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Taco Bell class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: Plaintiff Frank Siragusa filed a class action lawsuit against Taco Bell Corp.
- Why: Taco Bell allegedly falsely advertises the amount of beef and other ingredients in some of its products.
- Where: The Taco Bell class action lawsuit was filed in New York federal court.
- What are my options: Create your own tacos at home with ingredients from Thrive Market.
Taco Bell Corp. falsely advertises the amount of beef and other ingredients in some of its signature meals, according to a class action lawsuit filed July 31 in New York federal court.
Plaintiff Frank Siragusa says Taco Bell food advertisements and menu ordering boards depict the Crunchwrap Supreme, Grande Crunchwrap, Vegan Crunchwrap, Mexican Pizza and Veggie Mexican Pizza menu items as containing more than twice the amount of ingredients than reality.
The misleading pictures of the Taco Bell food items are “unfair and financially damaging to consumers as they are receiving a product that is materially lower in value than what is being promised,” the Taco Bell lawsuit says.
Taco Bell’s deception is especially problematic during a time in which food and meat prices are high and many consumers are struggling financially, the lawsuit states.
“Taco Bell’s promise to consumers of a large portion of food with their purchase are also causing consumers to come to, or order from, Taco Bell’s restaurants and make purchases that they would not have otherwise made,” the Taco Bell class action says.
The company’s false advertisements of portion sizes entices consumers to purchase Taco Bell food instead of purchasing meals from competing restaurants that more fairly advertise the size of their menu items, according to the lawsuit, which points to several news articles and online complaints that the Taco Bell food items did not look like the pictures in the advertisements.
Plaintiff says he would not have paid as much for Taco Bell food if not for false ads
Siragusa says he purchased a Mexican Pizza from Taco Bell after viewing the advertisements online and at the store. He claims he expected the Taco Bell food to contain a similar amount of meat and beans as depicted in the advertisements. However, the meal he received allegedly contained about half the beef and bean filling he expected.
Had he known Taco Bell overstated the amount of beef and beans in the Mexican Pizza menu item, Siragusa says he would not have paid $5.49 for the meal.
Siragusa filed the Taco Bell class action lawsuit on behalf of himself and a proposed class of consumers who purchased one of the allegedly falsely advertised menu items from a Taco Bell in New York since July 31, 2020.
In other recent Taco Bell news, the chain recently won a challenge to cancel the trademark for the phrase “Taco Tuesday.”
Have you purchased Taco Bell food items that did not contain as much beef and other ingredients as advertised? Tell us about your experience in the comments.
Siragusa is represented by James Kelly of The Law Office of James C. Kelly and Anthony J. Russo Jr. PA d/b/a The Russo Firm.
The Taco Bell class action lawsuit is Frank Siragusa v. Taco Bell Corp., Case No. 1:23-cv-05748-DG-RER, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
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998 thoughts onTaco Bell class action claims chain falsely advertises amount of food in products
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Quality not so good. Less meat and ingredients with high prices. Add me please.
My first job was Taco Bell in 1989. And since then everything there has been falsely advertised. It went downhill around 1992 or so, slowly giving less and less of everything on all their products. Rude employees, rude management, and cheap company as of now. If you get half of what you ordered your doing good these days. Add me please.
I totally agree. I have stopped purchasing food from Taco Bell because the portions are so small. Are usually joke, that I can eat their tacos and burritos because they’re basically meat free, even when it’s the beef or supreme burrito. I have literally ordered my food over the drive-through speaker and asked him to make it look like the picture. To which the cashier or order taker sounds totally confused. But the food order never looks like the advertise picture or the commercial. Sometimes I am searching to find what appears to be a teaspoon or tablespoon of beet in the bottom of a beef burrito, and the rest of it has been filled with beans or other ingredients . It is very disappointing. So now I only go to Taco Bell for the chips and cheese or the frosty.
I have been totally applauded by the amount of the actual food in Taco Bell items. A taco has probably a teaspoon of meat and a few sprinkles of cheese. A far cry from the the advertised pictures shown.
Their regular tacos are basically a corn taco shell full of lettuce and grease with a few sprinkles of meat and cheese. Their burritos are a few spoons of beans with grease and cheese wrapped in about four layers of slimy wet flour tortilla.
I have been totally applauded by the amount of the actual food in Taco Bell items. A taco has probably a teaspoon of meat and a few sprinkles of cheese. A far cry from the the advertised pictures shown.
I took pictures of the chalupa that I purchased an the one taco bell advertised picture not even the same I did the burrito supreme same thing not as advertised taco bell is not being
Honest with the public false advertisement?
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Theres alot of food i have bought from taco bell and its never looked like the advertisements.i also worked at taco bell and i can honestly say that
Horrible experience, never will eat there again
My grand daughter lives Taco Bell I dont get it nothing has enough filling to even taste Add me I’ve been ripped off