Buffalo Wild Wings Lawsuit Claims Chain Misleads Consumers Over Boneless Wings | Eater Chicago

"A class-action lawsuit contends the chain’s “boneless wings” are not actual deboned wing meat but slices of white chicken breast deep-fried and presented like wings—effectively glorified chicken nuggets—and that menu wording and advertising mislead reasonable consumers into believing they are getting wing meat. The complaint, filed after a January visit to a suburban Chicago (Mount Prospect) location, says the plaintiff would have paid less if told the products were white meat and seeks damages, injunctive relief, restitution, declaratory relief, and class certification rather than a specific dollar amount. The company publicly noted on Twitter that the boneless items are “all white meat,” while the filing points to clearer labeling by competitors (for example, Domino’s using “boneless chicken,” Papa John’s using “chicken poppers,” and Tyson rebranding frozen products as “boneless chicken bites” with an asterisk stating “Contains No Wing Meat”). The suit highlights the chain’s roughly 1,200 locations and seeks to recruit thousands of purchasers into the proposed class." - Ashok Selvam