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Western Canadian locations like this Earls on Main Street in downtown Winnipeg, are already serving Canadian beef again through an Ontario-based supplier.

Earls mends fences after beef controversy

Restaurant chain will have all-Canadian beef this summer, after its U.S.-sourcing misstep

By Ron Friesen February 17, 2017

Phil Gallagher began his talk with an apology. Then he kept apologizing all the way through. “I’m a proud Canadian, just like all of you, and I learned a really hard lesson last year,” he said in concluding his address to the recent Manitoba Beef Producers annual meeting. “I hope to never make the same

Earls president Mo Jessa (r) and Stan Carscallen of White Moose Ranch meet at Priddis, Alta. (Earls.ca)

Beef cattle, Livestock

Earls locks in Canadian beef supplies

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 22, 2016

Vancouver-based dining chain Earls has enlisted a handful of Canadian ranchers and processors to supply beef to about half its stores while matching its criteria for animal care and “ethical farming practices.” The move comes about six weeks after Earls retreated from a plan to source its beef from Creekstone Farms, choosing the Kansas company

Vancouver-based Earls has backed away from its decision to seek Certified Humane Beef exclusively from a Kansas-based supplier.

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Earls’ reversal wins battle, not war

By Alexis Kienlen, Gord Gilmour May 16, 2016

One of Canada’s highest-profile food and agriculture commentators says the beef industry shouldn’t be celebrating victory over getting Earls to roll back its humane beef certification decision. Sylvain Charlebois, a professor of marketing studies at the University of Guelph who frequently writes about food consumers and how they interact with the agriculture and food industry,

Earls president Mo Jessa took to YouTube on Wednesday to announce the company will work with Alberta ranchers to source beef meeting its criteria. (Earls.ca)

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Earls retreats from U.S. beef sourcing

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 4, 2016

Canadian upscale-casual dining chain Earls Restaurants has pulled back from its recent public commitment to the “Certified Humane Beef” brand. Mo Jessa, president of Vancouver-based Earls, said Wednesday the company will instead begin to “work with local ranchers to build our supply of Alberta beef that meets our criteria” for animal care and treatment. The

Livestock, News

Humane beef move pushes Canadian beef off Earls menu

Beef groups say the move ignores the fact that the industry-wide  standards in Canada are already equivalent

By Gord Gilmour May 2, 2016

A move by the Earls restaurant chain to source “Certified Humane” beef from a Kansas supplier has kicked off a furor across the country. The move amounts to nothing but a marketing strategy and ignores that industry-led standards in Canada are equivalent or better, according to Brian Lemon, Manitoba Beef Producers’ recently appointed general manager.

U.S. animal handling expert Dr. Temple Grandin speaks with Earls meat buyer Dave Bursey at the company’s Vancouver Test Kitchen. (Earls.ca)

Beef cattle, Livestock

Earls ups ante on beef sourcing

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 26, 2016

Vancouver-based Earls Restaurants, owner of the upscale-casual dining chain Earls Kitchen + Bar, has gone all in on Certified Humane Beef — but has also gone outside Canada to get it. The company, which operates 59 Earls restaurants in Canada and seven in the U.S., on Tuesday billed itself as the first North American chain

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