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On Thursday, Panera became the latest fast-food chain to announce its plan to use only cage-free eggs. The commitment, which the company will carry out by 2020, is quickly becoming an industry-wide standard: McDonald's, Burger King, Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks and many others have made similar announcements.
But cage-free eggs, which come from hens that are free to move and lay eggs in nests, are hardly the only promise fast food companies are making these days. Raising chickens without antibiotics, which Panera made a priority more than 10 years ago, is something many others are now offering or working toward achieving. Efforts to end the confinement of pigs and cattle are becoming more popular, too.
The reality is that animal welfare, broadly speaking, has become something that people care about, and companies have moved to honor. It's something you have to do, or at least have to seem to want to do, if you want to woo customers.
That is, unless you are Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, or KFC.
"When you look at the major fast food brands, Taco Bell really stands out," said Leah Garces, who is the U.S. director of Compassion in World Farming, an animal rights group. "They're the only big player in the United States that doesn't have plans to change how it sources its food."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/06/the-only-major-fast-food-company-that-isnt-fixing-how-it-gets-its-food/?tid=pm_business_pop_b
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)At least if I recall correctly, that's the stock market symbol of the parent company that owns them all. Been a few years since I was watching the market that closely. I wonder what big players (hedge funds?) own most of the stock.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Last edited Sun Nov 8, 2015, 10:44 PM - Edit history (1)
The biggest institutional holder that I know of is Corvex, and I only know about them because they recently staged a shareholder revolt to get one of their managers on YUM's board after it missed two earnings predictions in a row.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Once my stepdad couldn't get a taco because their "meat gun" was broken.
Monk06
(7,675 posts)Plus meat gun is a bit too porno for me LOL
Lancero
(3,015 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,737 posts)K&R!
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Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)I had to eat McDonalds the other day on a road trip. Damn that food is gross. I only eat it once or twice a year.