Burger King Settles Coupon Class Action

Burger King has agreed to settle a putative class action alleging some of the chain’s locations overcharged consumers who presented buy-one-get-one-free coupons for breakfast sandwiches, charging them more than they would have paid without the coupons. Anderson v. Burger King, No. 17-1204 (D. Md., motion filed October 11, 2017). According to the plaintiff’s unopposed motion for settlement, Burger King began an internal investigation of the complaint’s allegations and promptly sent a software update to franchises and written instructions to restaurant cashiers to ensure the problem stopped. If the class is certified for the purposes of the settlement, class members who have receipts will receive $5 payments and those without will receive $2 gift cards.