[Q]Burger King To Allow Breast-Feeding
Fast-Food Chain Announces New Policy Friday
POSTED: 11:32 p.m. EST November 21, 2003
UPDATED: 11:40 p.m. EST November 21, 2003
SALT LAKE CITY -- From now on, mothers who wish to breast-feed their babies are welcome to do so in Burger King restaurants.
The fast-food chain announced its new policy Friday, one day before a planned "nurse-in."
Members of an international group that promotes breast-feeding had planned the protest after a mother in suburban Salt Lake City was asked to feed her baby in a bathroom or leave the restaurant. A customer had complained to Burger King employees.
Under the new policy, employees are told if a customer complains about a mother who's breast-feeding, they are to explain that breast-feeding is permitted in the restaurant and suggest that the complaining customer move.
Burger King said its new policy had been in the works and wasn't timed to defuse the threatened protest.
Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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I had no clue that they could make such a policy!!!!! Welcome to the 20th century Burger King!
Fast-Food Chain Announces New Policy Friday
POSTED: 11:32 p.m. EST November 21, 2003
UPDATED: 11:40 p.m. EST November 21, 2003
SALT LAKE CITY -- From now on, mothers who wish to breast-feed their babies are welcome to do so in Burger King restaurants.
The fast-food chain announced its new policy Friday, one day before a planned "nurse-in."
Members of an international group that promotes breast-feeding had planned the protest after a mother in suburban Salt Lake City was asked to feed her baby in a bathroom or leave the restaurant. A customer had complained to Burger King employees.
Under the new policy, employees are told if a customer complains about a mother who's breast-feeding, they are to explain that breast-feeding is permitted in the restaurant and suggest that the complaining customer move.
Burger King said its new policy had been in the works and wasn't timed to defuse the threatened protest.
Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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I had no clue that they could make such a policy!!!!! Welcome to the 20th century Burger King!