Popeyes Announces New Quality & Sustainability Commitments

By no means Taking Shortcuts on High quality, Popeyes® Strives for Trade-Main Commitments to Actual Substances, Use of Cage-Free Eggs, and likewise shares its dedication to take away Antibiotics Necessary to Human Medication. New Marketing campaign Invitations Visitors Contained in the Popeyes® Kitchen. 

Miami, FL  (RestaurantNews.com)  For the previous 49 years, Popeyes^® top quality rooster has been appreciated by famend cooks who perceive its conventional methods of freshly breading, then hand battering, and marinating its rooster for 12 hours in daring Louisiana seasonings. Immediately, Popeyes® is proud to announce new meals high quality commitments for the subsequent 5 years as a part of the Restaurant Brands for Good sustainability plan, giving company much more causes to Love that Rooster from Popeyes®. The commitments are a part of the model’s work to serve responsibly sourced, top quality and nice tasting meals day-after-day whereas repeatedly working to cut back its environmental footprint.

Actual Substances

Popeyes® is engaged on eradicating colours, flavors and preservatives from synthetic sources from fried rooster menu gadgets within the U.S. by the top of 2022, beginning with its well-known Popeyes® Rooster Sandwich.

Antibiotics

Popeyes® is eliminating antibiotics necessary to human medication¹ from their rooster provide chain within the US and Canada by the top of 2021. This new sourcing coverage helps the model’s strategy to animal welfare which incorporates provider steering on the accountable use of antibiotics in meals animals. Popeyes might be working carefully with suppliers to implement the brand new coverage of their rooster provide chain all year long.

Cage-Free Eggs

Popeyes®  has dedicated to utilizing 100% cage-free eggs together with entire eggs, liquid eggs, egg merchandise and egg components. The model is dedicated to utilizing 100% cage-free eggs in all corporate-run and franchisee-operated eating places in North America, Western Europe & Latin America by the top of 2025. These markets characterize the overwhelming majority, almost 99%, of our world egg necessities. In different areas that at the moment characterize round 1% of our world egg quantity, we’re dedicated to utilizing 100% cage-free eggs by the top of 2030 or earlier.

Removing of EPS Foam & Transition to Sustainable Palm Oil

From a packaging perspective, this 12 months Popeyes® is eradicating all permitted EPS foam cups globally and changing them with paper cups.  The model is working in direction of implementing necessities for all permitted fiber-based packaging to return from licensed² or recycled sources globally, by the top of 2021. Lastly, Popeyes® now sources palm oil (each immediately sourced and for all branded meals merchandise with larger than 1% palm oil or palm kernel oil as an ingredient) which is RSPO Mass Steadiness licensed or coated by RSPO certification or credit for its total menu globally, per the model’s Palm Oil Sourcing Coverage. The dedication to contribute to the manufacturing of licensed sustainable palm oil is a part of Popeyes® ambition to assist deforestation-free provide chains.

“We’ve got been marinating our rooster for 12 hours in daring Louisiana seasonings since our inception in 1972, making certain high-quality meals is served to our company with each order made. Popeyes® has at all times prioritized high quality over time, velocity and effectivity. We don’t minimize corners,” mentioned Sami Siddiqui, President of Popeyes® Americas. “Dedicated to furthering our dedication to high quality, we’re thrilled to serve our company our well-known, scrumptious rooster, however now with actual, extra responsibly-sourced components, and in additional environmentally pleasant packaging.”

To have a good time these milestones, right now Popeyes^® launched Contained in the Kitchen, a brand new TV marketing campaign which highlights actual staff and offers shoppers a behind the scenes have a look at the true preparation course of that ends in the scrumptious meals everybody is aware of and loves. The brand new TV marketing campaign could be seen here.

To study extra about Popeyes sustainability efforts please go to quality.popeyes.com.

About Popeyes^®

Based in New Orleans in 1972, Popeyes® has greater than 45 years of historical past and culinary custom. Popeyes® distinguishes itself with a singular New Orleans model menu that includes spicy rooster, rooster tenders, fried shrimp, and different regional gadgets. The chain’s ardour for its Louisiana heritage and flavorful genuine meals has allowed Popeyes^® to turn into one of many world’s largest rooster fast service eating places with over 3,300 eating places within the U.S. and around the globe. To study extra in regards to the model, please go to the Popeyes^® model web site at www.popeyes.com or comply with us on Fb, Twitter and Instagram.

¹ As outlined by the World Well being Organizaton

² Licensed sources outlined as sources licensed by at the least one of many following certification our bodies: Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) or Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI).

Contact:
Lauren Bishop
Alison Brod Marketing + Communication
popeyes@alisonbrodmc.com