15 Times Fast Food Companies Were Caught Lying, Cheating, and Being Generally Shady
Yes, ignorance is bliss… But what if it’s slowly killing you? Shucks, we didn’t mean to get so deep off the hop there. The topic of fast food’s shady practices has always lived in that realm though. Do we actually want to know? While we’re craving it, maybe not. But when that inevitable tummy ache comes around, yeah, forget those clowns. Well, the one actual clown, and his buddies — The king, the colonel, the bell, the submarine, and that freckled little redhead.
At one point or another, they’ve all been caught cutting corners on the neverending hunt to keep production costs low. And worse, their financial success is a bad influence on once higher quality options. Lookin’ at you, Bareburger. Mass production is a slippery slope like that. The quality dips low enough that they don’t want us to know about it. Cus if (and when) we find out, class action lawsuits and the public’s general disgust will set them straight. Well, until our guards are down again. Here are 15 times that fast food companies were caught lying, cheating, and just being downright shady.
Meat suppliers do the ol’ expiration date switcheroo.
Counting calories? We are too!
Bareburger was supposed to be one of the good guys!
Look, tuna’s expensive. Let’s just shred something up and slop it in mayo.
Pumpkin Spice Latte does sound a lot sexier than “Orange Cancerous Ooze.”
All opposed to mixing in some horse meat, say neigh!
Honey, let’s get some grub down at Red Mystery Crustacean!
What percentage of beef are you okay with?
As if McDonald’s bigwigs aren’t rich enough!
Subway’s sneaky sugars are no match for the Irish courts.
Dear McDonald’s, beef doesn’t need to go in everything!
You see kids… When a chicken and a soybean fall in love…
Now that we think about it… These burgers look nothing like they do on TV!
Chipotle
Fast food chicken gets the ol’ stamp of approval.
