Source: Tom Johnston, MEATINGPLACE, 3/30/17


Qdoba Mexican Eats and Jack in the Box restaurants today announced their commitment improve the welfare of broiler chickens.
The companies said that by 2024 they would adhere to Global Animal Partnership  (GAP) standards by doing the following:

• Switching to broiler breeds approved GAP as having higher welfare outcomes;
• Reducing stocking density in barns, per GAP standards;
• Enhancing the birds’ living environments, including improved litter, lighting and enrichment, per GAP standards;
• Switching to a multi-step controlled-atmospheric stunning that will help ensure that birds are rendered unconscious before processing.

“Once these advancements are in place, we will verify compliance via third-party audit of our suppliers’ broiler practices,” Jack in the Box CEO Larry Comma said in a news release. “We also intend to report periodically on our suppliers’ progress towards achievement of the GAP standard.”

Jack in the Box and Qdoba join Einstein Bros., Burger King, Chipotle, Red Robin, Quiznos, Panera, and Starbucks in making recent commitments to GAP standards.

San Diego-based Jack in the Box has more than 2,200 restaurants in 21 states and Guam, and through a wholly owned subsidiary operates and franchises Qdoba Mexican Eats, which has more than 700 restaurants in 47 states, the District of Columbia and Canada.

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