Wendy’s Commits to Better Employee and Animal Treatment After Boycotts | Eater

"The company launched a 'Good Done Right' campaign to strengthen existing initiatives and introduce new ones focused on food, people and its environmental footprint amid increasing public concern about meat quality, packaging waste and labor issues. Commitments highlighted include sourcing eggs from cage‑free farms, increasing use of beef described as being treated solely with “medically important antibiotic routinely used for cattle production,” and testing plant‑based burger and chicken products. For employees, it is expanding benefits to domestic partners, and it is working with the NextGen Consortium to develop more sustainable hot‑ and cold‑beverage cups. The plan comes after boycotts over an earlier refusal to join a program requiring strict labor standards for tomato growers; the company now says every tomato in its U.S. and Canadian supply chain is sourced from North American hydroponic greenhouses, which it presents as offering a safer, indoor work environment." - Jaya Saxena