Bojangles’® to Transition to Cage-Free Eggs for its All Day, Every Day Breakfast Menu by 2025
27 May 2016 - 6:15AM
Bojangles’, Inc. (NASDAQ:BOJA) the popular restaurant chain known
for its made-from-scratch buttermilk biscuits and breakfast served
all day, every day, today announced that it plans to transition to
the use of 100 percent cage-free eggs by 2025.
The announcement represents the Company’s
continued commitment to working collaboratively with its suppliers
and consulting regularly with animal welfare experts like the
Humane Society of the United States to ensure that best practices
in the area of animal welfare are a part of its supply chain
requirements. Additionally, the Company has been working with
existing partners and consultants to help bring together its
long-time community improvement initiatives with its more recent
animal welfare efforts into an updated comprehensive Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) program.
“We understand that social issues like the
humane treatment of animals are important to many of our customers,
and causes that improve the communities we serve are important to
us as well,” said Bojangles’ President and CEO, Clifton Rutledge.
“As we continue our work toward the development of a truly
comprehensive CSR program, it’s our goal to take an informed and
well thought out approach to address the many issues associated
with the humane treatment of animals.”
About Bojangles’,
Inc.Bojangles', Inc. is a highly differentiated and
growing restaurant operator and franchisor dedicated to serving
customers high-quality, craveable food made from our Southern
recipes. Founded in 1977 in Charlotte, NC, Bojangles' serves menu
items such as delicious, famous chicken, made-from-scratch
buttermilk biscuits, flavorful fixin's and Legendary Iced Tea®. At
March 27, 2016, Bojangles' had 671 system-wide restaurants, of
which 288 were company-operated and 383 were franchised
restaurants, primarily located in the Southeastern United States.
For more information, visit www.bojangles.com or follow Bojangles'
on Facebook and Twitter.
Forward-Looking StatementsThis
press release contains forward-looking statements. All statements
other than statements of historical fact included in this press
release are forward-looking statements. These statements are not
guarantees of future performance and involve a number of known and
unknown risks, assumptions, trends, uncertainties and factors that
are beyond our control. Should one or more of these risks or
uncertainties materialize or should underlying assumptions prove
incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those
anticipated, estimated or projected. We undertake no obligations to
update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise than as
required under the federal securities laws.
Media Contact: Brian K. Little, Bojangles’, Inc., (704) 519-2118, blittle@bojangles.com
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