Steven Cohen  |  September 18, 2019

Category: Food

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mcdonald's fast food restaurant exteriorMcDonald’s Corporation has been hit with a class action lawsuit by a customer who claims that the restaurant charged him $1.89 for a Sausage McMuffin, even though they advertise the price on the “value menu” at $1.

In September 2018, plaintiff S.D. states that he visited a McDonald’s in California and was shown an advertisement that the Sausage McMuffin was part of a value menu and would cost $1. 

Based on the advertised price, the plaintiff decided that he would purchase two Sausage McMuffins.

However, after leaving the restaurant, S.D. says he noticed that he was actually charged $1.89 for each Sausage McMuffin.

“Had Plaintiff known that Defendant would charge Plaintiff more than Defendant had represented for the Class Products, he would not have purchased the Class Products from Defendant’s restaurant,” the McDonald’s class action lawsuit states.

The plaintiff claims that he was never informed, either in writing or orally, that he would be charged more than the advertised price before he purchased the breakfast item.

In addition, the plaintiff argues that he felt “ripped off and cheated” by McDonald’s for charging more than what was represented to him. 

S.D. believes that McDonald’s will continue to trick customers into purchasing Sausage McMuffins at a higher price than advertised.

“As a result of Defendant’s fraudulent practices, described herein, Plaintiff has suffered economic loss, emotional distress, wasted time, and anxiety,” the McDonald’s class action lawsuit argues.

The McDonald’s class action lawsuit states, “Consumers rely on the representations and advertisements of restaurants in order to know which products to purchase. Details as to the price are important and material to consumers at the time they purchase food from a particular restaurant.”

The plaintiff alleges that McDonald’s knew that the representations that were made about the price of the Sausage McMuffin was not true and intentionally made them in order to deceive their customers.

The McDonald’s class action lawsuit alleges that the restaurant will continue to engage in these misleading practices and will not stop unless forced to do so by a court.

“Defendant’s conduct will continue to cause irreparable injury to consumers unless enjoined or restrained,” the McDonald’s class action lawsuit argues.

In addition, the plaintiff contends that McDonald’s actions only benefit them and provide no benefit to any consumer.

“In fact, knowing that Class Products were not of this price, Defendant unfairly profited from their sale. Thus, the injury suffered by Plaintiff and the members of the Class is not outweighed by any countervailing benefits to consumers,” the McDonald’s class action lawsuit claims.

The plaintiff states that McDonald’s has violated the California Unfair Competition Law, False Advertising Law, and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act.

Potential Class Members include: “All consumers, who, between the applicable statute of limitations and the present, purchased Class Products in the state of California and were charged in excess of the price represented by Defendant.”

Did you pay too much for food at McDonald’s restaurants?  Please let us know in the comment section below.

The plaintiff is represented by Todd M. Friedman, Adrian R. Bacon, Meghan E. George, Thomas E. Wheeler, and Mordechai Wolowitsch of the Law Offices of Todd M. Friedman PC.

The McDonald’s Sausage McMuffin Class Action Lawsuit is S.D. v. McDonald’s Corporation, Case No. 2:19-cv-08006, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

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444 thoughts onMcDonald’s Class Action Says Customers Overcharged For Value Menu Items

  1. Nancy Barnes says:

    We were overcharged for 2 filet-o-fish meals recently. We specifically requested Medium, but were charged for Large. We contacted the store via email, but did not receive a response. We contacted Corporate; they said they’d contact the store, who has not responded to my email.

  2. John Cummings says:

    $1.29 for large drink listed price on board. Charged $1.79 at register. plus.15 cents tax. Store #3721 Texarkana Texas.

  3. Mark Moore says:

    I have stopped by McDonald several times to order a breakfast meal advertised on the menu for $5.79 tax was .49 the register
    rung up a total of $6.49, I pointed the discrepancy out to the manager and got a deer in the head lights look. I said the total should be $6.28. I hate being screwed, even for .21 cents so I made an insulting comment and walked out. I have ordered items
    off the dollar menu only to be charged $1.38 each, I got a BS response when I questioned the increase then left them to eat it.

    1. Darren says:

      It’s happened to me multiple times but I think they charge an extra fee to “dine in” if you come inside and order instead of going thru the drive thru. Which may be where the extra is coming from. Regardless of the situation they should put the higher prices on the board outside and if a customer gets it for a lower cost they won’t say anything but if it’s $0.01 higher it’s a big deal all the sudden. I get it, but at the same time we should address the ice cream machines always being out of service as well lol! Plus if they don’t have a cup to put your i e cream in, they go grab the smallest cup they have and say it’s the same but when asked how many ounces each of the cups hold, they have no clue! This has happened on multiple occasions and I’m documenting this everytime it happens. I can’t give anyone less than they pay for or it’s considered stealing and on the large scale they are profiting (in real world numbers 10-30% per transaction sometimes and that’s huge)

  4. Bryon Bevill says:

    I literally just came from McDonald’s in Baldwin Park California and bought two small coffees, which the menu states are a dollar and was charged $1.39 each. I know because I’m on a budget so I had to ask and the girl tells me oh no the price on the menu is for seniors!?? So without further arguing, because I usually order more things with my coffee I have never noticed I’m being overcharged 70 something cents.

  5. S. Brooks says:

    In May of this year, over of our 3 local McDonald’s charged me $5.28 (x4) power Sausage McMuffin w/egg and cheese! When I got home and realized the MASSIVELY increased price, I called the manager. She told me that it was a corporate nation wide price hike! 5.28 was the cost of a whole “meal” just two days prior to that, and today the sandwiches are 2 for 5. So I’m supposed to believe that they more than doubled in price in May and have since gone back down?

    Wish I had contacted their corporate office at the time because I knew something wasn’t right!

    1. S. Brooks says:

      One of our* local….

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