Story highlights Florida police officer says Arby's employee denied her service

Arby's manager was fired after the incident, WSVN reports

McDonald's and Whole Foods sent free food to the police station

(CNN) What if you offered police officers a free meal and nobody came?

Arby's restaurants offered free meals to police officers in two Florida counties on Friday, after a police officer visiting the Pembroke Pines, Florida, restaurant was refused service on Tuesday, CNN affiliate WSVN reported

Station reporters spotted just one officer taking advantage of the offer.

Arby's fired the manager and suspended another employee at that location, and corporate executives met with the presidents of both Miami-Dade and Broward County Police Benevolent Associations to discuss the issue.

"We believe this was based on a misunderstanding and ill-considered joke gone awry," the company said in a statement.

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