GREAT BEND, KAN. – The Wendy’s Co. Progressive Beef, a cattle management and sustainability program for feedlot operators, recently announced its 2020 progress.
The quick-service restaurant chain said 40% of its fresh, never frozen beef supply was sourced from the Progressive Beef program at the end of 2020, which was a 15% increase during the year Wendy%E2%80%99s plans to have more than 50% of its beef supply come from the program in 2021
The Wendy’s Co. chief communications officer Liliana Esposito said, “Despite a difficult year for the beef and restaurant industries, we remained on track with our commitment to the Progressive Beef program. One of Wendy’s top priorities is enhancing the traceability and sustainability of our supply chain. Reaching further back in our supply chain for beef is the first step in establishing visibility into the animals we source for our food and confirming how they were raised and treated. ”.
Esposito continued by saying that Wendy’s will be able to track and enhance sustainability indicators like medical treatment, antibiotic use, water use, and land use with the help of transparency and record keeping.
The Progressive Beef system offers independent confirmation that cattle raised in feedlots in accordance with stringent sustainability and animal welfare standards. The program’s three main pillars—animal welfare, food safety, and sustainability—are its foundation for improvement.
Progressive Beef CEO John Butler said, “Wendy’s is a longtime leader in the restaurant industry, and we were thrilled to have them as our first restaurant chain partner.” “Today’s consumers demand information about the origins of their food and the ethical and sustainable farming practices used to raise the cattle. We are pleased to present Wendy’s with a program we believe to be the industry gold standard and the direction of the future in order to help the company achieve its goal of having a more transparent and traceable fresh beef supply chain. ”.
In this article from MEAT POULTRY from 2018, you can learn more details about the Progressive Beef program.
Wendy’s is proud to serve fresh, never-frozen, North American beef in restaurants in the contiguous U.S., Alaska and Canada
We have partnered with pioneers and industry leaders for a long time to advance ethical sourcing methods for sustainability, traceability, and animal care. The Wendy’s Animal Care Standards Program will now help us improve our supply chain’s visibility and provide a formalized method for doing so. Progressive Beef.
The Progressive BeefTM program, an innovative animal care and sustainability program based on industry-leading best practices and third-party verification, is one that Wendy’s is proud to have partnered with as the first restaurant chain. We are also happy to see that the program is continuing to be adopted by our beef supply.
Key program areas include:
- Providing a secure, compassionate environment for cattle through staff education on management techniques and practical veterinary care
- Using antibiotics responsibly while under a veterinarian’s supervision and keeping meticulous records, strictly adhering to withdrawal times, utilizing HACCP principles, and making sure the animals are kept in a clean and safe environment are all important aspects of food safety.
- Environmental sustainability: Carefully using natural resources while putting money into staff training and certification and into the local communities and those who look after the cattle.
We recently mapped out key milestones as part of our 2030 goal to eliminate the routine use of medically important antibiotics. Wendy’s set a long-term goal to phase out the routine use of medically important antibiotics within our protein supply chain in 2016.
Key progress to date within our beef supply chain includes:
- Wendy’s has been collaborating with a group of beef producers on this issue since 2017 as part of our commitment to monitor the use of antibiotics in our beef supply chain and to meaningfully reduce it over time.
- Since 2020, nearly a third of Wendy%E2%80%99s beef supply came from producers who made a science-based commitment to at least a 20% reduction in the use of the most common medically important antibiotic used in fed cattle
Wendy’s partners with the U. S. in advancing sustainability initiatives across the U.S. and Canadian Roundtables for Sustainable Beef. S. beef value chain. Wendy’s has ensured that it will participate actively in discussions about the environmental, social, and economic sustainability of the U.S. by joining the Roundtable. S. beef industry.
By becoming a member of the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef in 2020, Wendy’s increased its dedication to sustainable beef production.
About the initiatives:
- The U. S. A multi-stakeholder initiative called the Roundtable for Sustainable Beef was created to advance, support, and communicate ongoing improvements in the sustainability of the U S. beef value chain. The U. S. This is accomplished by Roundtable for Sustainable Beef through collaboration, multi-stakeholder engagement, and leadership.
- The goal of the collaborative, multi-stakeholder Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef is to advance sustainability in the country’s beef industry. This is accomplished through sustainability benchmarking, a sustainability strategy, a program for operation-level certification that is voluntary, projects that showcase, test, and support continuous improvement in Canadian beef production, and sustainability-related research.
Beef Quality Assurance
In 2018, Wendy%E2%80%99s hit a milestone a year early by fulfilling its commitment to source 100% of its beef from Beef Quality Assurance certified sources
The beef industry is dedicated to providing families with the safest, highest-quality beef possible and to caring for their animals. In order to ensure that their animals and the environment are cared for in accordance with a uniform set of guidelines and regulations across the U.S., farmers and ranchers are trained in best practice cattle management techniques through the Beef Quality Assurance program. S. beef industry.
About the program:
- Principles of beef quality assurance are based on good management practices, which are standard operating procedures created to satisfy the requirements of the American food production systems.
- Cattle producers, farm advisors, and veterinarians are the primary audiences for Beef Quality Assurance programming, which aims to inform and prepare them on the subject of cattle food safety and quality. Additionally, it offers resources for confirming and recording animal husbandry procedures.
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FAQ
What type of beef does Wendys use?
In its eateries throughout the contiguous United States, Wendy’s is proud to serve fresh, never-frozen, North American beef. S. , Alaska and Canada.
Is Wendy’s beef better than McDonald’s?
The burger is, quite simply, that good. Here, I’m concentrating on the patties, and Wendy’s fresh-beef patty is the best. However, Wendy’s is even juicier and hotter than McDonald’s, which has improved upon its previous attempts.
Is Wendy’s meat ethically sourced?
Our standards for quality, food safety, and animal welfare are met or exceeded by the suppliers from whom we purchase our beef, pork, chicken, eggs, and dairy products.
What percentage of beef is in Wendy’s burgers?
Wendy’s uses some of the best beef in the industry. First their hamburger meat is never frozen, it is always fresh and it is 100% beef Some individuals who are accustomed to the flavor of frozen beef might not enjoy Wendy’s. Some people don’t like fresh beef because it tastes different from frozen beef, which surprised me.