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Woman Suing KFC for $20 Million Over Overflowing Buckets of Chicken in Its Ads

Anna Wurtzburger, 64, purchased a bucket of chicken as part of a Family Fill Up deal and found that the goods didn’t live up to the expectations put forth in the brand's ads.
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This summer, a New York woman picked up a $20 bucket of KFC and brought it home only to find that it wasn't overflowing with chicken goodness like in KFC's commercials. A travesty.

Now, the woman, left feeling salty because she didn't get a veritable mountain of extra crispy, is suing KFC for false advertising and is seeking a cool $20 million in damages to make things right.

Anna Wurtzburger, 64, told the New York Post that she purchased a bucket of chicken—part of a Family Fill Up deal, according to TMZ—and was surprised that the goods didn't live up to the expectations put forth by the brand's advertising imagery.

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"I came home and said, 'Where's the chicken?' Wurtzburger told the Post. She was expecting to be able to get a few meals out of it, but the small pieces, she says, wouldn't feed a whole family, which she claims is false advertising.

Wurtzburger told the Post that she called KFC headquarters to complain and was told that the chicken is shown overflowing from the buckets in advertisements so that the product is visible. The company sent her two gift certificates, which she returned.

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According to the Post, Wurtzburger then hired a lawyer to file her suit. In addition to the $20 million, she's also suing for the ads to be changed. She has a helpful and probably not particularly earnest suggestion for the new ad.

"You remember the movie Oliver?" she said. "It was about the little boy growing up in the orphanages and he was hungry and he goes to the man, 'Can I have some more?'"

KFC described the suit as meritless in a statement, but has not yet responded to MUNCHIES' request for further comment.

Even if Wurtzburger doesn't win her suit, now that a recipe rumored to be KFC's secret formula is out in the wild, she can always try cooking up a batch at home.