Greggs
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Told me to breastfeed my child in the public toilets or in the cold!
I was in Greggs today at Westwood Cross with my partner and my baby. Their back seating area was closed but the front few tables were open. My partner sat down in the open front section of the cafe. I then purchased our food and was told by a young man ‘our seating area is closed so this will be a takeaway’ I said ‘I’m going to sit on this table at the front and breastfeed my son, is that okay?’ The man behind the counter was a trainee and he went to ask someone else. He then came another staff member came out from out the back and said ‘I’m really sorry, breastfeeding isn’t allowed in here, you’ll have to use the public toilets or the benches outside’. As it was busy and there was a queue I just left it and sat down. I asked another member of staff a little later after I’d finished my food whether I could breastfeed my son and she said ‘sorry, breastfeed isn’t allowed in here, you’ll have to use public toilets or outside seating area’. I said I was not feeding my son in the toilet and asked who made that rule. She said ‘it’s just policy and there’s nothing I can do’. I then had to walk my son to another restaurant in Westwood cross to feed him. It’s shocked me that in this day and age women are being refused the ability to breastfeed their children!!