A new class-action lawsuit filed in Illinois alleges that chicken chain Buffalo Wild Wings is conducting “deceptive” business practices over claims its “boneless wings” are actually just chicken nuggets.
The lawsuit was filed March 10 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois by plaintiff Aimen Halim — who currently resides in Chicago — on behalf of himself and potentially many others across the country affected by what the plaintiff said are “false and deceptive marketing and advertising” of Buffalo Wild Wings’ Boneless Wings.
“The name and description of the Products (i.e., as ‘Boneless Wings’) leads reasonable consumers to believe the Products are actually chicken wings,” the lawsuit says. “In other words, that the Products are chicken wings that have simply been deboned, and as such, are comprised of entirely chicken wing meat.”
Halim’s suit states that in January of this year, he purchased Boneless Wings from a Buffalo Wild Wings in Mount Prospect, Illinois and that, based on the name and description of the menu item, he believed that it was actual wings that were deboned.
“Unbeknownst to Plaintiff and other consumers, the Products are not wings at all, but instead, slices of chicken breast meat deep-fried like wings,” reads the lawsuit. “Indeed, the Products are more akin, in composition, to a chicken nugget rather than a chicken wing.”
“Had Plaintiff and other consumers known that the Products are not actually chicken wings, they would have paid less for them, or would not have purchased them at all,” the suit continues. “Therefore, Plaintiff and consumers have suffered injury in fact, as a result of Defendants’ deceptive practices.”
The defendants named in the suit include Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. and parent company Inspire Brands, Inc.
Contacted for comment, a representative for both companies pointed to a Twitter post on the official Buffalo Wild Wings Twitter account.
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