Do the math: One ton = 8,000 1/4 pounders. 1 lb. of becan is usually about 16 strips. They usually put two strips onto a 1/4 pound burger so...
2 strips * 8,000 smaller burgers = 16,000 strips which, when divided by 16, is 1,000 pounds. So, yeah, they shorted the becan BIG TIME!
(Or there's my dog-thief theory I posted above.

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