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A North Texas man has filed a class action lawsuit against Cinemark, claiming the movie theater chain is lying to customers about the size of its drinks.

Shane Waldrop claims that Cinemark's 24 ounce cups can only hold 22 ounces of liquid, according to the lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

On Feb. 14, Waldrop went to the Cinemark in Grapevine and purchased the 20 ounce and 24 ounce draft beer.

He noticed the 24 ounce cup did not appear to be big enough to hold 4 more ounces of liquid.

Waldrop took the empty container home and measured how much it could hold, discovering it only held 22 ounces.

Waldrop and his legal team says the movie theater chain is taking part in "deceptive" and "otherwise improper" business practices that violate state and federal laws about misbranding.

"This is especially misleading because the 24 oz drink should provide a deal for consumers over the 20 oz drink’s price: $0.37 per ounce vs. $0.39 per ounce. But due to the actual volume of 22 oz available in the ‘24 oz’ drink, the price is $0.40 per ounce making the larger drink more expensive per ounce, which is not a deal at all," reads the lawsuit.

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[–] [email protected] 102 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I'm still fascinated that "calibrated" glasses are not more common. In Germany, you won't get any beer without any markings where the volume is indicated.

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BCllstrich#/media/Datei%3AWeizenbier.jpg

[–] Bakkoda 49 points 4 months ago

The US is a wild west of suggestions masquerading as regulations. If your ledger doesn't have room for the decimals places needed to record the fine, it's not a fine.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Calibrated glasses are very on-brand for Germany.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

EU, I belive in you!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

They're such a good idea we've even kept them after Brexit.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Some US states have some sort of department of weights and measures. I've contacted mine before about such issues and they take them very seriously, sending out an inspection team to test the claim. What they can do to enforce things depends on the state, though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

The free markets will figure it out!