Ice cream firm agrees fat pay-out

[emad]

The UK's BBC reports that a US ice cream firm has settled a lawsuit brought about by weight-watching customers by giving them extra ice cream:

"Florida-based DeConna had been hit by a class-action court case, after complaints that its famous Big Daddy brand was not as low-fat as its advertising had claimed.Although marketed towards the health-conscious consumer, Big Daddy has three times as many calories as some labelling claimed, the plaintiffs argued. But in a $1m settlement of the two-year-old case, the firm has offered angry customers two scoops of ice-cream for every one they purchased. Anyone who bought Big Daddy ice cream between 1995 and 2001 can take part in the hand-out, even if they did not have the foresight to save their receipts for the past eight years."

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more:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3150556.stm

[Mal]

1. I bought at least 3 icecreams from them every day

and I've never even heard of Big Daddy. Honest! So that's another 6 ice-creams every day for the next 8 years?

[DulceDecorum]

2. Ooh

you're gonna be one REALLY BIG Daddy (or Mommy) if you try that.
How long is your longest belt?

[damnraddem]

3. Ooh, that will certainly help them lose weight.

'We have more calories than you thought, making you bust your diet -- so, here, eat twice as much for free.'

Maybe McDonalds missed a bet when they were sued for the hot coffee spill -- they should have agreed to provide the plaintiff with more coffee that was twice as hot.