Buffalo Wild Wings: Difference between revisions
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===Printing Racial Slurs on Receipts (2025)=== | ===Printing Racial Slurs on Receipts (2025)=== | ||
https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/11/25/black-couple-sues-buffalo-wild-wings-for-5-million-after-ordering-takeout-then-finding-racial-slur-on-their-receipt/ | In November 2024, a family couple, including a black disable veteran, went to Buffalo Wild Wings location to have dinner in Woodbridge, Virginia. After ordering and going home, it was when the couple notice their receipt contained the word "n@gs" on both their receipt and box. Upon realizing this, the wife went on Yelp to leave a 1-star review on the establishment, citing;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Redding |first=Rob |date=28 November 2025 |title=Black Veteran Files $5 Million Lawsuit After Racist Slur Printed on Buffalo Wild Wings Receipt |url=https://www.reddingnewsreview.com/black-veteran-files-5-million-lawsuit-after-racist-slur-printed-on-buffalo-wild-wings-receipt |url-status=live |access-date=17 March 2026 |website=Reddingnewsreview}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McNair |first=Sharelle |date=5 January 2026 |title=Wings With A Side Of Hate: Black Couple Describes Trauma After Racist Slur Found On Buffalo Wild Wings Receipt |url=https://www.blackenterprise.com/couple-sues-buffalo-wild-wings-over-documented-racial-slur/ |url-status=live |access-date=17 March 2026 |website=Black Enterprise}}</ref><blockquote>"It’s 2024 and a manager at Buffalo Wild Wings store #280 Woodbridge VA did not ask for a name for take out order but has the audacity [to] put ‘@n*gs’ for our names"<ref>{{Cite web |last=F |first=Yasmeen |date=25 November 2025 |title=‘The Audacity’: Black Couple Sues Buffalo Wild Wings for $5 Million After Ordering Takeout, Then Finding Racial Slur on Their Receipt |url=https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/11/25/black-couple-sues-buffalo-wild-wings-for-5-million-after-ordering-takeout-then-finding-racial-slur-on-their-receipt/ |url-status=live |access-date=17 March 2026 |website=Atlanta Black Star}}</ref> </blockquote>In addition, she also went on to post a video on [[TikTok|Tiktok]] describing her experience. Shortly after gaining media attention, the company fired the employees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rohrlich |first=Justin |date=21 November 2025 |title=Black disabled veteran says Buffalo Wild Wings receipt contained vile racist slur |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/veteran-buffalo-wild-wings-racist-receipt-b2870608.html |url-status=live |access-date=17 March 2026 |website=Independent}}</ref> | ||
The family couple later went on to file a complaint, which then turn into a $5 million class action lawsuit against the company, citing it "reopened wounds" due to the customer history to being "subjected to racial animus and harassment in the past". | |||
===Gender Checking Customers (2025)=== | ===Gender Checking Customers (2025)=== | ||