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[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 137 points 1 year ago

When I buy a new car, the car is the same as the one in the posters and built by the same people.

A team of food stylists spent at least 30 minutes to create the perfect whopper for the add image and were paid 100 times more than an actual fast food employee to do so.

Why that is allowed to represent something made in 30 seconds by someone on shit wages is beyond me.

Not to mention that the food stylists create something that isn't even edible. They frequently use things that aren't food to make it look more palatable onscreen.

[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I used to work in product photography. That is not true or legal here in Aus. The only thing they are allowed to use in the picture are ingredients used in store.

I cannot speak to the laws in other markets but that is not the case everywhere.

Of course they will go through hundreds of buns to find the perfect one etc, so it is still incredibly wasteful.

[-] Maestro@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago

Same thing in Europe. But I think in the US everything is allowed (surprise surprise)

[-] Klystron@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

Freedom ~~to manipulate and trick our consumers~~ motherfucker 🦅

[-] StarServal@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Everything for the God of Profits

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[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I heard it used to be, but isn't anymore. Granted, this is hearsay with no source, but a buddy of mine who worked in advertising was telling me about it a while back. Could be wrong tho.

[-] TheChefSLC@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

While it doesn't have to be "food", it does have to be edible in the US...

But that aside, burger king used to be good. It used to be decent sized and was almost worth the cost. Now on the other hand, it is so tiny and doesn't feel remotely worth the price.

In my area, they just closed about 5 locations this year, and to be honest, I am only sad about the few people losing their job at these locations.

Burger King has gone so far down hill since 2020.

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[-] hypelightfly@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

This lawsuit is not happening in Australia.

[-] Kelsenellenelvial@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Even in places where they have to use the actual ingredients, there’s a lot of tricks to making it look different in photos. That burger might only be partially cooked to reduce shrinkage, then the burger and bun are frozen so they hold shape for the photo. Vegetables carefully picked out and arranged, tomato/pickles blotted dry, and the sauce applied with an eye dropper to provide visual balance after the rest of the burger is stacked.

I will say from my experience, that tends to apply to advertising photography for large franchises. If we’re taking about food photography associated with a high profile event or restaurant where food is actually served, there’s minimal difference between the photo plate and what’s actually served. Sometimes the photo plate is just one picked out while producing the ones being served, sometimes it’s the first/last plate and a person takes a minute to pick out the best looking of ingredients from the same container that was used to serve the rest. Sometimes it’s just an extra minute arranging the plate nicely compared to the last 150 that were done quickly to keep up with service. Often the photographer then gets to eat the plate they’ve just photographed.

[-] masterspace@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 year ago

Advertising is scum and I don't understand why we allow it all.

It does not help the economy to distract consumers all day as much as possible, all it does is let companies compete on the basis of who can spend the most on advertising or who can hire the most manipulative advertisers rather than who can make the best product.

[-] zurohki@aussie.zone 18 points 1 year ago

Everyone thinks, "But advertising doesn't work on me." That's why it's still legal.

[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Advertising works on everyone. Just there are those of us that don't impuls buy and look into and research the interesting product they just seen an ad for, before buying. But billboards those annoy the shit out of me. Like I know McDonald's exists and there is a 70% chance there is one at the next exit, why do I need 4 billboards telling my there is a McDonald's coming up in 5 exits?

[-] zurohki@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago

Those billboards aren't for you, they're to remind the kids in the back that McDonald's exists.

[-] Ricaz@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

It should simply be considered false advertisement.

You can probably legally require your money back, saying it looks nothing like the photos, but that's not enough imo

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[-] theplanlessman@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Fun fact, most car advertising uses a computer generated car. Photoreal cars bave been achievable for years now and it just makes sense for them to do it as they can keep it looking flawless throughout the ad. There's even a "mocap" car with an adjustable body to match the length/width etc. of the car it's supposed to be that they can just pin the model to.

