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Investor group launches campaign to curb antibiotic use in food

By GFM Network News, Lisa Baertlein, Martinne Geller April 11, 2016

Reuters — Fifty-four large investors managing one trillion pounds (C$1.84 trillion) in assets have launched a campaign to curb the use of antibiotics in the meat and poultry used by 10 large U.S. and British restaurant groups. McDonalds and JD Wetherspoon were among those to receive a March 15 letter from institutions including Aviva Investors

Beef cattle, Livestock

McDonald’s sales beat as all-day breakfast a hit

By GFM Network News January 25, 2016

Reuters — McDonald’s Corp. reported better-than-expected quarterly same-restaurant sales as the launch of all-day breakfasts proved to be a hit with diners in the U.S. and demand continued to recover in China. The world’s biggest restaurant chain’s shares jumped 3.4 per cent in premarket trading on Monday. McDonald’s introduced all-day breakfasts in October in the

Yum Brands’ Taco Bell chain plans for its U.S. restaurants, such as this site at Mesquite in the Dallas area, to use only “cage-free” eggs by the end of 2016. (HighStreet Net Lease Group via Marketwired)

Livestock

Taco Bell to switch to cage-free eggs after 2016, ahead of rivals

By GFM Network News, Lisa Baertlein November 16, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters — Taco Bell said on Monday its more than 6,000 U.S. fast-food restaurants would stop using eggs laid by caged hens by Jan. 1, 2017, years ahead of the deadlines set by its bigger rivals. The announcement came amid mounting pressure on Taco Bell to remove artificial ingredients, to source products

McDonald’s in 2015 launched a billboard campaign in Canada profiling products made using Canadian meat and potatoes. (Dave Bedard photo)

Livestock

McDonald’s Canada to tighten antibiotic policy for chicken

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 27, 2015

Following its U.S. arm’s move this spring, McDonald’s now plans to source only chicken raised without medically important antibiotics for its restaurants in Canada by the end of 2018. And Canada’s chicken producer group says the Canadian chain’s move dovetails with a direction the Canadian industry was headed already. “McDonald’s believes antibiotics have important benefits,

Livestock, Markets

McDonald’s stock hits record high as turnaround takes hold

By GFM Network News, Lisa Baertlein, Yashaswini Swamynathan October 22, 2015

Reuters — McDonald’s Corp. shares hit an all-time high on Thursday after CEO Steve Easterbrook said a rebound in quarterly restaurant sales showed his turnaround plan is starting to work. Global sales at established restaurants were up a much better-than-expected four per cent in the third quarter, ending six straight quarters of flat or falling

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Subway shifting all U.S. meat supplies to no antibiotics, ever

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter October 20, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Sandwich chain Subway will start serving antibiotic-free chicken and turkey at its U.S. restaurants next year, and within the next nine years will stop selling any meat from animals given antibiotics, the company said Tuesday. Rivals such as Chipotle Mexican Grill and McDonald’s have announced similar supply-chain shifts, adding pressure on

Steve Easterbrook (centre), the head of the global fast-food giant, visiting Graeme Finn’s ranch near Crossfield in June.

Livestock, News

Mission accomplished: McDonald’s sustainable beef on track for 2016

The fast-food giant expects to have 300 beef operations verified  by spring — and then it will hand off the initiative to the beef sector

By Alexis Kienlen October 15, 2015

McDonald’s Canada will reach its goal of selling “verified sustainable” beef next year, says the company’s senior manager of sustainability. “We’re right on track as far as we know — it’s hard to know how many producers we’ll be able to get interested and get through, but we’ve got some pretty good numbers now,” said

A McDonald’s restaurant in Toronto. (McDonalds.ca)

Beef cattle, Livestock

Consumers want sustainable beef, but defining that may be murky

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus October 13, 2015

CNS Canada –– McDonald’s plans on using sustainable beef by 2016, and intends on sourcing at least part of it from Canadian producers. The fast food giant’s latest step toward sustainability is to define what exactly that means. Defining sustainability is important, according to a beef brand officer, because in some cases it’s something consumers

Jeffrey Fitzpatrick-Stilwell of McDonald’s Canada speaks at the University of Manitoba during a seminar hosted by the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment.

Livestock

No need to compete on sustainability

Consumers have access to a lot of information, but that information isn’t always helpful

By Shannon VanRaes October 13, 2015

When it comes to sustainability, competition isn’t the name of the game. Speaking at the University of Manitoba during a seminar hosted by the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment, Jeffrey Fitzpatrick-Stilwell of McDonald’s Canada said that efforts to make food production more sustainable need to be “pre-competitive.” “We work very collaboratively, not only

McDonald’s has been highlighting the contributions of Canadian farmers with a new ad campaign in recent weeks.

Livestock, Local news

McDonald’s to discuss sustainability

Farmers and foodies will have a chance to hear McDonald’s Canada’s approach to sustainability at a seminar Sept. 28

By Shannon VanRaes September 25, 2015

Do you want sustainability with that? Next week the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment is kicking off its annual seminar series at the University of Manitoba with Jeffrey Fitzpatrick-Stilwell, senior manager of sustainability for McDonald’s Canada. “This worked out perfectly, because we do like to bring in people from outside the faculty, people

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Investor group launches campaign to curb antibiotic use in food

McDonald’s sales beat as all-day breakfast a hit

Taco Bell to switch to cage-free eggs after 2016, ahead of rivals

McDonald’s Canada to tighten antibiotic policy for chicken

McDonald’s stock hits record high as turnaround takes hold

Subway shifting all U.S. meat supplies to no antibiotics, ever

Mission accomplished: McDonald’s sustainable beef on track for 2016

Consumers want sustainable beef, but defining that may be murky

McDonald’s to discuss sustainability

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