Customers: KFC Giveaway Clucked Up Our Lives

KFCHell hath no fury like a chicken lover scorned -- as you'll see in this lawsuit filed by people who are pissed over KFC's free chicken giveaway.

James Asanuma just filed the suit on behalf of KFC fans everywhere, saying the chain's May giveaway was nothing short of a scam to deceive its customers into spending more dough.

The lawsuit, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, says KFC promised everyone "2 pieces of grilled chicken, two individual sides and a biscuit" -- but the promotion, which was promoted on the "Oprah Winfrey Show," turned out to be so popular they couldn't meet the demand.

And that's when the biscuit hit the fan.

The suit says that because KFC couldn't dish out the food as promised, they were forced to give vouchers for free food in the future.

The suit says this "bait and switch" caused customers to incur "travel costs, paper and printing costs, postage, the money they spent on other food items at KFC on visits when they had intended to redeem the Coupon ... and the loss of the value of the promised Meal."

James is suing KFC, because he's hungry for a little payback.



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61. Only you poor scum bags would sue because lack of free chicken, Any judge that even looks at this law suit is a left wing nut job. F Obama and all his chicken suing followers. The American Dream has become free chicken. Get a life and a Job.

Posted at 10:41PM on Jun 17th 2009 by Derek

62. We had 2 coupons and 2 people. We went for our free GRILLED chicken (not fried - at least know what you're talking about). They had a sign on the door that said they were not able to honor the coupons but were giving rainchecks. We filled out the form and they sent it in for us (allegedly - we never received rain checks)... BUT they still had the grilled chicken to SELL on the same day. You could BUY the same meal, but they wouldn't honor the coupons.

We bought the food we were going to buy anyway, but we still have not tried the grilled chicken and we probably never will. This could have been a great way to get people to try their new product, but poor planning and worse marketing turned it into one the worst examples of bait-and-switch in modern advertising.

Posted at 10:15PM on Jun 18th 2009 by dls

63. Why wouldnt everyone get a free meal when advertised as just that! No lawsuit necessary here. They lost my business. I walk in and a woman hollers "we are not honoring free coupons". Agitated, I inquire further... She says "fill out this form for later. They will get back with you". To date, still nothing. I think it was a lie by that point and they generated way more business than they expected. Someday somebody was going to sue. Again, they just lost my business.

Posted at 10:59PM on Jun 17th 2009 by Nochicken

64. Are you serious? Morons like this help make our nation a laughingstock to the rest of the world. Can't blame it all on Bush. These folks are doing it on their own.

Posted at 11:11PM on Jun 17th 2009 by Tom

65. i went to taco johns once, got an order that tasted like crap and complained. Did i get my free meal? no, but i stopped eating at that particular restaurant for awhile. Did i sue? NO...it was just a freaking meal. Granted, it would've been nice to get a free meal but its not the end of the world!!! They have given me several before because of their errors, i wasn't gonna cry about it. And traveling expenses? MY GOSH how far did you have to go to find a KFC??? LOL...i have one within 5 minutes from my area. ALSO, free giveaways EXPIRE or they would go bankrupt.....If you notice other FREE GIVEAWAYS ONLINE.....IT WILL SAY "WHILE SUPPLIES LAST" Think they are gonna just give free chicken to you whenever you want? CAN'T YOU AFFORD THE 5 bucks for 2 pieces of chicken??? LOL. Geez....

Posted at 11:24PM on Jun 17th 2009 by like butts, we all have opinions

66. People shouldn't eat there anyway, they are horrible and inhumane to the chickens, I wouldn't feel right about eating there knowing how they conduct business.

Posted at 11:33PM on Jun 17th 2009 by kelc

67. Only thing i will eat at kfc is their potatoes and biscuits. They are good....but maybe once a year LOL......Chicken, no thanks!!!!!!! I can't stand much meat as it is.

Posted at 11:35PM on Jun 17th 2009 by like butts, we all have opinions

68. Yeah, count me in. I went in to get the "rain check" that was supposed to be mailed to me...still haven't got that in the mail. I tasted that grilled chicken and the only way I would ever eat it again is if it is free! KFC sucks ass, and so does there clone chickens. Down with the corporate chicken shacks...I'd rather my own.

Posted at 11:38PM on Jun 17th 2009 by BOO to KFC

69. heres the solution: oprah should dip into her 500 billion dollar bank account and send fried chicken to every poor desperate welfare GIC 20-kid mama on the planet. god knows her expanding size 32 waist needs it. she all up in therrrr with all these white doctors and psychiatrissts talking like a white woman. well show UR BLACKNESS ORCA., SEND US THE FRIED CHICKEN HOE!!!

Posted at 11:44PM on Jun 17th 2009 by ORCA WINFREY

70. KFC chicken is raised & killed in particularly disgusting ways. They're one of the worst companies for contributing to mistreatment of animals. If you don't believe this, just Google KFC and cruelty. Aside from that, their food is mostly greasy & gross ... yuk!

Posted at 8:27AM on Jun 18th 2009 by charlie1

71. Hey James... f@ck you. Get a j. o. b. Get off your fat @ss and make an honest living! Move out of your parents basement, get laid, and become a responsible human being instead of a useless leach on society which you apparently have become. Enough with the meal ticket lawsuits. SHEEZ!

Posted at 11:59PM on Jun 17th 2009 by teebag

72. This is what I think. To combat these frivolous and ENDLESS lawsuits that people seem to feel entitled to for their "meal ticket"... so they don't have to actually WORK for a living..,.. perhaps what should happen is whoever LOSES the lawsuit has to pay ten times the court costs. Lawyer AND loser each. That way people might think twice about filing a frivoulous lawsuit AND the shady lawyers that will take any stupid suit would have to dip into their own pockets when they loose. I bet there would be a lot fewer of these idiotic wastes of taxpayers time and energy. This is coming from someone who has sat on one of these stupid, idiotic cases. Enough already.

Posted at 12:04AM on Jun 18th 2009 by teebag

73. This dude is just looking to get some money. Give me a break!

Posted at 1:13AM on Jun 18th 2009 by rashyluvsbeyonce

74. Honestly America, Its free so stop complaining about it. They gave us some free food, I didn't get free food but I"m okay with that and not filling a lawsuit because ITS FREE. This lawsuit should be thrown out for the stupidity of it.

Posted at 2:13AM on Jun 18th 2009 by Julz

75. Wow you American will sue over anything!! Get a life!!

Posted at 2:57AM on Jun 18th 2009 by Uriel

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