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Fast-food chain apologizes to nursing mom.

Women's Health Weekly

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2003 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Burger King has served up a plain apology to a woman who said she was ordered by a franchise employee to stop breast-feeding her baby in the fast-food restaurant's dining room or leave.

Kate Geary said she was made to "feel like a criminal" for breast-feeding her baby girl at an Orem, Utah, Burger King, and asked the burger chain for an apology.

Miami, Florida-based Burger King Corp. issued a generic apology in a prepared release the following day: "Burger King Corporation and our franchisee apologize for any inconvenience any of our guests experienced at our restaurant on November 10, 2003," the release said.

The company ...

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