Move part of “food quality commitment.”
As customers grow increasingly concerned with what’s in their food, more foodservice operators are taking steps to ensure they put shoppers’ concerns at ease. Wawa is one of the latest stores to eliminate the use of antibiotics in its poultry.
This May, Wawa announced that “Poultry Raised Without Antibiotics” is now available in all Wawa stores.
This change is part of Wawa’s quality food commitment, which includes a pledge of continuous improvement, including an ongoing review of all products, ingredients and supplier partnerships.
As one of the first steps in Wawa’s journey to improve the quality of its foods, the introduction of “Poultry Raised Without Antibiotics” will impact more than 23 items, including Wawa’s Express Case salads containing chicken or turkey, poultry based ingredients used to make hoagies and sandwiches, and Sizzli Breakfast Sandwiches containing turkey.
The transition of all items containing poultry has been completed, with the exception of soups, which will be fully converted in 2018.
“We are excited to announce this first step in our promise to deliver enhanced quality products to customers across the Wawa chain,” said Mike Sherlock, chief fresh food & beverage officer. “At Wawa, we are always looking for ways to provide continuous improvement for our customers, rooted in the spirit of our core values, mainly do things right and do the right thing for our customers, communities and our planet. Upgrading our products to ‘Poultry Raised Without Antibiotics’ is just one part of this larger picture commitment. We look forward to announcing additional food quality enhancements throughout the year.”
With the introduction of this new classification, a special stamp has been applied to the Wawa ordering screen to highlight the transition to “Poultry Raised Without Antibiotics.”
Providing “Poultry Raised Without Antibiotics’ is an enhanced measure to ensure Wawa is delivering its products with care, building on its long-standing commitment to quality and meeting the preferences of consumers who are becoming more focused on what they eat and where their food is coming from.
Wawa’s Quality Food Commitment
As part of Wawa’s ongoing commitment to provide safe, fresh, high quality foods, the company has established a fully-integrated food and product quality program, and is improving and formalizing the programs, standards and audit criteria for the vendors who supply the food products we serve. The program builds upon Wawa’s founding commitment to family safety and trust, dating back more than 100 years ago, when the Wawa Family Dairy was the first to offer “physician certified” milk.
To guide this journey, Wawa has established an independent advisory council of top experts and thought leaders in food and animal safety, food technology and health and wellness. Wawa’s food safety program includes a focus on animal welfare that requires suppliers to meet key standards of ethical and responsible food sourcing.