Perdue’s CAS Commitment, CorkGuru and HOBNOB

8 Min Read By MRM Staff

This TGIF edition of MRM's Daily Bite includes news from Perdue Farms, Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture and the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, CorkGuru, HOBNOB,  Italia I Love You and Auntie Anne's.

Send news items to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.

Perdue Investing in CASPerdue Farms announces it is investing more than $15 million at its Milford, Del. facility, the country's largest organic poultry plant, on a higher-welfare controlled atmospheric stunning (CAS) system plus a live-bird handling process that will be the first of its kind in the U.S. Perdue is the only major poultry company in the country to commit to converting 100 percent of its plants to CAS instead of electrical stunning, which eliminates the process of shackling conscious birds.

This move has Perdue poised to meet the higher broiler welfare standards promised by nearly 70 food retailers and restaurant companies nationwide. Most U.S…