Mum's fury after McDonald's 'refuse' to sell her burger bun for autistic son
28.08.2022 - 17:37
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A furious mum has slammed "uncaring" McDonald's staff after claiming they refused to sell her a 40p bun for her autistic son. Sara Clark was forced to pay full price for the burger instead - even though her son Corey only wanted the bread, Birmingham Live reports.
The eight-year-old has a severe eating disorder as well as autism and ADHD. Because of this, the youngster is "afraid of food" and would starve himself rather than eat food he did not want, his mum says.
The bread from the fast food chain one of just a few things that Corey will eat, with Sara usually able to buy the bun separately for the 40p price of a sauce pot. However, on their latest trip, she had no choice but to buy the youngster two burgers - with the rest of the ingredients ending up in the bin.
McDonald's has since apologised to the mum-of-two, but said that requests for the sale of individual items are at the 'discretion of the restaurant'.
“Corey loves the bread at McDonald's, he’s eaten there for years,” she said. “We previously went into a branch in Walsall a few weeks ago and asked for just a plain burger bun. The manager said it wasn’t a problem and put them through the till as a sauce pot for 40p which I thought was a great price and very accommodating of them.
“But the last couple of times I’ve been they told me they would only put them through as a complete burger and we had to pay full price. I told the manager Corey didn't want the cheese, the meat, sauce or anything - he just wanted the bread.
“She told me it didn’t matter and they wouldn’t discount the price. Corey was asking me for three burger buns but I couldn’t afford three - you don’t expect to pay three or four quid for just bread.”
Sara said she explained the specifics of her son’s