A New York mother, Tiffany Floyd, has come forward with a shocking claim involving Burger King. According to Floyd, she discovered that a kids’ meal she ordered for her daughter was splattered with blood.
Floyd shared her harrowing experience on Facebook, posting an image of the bloodied meal. “Burger King, count your freaking days,” she wrote, describing the incident.
“I’m out doing running around with the kids and Tay wanted a happy meal so I stop and I usually take her food out for her but today I just gave her the bag. Then I hear ‘Mommy, there’s ketchup and I didn’t want ketchup,’ so I take it back to see if they messed up our order and it’s BLOOD!!!” an outraged Floyd wrote.
“There’s blood all over her food and inside the bag. I called Burger King because I knew if I went back there I’d end up in jail and the manager calmly goes, ‘Yeah, our one guy cut his hand. If you come back, I’ll refund you the money.’ WHAT!!! So now I’m waiting for Tay’s doctor to call me back to see if I have to take her to the hospital to get blood work. I AM LIVID!!!!” she added.
In a conversation with the New York Post, Floyd detailed the incident further. On Friday, July 26, around noon, she had taken her 4-year-old daughter to the Burger King drive-through in Getzville, New York.
“All I heard was, ‘Mom, I don’t want ketchup,’ so I grabbed her bag, thinking that they messed up our order again, and I looked and there was just blood all over her hamburger, all over the wrapper. I looked inside the bag, there’s blood on her toys, everything,” said Floyd, who lives in Sanborn, told the New York Post.
She immediately told her daughter to spit out the food. “She did have fries and a bit of her hamburger. And then I looked at my meal, and there was blood on mine too,” Floyd added.
Upon calling the restaurant, the manager, identified as Dan, informed her that a cook had cut his hand and was bleeding. “He was so sorry, and if I came back, he would refund me,” Floyd said.
Floyd’s daughter’s pediatrician advised waiting 30 days to get blood tests done and then periodic checks for a year to ensure no diseases were contracted. “If they just make him go and get tested, my daughter would not have to get pricked,” Floyd lamented.
She contacted the local health inspector at the Niagara County Department of Health, who confirmed the manager’s account but claimed, “They didn’t think they were bleeding that bad.” Floyd also posted about the incident on TikTok.
Following the incident, Burger King released a statement expressing their concern. “We were deeply upset and concerned to learn of this incident. We have been in contact with the Guest and are working with her to resolve this incident. This incident was the result of a team member in the restaurant who injured his finger, and upon noticing immediately stepped away. We closed the restaurant to retrain all the team members and hired an external company to complete a deep cleaning. We expect the restaurant to re-open Monday and are fully paying team members for any lost shifts during this temporary shutdown.”
Floyd stated that Burger King offered to cover medical expenses, but she emphasized that the psychological impact on her daughter and herself was significant, and she is seeking more substantial support from the company.