McDonald's is suing Tyson Foods and other major meatpackers (Cargill, JBS, National Beef) for allegedly conspiring to limit the supply of beef since 2015. The lawsuit claims this collusion artificially inflated beef prices, forcing the fast-food chain to overpay, which violates U.S. antitrust laws.
Arkansas-based Tyson, the largest U.S. meat company, settled related price-fixing claims from consumers in the beef litigation for $55 million. Tyson also separately agreed this year to pay $85 million to settle a proposed consumer class-action accusing it of conspiring with rivals to inflate pork prices.
The lawsuit alleges that the company has used ground-up portions of “lower-grade pork products such as … pork shoulder, heart, tripe, and scalded stomach” to make the meat patty, a claim McDonald's denies.
In the famous 1994 McDonald's coffee lawsuit, Stella Liebeck was initially awarded nearly $3 million by a jury ($2.7M punitive + $160k compensatory), but a judge reduced the punitive damages to $480,000, and the parties later settled for a confidential amount, reported to be less than $500,000, according to the American Museum of Tort Law and Retro Report. The public often misunderstands the large initial verdict, which was meant to punish McDonald's for serving coffee at dangerously high temperatures that caused severe third-degree burns.
McDonald's Hit With Lawsuit Claiming It 'Deceived' Customers About the McRib. The plaintiffs say the name “McRib” is a “deliberate sleight of hand” by the company. McDonald's says this “distorts the facts.” McDonald's is responding to claims that its popular McRib sandwich isn't actually made with real pork rib meat.
McDonald's suing Tyson, other beef producers over alleged price fixing
Has anyone sued McDonald's and won?
Yes, people have successfully sued McDonald's and won, most famously Stella Liebeck (hot coffee) and a mother whose daughter was burned by a hot chicken nugget, with juries finding liability for negligence and failure to warn about dangerously hot food temperatures, leading to significant settlements or damages. These cases highlight instances where McDonald's was held responsible for customer injuries, though media often misrepresents them as frivolous.
More than 40 Black former McDonald's franchise owners are collectively suing the fast-food giant because it scaled back its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and allegedly turned its back on them.
The influence of coffee on digestive processes has been known for a long time, and drinking coffee after a meal has become a habit for most of us. Indeed, coffee is considered to favor digestion by acting on the acid production of the stomach, on bile and pancreatic secretion, and on colon motility.
What happened to the person who sued McDonald's for hot coffee?
A jury found McDonald's liable for injuries suffered by a customer who spilled hot coffee on herself, and awarded her in excess of $2.8 million ($5.9 million in 2024). Stella Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants, P.T.S., Inc. and McDonald's International, Inc.
People are boycotting McDonald's for various reasons, primarily driven by The People's Union USA in June 2025, citing issues like rising prices (price gouging), unfair tax practices, suppression of worker rights, and rolling back Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts, alongside older boycotts related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and some consumer dissatisfaction with food quality/value (shrinkflation).
Yes. When our suppliers partially fry our cut potatoes, they use an oil blend that contains beef flavoring. This ensures the great-tasting and recognizable flavor we all love from our World Famous Fries®. The Fries are cooked in our kitchens, seasoned with salt, and served hot to you.
WICHITA FALLS, Texas — X Corp., Twitter's successor, has expanded its lawsuit against several major companies, including Arkansas-based Tyson Foods, accusing them of participating in a large-scale advertising boycott following Elon Musk's purchase of the social media platform.
With a new idea in place, McDonald's enlisted Tyson Foods to supply chicken for the McDonald's chicken nuggets, and Tyson more than obliged; they actually made a custom breed of larger-breasted chicken known as the “Mr. McDonald.”
CDC, FDA, USDA FSIS, and public health officials in multiple states are investigating an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections. Most people in this outbreak are reporting eating the Quarter Pounder hamburger at McDonald's before becoming sick. It is not yet known which specific food ingredient is contaminated.
In the famous 1994 McDonald's coffee lawsuit, Stella Liebeck was initially awarded nearly $3 million by a jury ($2.7M punitive + $160k compensatory), but a judge reduced the punitive damages to $480,000, and the parties later settled for a confidential amount, reported to be less than $500,000, according to the American Museum of Tort Law and Retro Report. The public often misunderstands the large initial verdict, which was meant to punish McDonald's for serving coffee at dangerously high temperatures that caused severe third-degree burns.
The first lawsuit against McDonald's over the outbreak has been filed by a man who fell ill two days after eating at a restaurant in Greeley, Colorado.
Critics claimed that a clown mascot targeting children for fast food is unethical. A group of 550 physicians and other health professionals took out newspaper ads in 2011, saying that Ronald McDonald should be retired. Ronald McDonald has made fewer appearances since 2016 due to the 2016 clown sightings.
People are boycotting McDonald's for various reasons, primarily driven by The People's Union USA in June 2025, citing issues like rising prices (price gouging), unfair tax practices, suppression of worker rights, and rolling back Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts, alongside older boycotts related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and some consumer dissatisfaction with food quality/value (shrinkflation).
Reassessments of Macdondald's role in Canadian history, particularly his assimilationist policies toward Indigenous Canadians and racist views of Asian immigrants, led to statues of Macdonald being removed and sometimes vandalized in other cities in the first decades of the 21st century.
