Whether your preference is spicy, sweet, or something in between, Buffalo Wild Wings has you covered. Of course, none of this would’ve been possible without B-Dubs’ wings, sauces, and seasonings. By combining all things boozy and fried with a command center’s worth of HD televisions for watching sports, Buffalo Wild Wings has quickly become one of America's most ubiquitous chains. Papa John's, for instance, sells Buffalo chicken poppers and describes the dish as all-white chicken breast meat.Since Buffalo Wild Wings first opened its doors in Columbus, Ohio in 1982, the fast-casual titan has redefined what it means to be a chain restaurant in America. The company should have changed the name of boneless wings to something more appropriate, like chicken poppers, the lawsuit said, pointing to other restaurants who make clear what they are selling. "It seems clear why Buffalo Wild Wings began selling boneless wings, and why it has continued to purposefully mislead consumers: a profit motive," the lawsuit says. Many restaurants started using breast meat to make chicken "wings" following the Great Recession in 2008, when breast prices plummeted but wings did not, according to the lawsuit.īusinesses that made the change soon saw the resulting profits, with many continuing the practice despite the end of the recession. "I don’t even eat chicken but I know boneless wings are made of breast meat." A money-saving change "This lawsuit is so stupid," one user wrote. And another: "Nice try but Buffalo stands for the city not the animal. "Then don't call them wings," one man wrote. Our boneless wings are all white meat chicken. "Our boneless wings are all white meat chicken. 'Our wings are 0% buffalo'īuffalo Wild Wings did not directly comment on the lawsuit when reached by USA TODAY, but pointed to a cheeky tweet sent out earlier in the day that poked fun at the litigation. "This clear-cut case of false advertising should not be permitted, as consumers should be able to rely on the plain meaning of a product’s name and receive what they are promised," according to the lawsuit, obtained by USA TODAY. The Los Angeles lawyers who filed the lawsuit are seeking other consumers who also have eaten boneless wings at one of the chain's hundreds of locations across the nation. "Indeed, the products are more akin, in composition, to a chicken nugget rather than a chicken wing." "Unbeknownst to plaintiff and other consumers, the products are not wings at all, but instead, slices of chicken breast meat deep-fried like wings," the lawsuit reads. When a restaurant fries up a chunk of chicken breast, covers it in Buffalo sauce and calls it a wing, is it a harmless little issue of semantics, or consumer fraud?Ī new federal lawsuit makes no bones about it: The suit alleges the practice is fraud and companies like Buffalo Wild Wings are duping customers by selling chicken wings that aren't in fact wings.Īimen Halim of Chicago filed the lawsuit against Buffalo Wild Wings on Friday, saying he went into the Buffalo Wild Wings location in Mount Prospect, Illinois back in January and ordered "boneless wings."
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