[-] octobob@lemmy.ml 42 points 1 year ago

Most American lawsuit in the world lol

I've eaten the whopper like thrice ever and it is a massive burger

And where did you get that Whopper? Because out here in Kentucky meth country, they are sad excuses for sandwiches.

Are we accustomed to larger portions? Sure. That’s not the point. The point is that the ad doesn’t match what you purchase.

[-] baduhai@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 year ago

Really? Whoppers were really small, the times I tried it.

[-] Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

In Asia, a whopper is small as compared with the US

[-] heftig@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

How does it compare to what BK calls the Whopper Jr in at least the US and EU?

[-] Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

That I'm not sure of.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

Don't other countries have truth in advertising laws?

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

We do, but on the other hand, we have no idea what a quarter pounder is.

[-] 24_at_the_withers@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

[JULES] They don't call it a Quarter Pounder with Cheese?

[VINCENT] No, they got the metric system there, they wouldn't know what the fuck a Quarter Pounder is.

[JULES] Then what do they call it?

[VINCENT] They call it Royale with Cheese.

[JULES] Royale with Cheese. What do they call a Big Mac?

[VINCENT] Big Mac's a Big Mac, but they call it Le Big Mac.

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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 17 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The lawsuit accuses the fast food giant of misleading customers by showing the burger with a meatier patty and ingredients that "overflow over the bun".

The class action lawsuit against Burger King alleged that the Whopper was made to look 35% larger, with more than double the amount of meat compared to what was actually served to customers.

Lawyer Anthony Russo, who represents the plaintiffs, did not immediately respond to a BBC request for comment.

Earlier this year, Taco Bell was sued in the US for selling pizzas and wraps that allegedly contained half the filling that was advertised.

Last year, a man in New York proposed a class-action lawsuit against McDonald's and Wendy's, in which he accused the two companies of unfair and deceptive trade practices.

The lawsuit alleged that McDonald's and Wendy's burgers in marketing materials were at least 15% larger than they were in real life.


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[-] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year ago

Who cares about the size?

I want a burger that doesn't taste like kerosene, with vegetables that were grown in the last decade, served by someone who isn't contemplating stabbing me.

And can I get cheese on that?

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

And can I get cheese on that?

Will pasteurized process cheese product do?

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'd like to know what I'll get before I order. If the advertisement shows the burger with some size, I expect the same size when I order. Why should I get a smaller burger than the advertisement shows?

[-] ZeroEcks@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

Okay but the size is actually fine as it is (in Australia)

[-] huginn@feddit.it 24 points 1 year ago

It's not about what the size is, it's about the discrepancy between the advertised size and the actual.

[-] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago
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[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

That was the first thing that popped into my head too. I was gonna say, sounds like a problem for D-FENS.

[-] shirro@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It was decades ago but Burger King was a bit of a staple for me for a few years when I lived close to a franchise operator that was consistent. It has been awhile and I knew things had gone downhill and some of the franchise operators are very shitty but I was shocked last time we went. The restaurant was filthy and the tables and floors were covered in food. The burgers looked to be thrown together out of bin leftovers. Can't say I blame staff for the lack of enthusiasm given their employer has a known history of wage theft. We couldn't tell the differences between the more expensive special and regular whopper so took the mess to the counter to ask what the fuck we were given and why it looked nothing like the photo. The whole family swore off them for life. Never going back.

[-] thisisdee@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I used to get Whopper Jrs cos the regular Whopper was too big…

[-] bfradio@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Same for Penn Station. I stopped there on a road trip recently. What a total disappoint. The 6in sun has 2.5 oz of meat. WTF SMH. Never again.

[-] library_napper@monyet.cc 3 points 1 year ago

Or you could eat something that's not going to kill you and the environment.

[-] synicalx1@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

It's true, just yesterday I saw a rogue whopper starting a forest fire

[-] nestEggParrot@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

What can you eat without killing the environment?

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[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I mean, I can see the reasoning behind this, USA being one of the more obsess countries I can also see the irony here.

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