South Carolina mom calls DoorDash 5 times after daughter’s Chick-fil-A arrives. Then she checks the Sprite and police allegedly find meth inside.
The food bag was open and her sandwich was missing, but the sticker on the Sprite cup appeared to still be intact.
A South Carolina woman says her daughter’s DoorDash order already looked wrong when it arrived. The Chick-fil-A bag was open and her sandwich was missing, so 19-year-old Lily started contacting DoorDash about the missing food.
Then she tried her Sprite. Her mother, Traci Hunter, said the drink tasted wrong, prompting Lily to remove the lid and find what Hunter described as a large amount of white substance inside the cup. A video attached to Hunter’s Facebook post shows a white, powdery-looking substance clumped along the sides.
Hunter said she immediately called police. In her Sept. 23 post, she claimed officers tested the substance twice, and both tests came back positive for methamphetamine. The family took Lily to the hospital, where Hunter said she was OK but shaken.
The Mary Sue has not independently confirmed the reported test results or determined what the substance was. Hunter initially wrote that the Dasher would face two felony charges, but later clarified that no charges had been filed.
The drink appeared sealed when it arrived
A screenshot shows Lily ordered a Chick-fil-A sandwich meal with fries and a medium Sprite with light ice from the Cherrydale location. DoorDash marked the delivery complete at 4:49 p.m. on Sept. 21, and Hunter said the family had ordered there many times before.
This time, the food bag was allegedly open and the sandwich was missing. The drink was harder to explain because Hunter said its sticker did not appear broken, although she thought part of the lid may have been lifted from one side.
Hunter shared DoorDash’s delivery photo and said the family planned to ask neighbors for doorbell footage. She also wrote that investigators were seeking video from Chick-fil-A to establish what condition the order was in before it left.
Hunter stressed that she was not blaming Chick-fil-A. DoorDash’s food safety requirements prohibit drivers from opening food containers or tampering with orders, and tell Dashers not to open sealed bags to check for missing items.
Hunter said she called DoorDash five times without hearing back. One screenshot shows a support message asking whether her concern had been resolved without specifying whether it involved the missing sandwich, the drink, or both. It also gave no indication that the alleged substance in the cup had been addressed directly.
Other DoorDash customers have previously raised similar concerns, including missing seals on delivered drinks and suspected order tampering. Those incidents are separate from Lily’s case.
Police involvement does not answer every question yet
Hunter shared what appears to be a Greenville County Sheriff’s Office victim assistance form dated Sept. 21. It includes a case number and lists the incident as “Admin. Poison,” but does not include laboratory findings or explain what kind of testing officers allegedly performed.
A positive test does not necessarily settle what the substance was. The National Institute of Standards and Technology notes that presumptive tests can suggest a substance is present, but they are not the same as laboratory confirmation and can return false positives.
Hunter has not said whether officers used a presumptive field test or another method. Without additional records or laboratory results, The Mary Sue cannot independently verify that the substance shown in the cup was methamphetamine.
The investigation also appears to be moving more slowly than the family expected. Hunter said a detective told them to expect “a very long process with no promise of results,” and Lily was deciding whether she wanted to continue pursuing the case.
Hunter wrote that her daughter feels “unseen and unheard” as the family waits for answers. She said the post was meant to warn other customers to be careful with their deliveries while the investigation remained unresolved.
The Mary Sue reached out to DoorDash, Hunter, the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office, and Chick-fil-A for comment. None had responded by publication, and this article will be updated if we hear back.
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