Walmart calls refusal to make Blue Lives Matter cake a 'misstep' after racism claims
By
Madalyn Mendoza
Updated 2:26 pm, Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Walmart is apologizing after claims by a Georgia customer surfaced last week saying the store's management team refused to make a "Blue Lives Matter" cake multiple times.
Facebook user Taylor Wilkes asked friends to
"#BoycottWalmart" after a friend went to a Walmart in McDonough, Ga. to buy a cake for her father's retirement from the local police department.
"She asked Walmart to make a 'thin blue line' cake to commemorate his extensive and honorable service as a dedicated police officer," Wilkes said in a post that has been shared more than 5,000 times. "Walmart refused to honor her request due to it being 'racist.' Three separate people in management denied her request for this reason."
Wilke's friend is choosing to remain anonymous, but a
subsequent post updating the situation said she met with a Walmart manager who offered to make the cake, though a Koger grocery store had already made one for the family. Wilkes said Walmart apologized and donated party supplies including a gift card.
In a statement obtained by Inside Edition, Walmart said: "Our goal is to always take care of customers. But sometimes we misstep."
Still, Wilkes is refusing to give Walmart any business.
"[...] although the mistake was 'made right.' I will still not be shopping at Walmart due to the 'quality' of employees they hire," the post said.