Grocery store receives backlash over Hurricane Dorian-themed cakes

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Monday, September 2, 2019
Store gets backlash over Hurricane Dorian-themed cakes
A shopper posted a photo of a cake from the Publix grocery store near Jacksonville. In the photo, the cake's red icing is in the shape of a hurricane, along with the forecast cone.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- On Twitter, some are calling out a grocery store for cake decorated like Hurricane Dorian.

A shopper posted a photo of a cake from the Publix grocery store near Jacksonville. In the photo, the cake's red icing is in the shape of a hurricane, along with the forecast cone.

The store says it never meant to offend anyone and has since apologized.

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