same for every chipper in Ireland.

Potential-Monke · 30-08-2023 10:50pm

I'm a fan of Burgerking. Their rodeo/texas specials are amazing, always too much cheese which is excellent! The ones where they use the cheese sauce... noms!

I don't go to Supermacs anymore though, because I very strongly dislike Pat McDonagh. Used to like the food, but I can't be helping that prick stay rich. Another good example of not-as-advertised burgers. None of them are close to McDonalds fries though. I could eat carton after carton of them lovely skinny salty feckers.

31-08-2023 9:31am

Why would anyone want it bigger to begin with?

The sheer amount of calories and nutritional junk inside the burger, as it is, is bad enough.

But yes, it's false advertising, but almost all advertising is to some extent based on false realities and expectations. Just take a look at any advert about skin products.

Beechwoodspark · 31-08-2023 9:43am

Every local chipper is guilty of this too.

They have stock photos showing beautiful, amazing looking luscious burgers with all the toppings arranged perfectly...

and when you actually get the order it’s always a let down.

31-08-2023 10:08am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121050142#Comment_121050142

At least the whopper in an advert actually looks like a whopper.

Photos of burgers at the local chippy look next to nothing like what you actually receive.

Gregor Samsa · 31-08-2023 11:58am

There's no BK near me, so I wouldn't usually frequent them, but on a drive to Dublin recently I stopped into the one in the Enfield motorway stop on the M4 with my daughter. Ordered a Whooper meal, thinking it would be somewhat equivalent to a Big Mac.

It was huge! I actually couldn't finish it. And to think that there's also a Double and Triple Whopper! Now, part of that was that it was really greasy. I know it's fast food and grease is to be expected, but it was really greasy. Wouldn't have one again, tbh, but I'm surprised there's people out there who think it's not big enough.

SortingYouOut · 31-08-2023 5:51pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121050237#Comment_121050237

I'm kind of glad of that as well. If i'm going to a chipper it's for slop and slop only. I'd be annoyed if I got the jawbreaker of a burger they advertise, or their supplier advertises more like.

31-08-2023 6:10pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121050099#Comment_121050099

Possibly because some are advertised as appearing bigger to begin with? I didnt think that was BK though. I thought BK were ok for burger sizes. I did get a triple burger there once and it was just too much, not sure if some people eat

McDonalds Breakfast McMuffin sized portions seems to have shrunk substantially into some kind of micro meal recently, but at the same price.

Potential-Monke · 31-08-2023 11:37pm

Used to go to McDonalds after work (8am) some mornings and get about 8 hash browns. They're amazing. But now they cost €2.20 each. They're not as nice when what used to cost just over a tenner now costs nearly €20. Got the triple BK special once, left over half of it behind, serious amount of eating in it. Would have managed it when I was younger and used to order the XL Bacon Double and a Chicken Royale.

31-08-2023 11:45pm

I landed in cork one night and I was seriously starving as had not eaten all day. Burger King was all that I could find opened. Was not in one for years, thought it would be ok at worse. It was so bad I couldn’t believe it. That was 8 months ago and I’m still thinking about it.

Oscar_Madison · 01-09-2023 12:13am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121054186#Comment_121054186

Their quality consistency has been poor for decades - really depends on the outlet. I do love a whopper burger maybe twice a year as it has a taste unlike McDonalds but the fries are usually crap - good hot crispy McDonalds fries and a well made whopper burger and I’d be happy out

Oscar_Madison · 01-09-2023 12:14am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121054167#Comment_121054167

Yeah when the feic did they up the prices of hash browns? Went there one morning over the summer and was taken aback by the price of them.

Potential-Monke · 01-09-2023 5:42am

It was shortly after Covid mozied along, if memory serves me correct. Such a shame. Really liked them, and 4 or 5 just isn't enough.

homingbird · 01-09-2023 6:34am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121049358#Comment_121049358

A couple of travllers took him to court recently for refused entry & won there case .Pat dont build a hotel in there back yard if you dont want them as customers ( Charleville Park Hotel ).Sorry i got it wrong He appealed it & won.

Cork hotel wins appeal in €22,000 Traveller discrimination case – The Irish Times