McDonald's is facing a class action lawsuit from plaintiffs who allege the fast food chain has long deceived customers about what type of meat is in the popular, limited McRib sandwich. The lawsuit was filed late last month in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois by eaters from California, New York, Illinois and Washington, D.C. who claim the sandwich is marketed as containing pork rib meat but actually has none.
While they smell delicious as they cook, giving false hope of something tasty on the horizon, there is so little filling inside the bun that it makes you wonder what the point was. Our taste tester said it's about "80% bun and 20% fillings." A ratio that skewed is simply indefensible. When you compare the real slider to the image on the box of a tempting sandwich chock full of meat, cheese, and veggies, it's almost insulting.
The case may have broad impact on product marketing strategies in the U.S. coffee industry, which relies on imports of green coffee from high-elevation countries within the tropics. In a complaint filed Nov. 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, California resident Justin Bakker and New York resident Noah Lundgren accuse Black Rifle Coffee Company LLC and parent company, BRC Inc., of deceptive "Made in USA" advertising.
