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Tim Hortons parent updates antibiotic policy for chicken

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 22, 2017

The parent company for the Tim Hortons and Burger King chains has tightened up its pledge to curb the use of antibiotics by its chicken suppliers. Restaurant Brands International on Thursday released its first “Sustainability Report,” outlining its work during 2016 in support of “sustainable practices that promote positive change.” Back in late December, Oakville, […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Tim’s, Burger King to tighten broiler welfare standards

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 22, 2017

The owner of the Tim Hortons and Burger King fast food chains plans to have the broiler chicken producers supplying its Canadian and U.S. outlets meet a tighter set of welfare standards within the next seven years. Restaurant Brands International (RBI) announced on its website it will be “pursuing alignment” with Global Animal Partnership (GAP) […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Tim Hortons owner confirms US$1.8B deal for Popeyes

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 21, 2017

Reuters — Restaurant Brands International, owner of the Burger King and Tim Hortons fast-food chains, said on Tuesday it would acquire Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen for US$1.8 billion in cash. The deal is a bet by Oakville, Ont.-based Restaurant Brands that it can use its international reach to introduce Popeyes’ Louisiana-style fried chicken and buttermilk biscuits […] Read more

A Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen outlet in Costa Rica. (Businesswire.com)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Tim Hortons owner reported near deal to buy Popeyes

By GFM Network News February 20, 2017

Reuters — Restaurant Brands International, owner of the Burger King and Tim Hortons fast food chains, is nearing a deal to acquire Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, people familiar with the matter said Monday. The deal, which will likely value Popeyes at more than US$1.7 billion, is a bet by Oakville, Ont.-based Restaurant Brands that it can […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Tim’s, Burger King to cut some antibiotics from chicken supply

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 4, 2017

The parent of fast-food chains Tim Hortons and Burger King plans to end the use of certain medically important antibiotics in its Canadian chicken supply chain in 2018. Restaurant Brands International (RBI) in late December announced the new policy on its website, saying it “will work with our supply chain partners to support and implement […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Slowing sales at Burger King push parent’s shares down

By GFM Network News October 24, 2016

Reuters — Restaurant Brands International, owner of Burger King and Tim Hortons, reported a second straight quarter of decline in comparable sales at Burger King in the U.S. and Canada. The company’s U.S.-listed shares, which had risen about 26 per cent this year up to Friday’s close, fell as much as three per cent despite […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Investor group launches campaign to curb antibiotic use in food

By GFM Network News 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 […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Burger King, Tim’s owner says 2016 off to ‘great start’

By GFM Network News February 16, 2016

Reuters — Restaurant Brands International said it was off to a “great start” this year, after new product launches at its Burger King and Tim Hortons chains in 2015 helped boost sales in a highly competitive market. Shares of the Ontario-based company, which reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, rose as much as nine […] Read more

Manitoba Egg Farmers, which in 2013 called a halt to installation of conventional cages, has publicly demonstrated enriched housing systems. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Shannon VanRaes)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Egg farmers to phase out cage housing over 20 years

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News February 5, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada’s egg farmers plan to replace conventional hen cages with more humane conditions over the next 20 years, amid growing pressure from consumers, restaurants and food companies. The plan — announced Friday by Egg Farmers of Canada, an industry group that manages nearly all of the country’s egg supply — comes […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Tim Hortons, Burger King to move toward cage-free eggs

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 1, 2016

The owner of Canadian coffee-and-donut giant Tim Hortons and North America’s No. 2 burger chain, Burger King, has reset its goal to take the chains’ egg supplies “cage-free.” Restaurant Brands International, the parent firm for the two chains since their merger in late 2014, announced Monday it will move to 100 per cent cage-free eggs for […] Read more

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Tim Hortons parent updates antibiotic policy for chicken

Tim’s, Burger King to tighten broiler welfare standards

Tim Hortons owner confirms US$1.8B deal for Popeyes

Tim Hortons owner reported near deal to buy Popeyes

Tim’s, Burger King to cut some antibiotics from chicken supply

Slowing sales at Burger King push parent’s shares down

Investor group launches campaign to curb antibiotic use in food

Burger King, Tim’s owner says 2016 off to ‘great start’

Egg farmers to phase out cage housing over 20 years

Tim Hortons, Burger King to move toward cage-free eggs

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