A lawsuit is in the works for false advertising over the amount of filling/meats (or lack thereof) provided inside several items on Taco Bell’s menu, including the Crunch Wrap, and Mexican Pizza.
The plaintiff is customer, Frank Siragusa who is is suing Taco Bell for a grand total of $5 million dollars based an experience he had in NYC in September 2022.
During his ‘plight’, he bought a Mexican Pizza, and was not satisfied with his purchase because the bean and beef filling contained about half of what he’d expected based on advertisements he’d seen prior to his purchase.
He hired a lawyer, and went off to the races to sue Taco Bell for “deception” armed with pictures to show the discrepancy between the items as ordered in reality compared to the robust, fictional Mexican Pizza stuffed the brim with “filling”.
The lawsuit states that their ads are “unfair and financially damaging to consumers, especially concerning now that inflation, food, and meat prices are very high and many consumers, especially lower income consumers, are struggling financially,” the complaint said.
It should be mentioned that Siragusa also has another lawsuit that’s ongoing against McDonald’s and Wendy’s for the “actual” size of their burgers.
Five Items In Question
- Mexican Pizza
- Veggie Mexican Pizza
- Crunchwrap Supreme
- Grande Crunchwrap
- Vegan Crunchwrap
The lawsuit states that advertisements show these items as containing “at least double” their actual content.
Ligusa’s lawyer, Anthony Russo who’s representing the case has experience in this arena in that this not his first fast food rodeo. He had another case but against Burger King over their Whopper’s which stalled out with no resolution.
“Taco Bell does not adequately disclose the weight of the beef or filling,” Russo said in an email. “Plaintiff did not make any purchases of the product based on any weight disclosure but solely based on the picture of the product, as we believe most consumers do.”
Last week an 8-year-old girl and her family was awarded $800,000 after a four year battle with McDonald’s for serving her hot McNuggets that burned her leg.
Unlike the girl who won her case, there have been many instances of frivolous suit’s – one doesn’t have to look too far into the general nature of them to see that often, they’re filed on a hope and a prayer. We’re talking for reasons like not being given enough napkins.
Perhaps Siragusa is doing the lord’s work…or perhaps he’s only looking for a windfall. Whichever the case may be, there is merit to menu item’s not being presented in the manner in which they’re portrayed in ads. And it may be time to hold someone accountable.
