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Boston Market begins industry-leading chicken change

March 2, 2017

Boston Market is pledging to serve 100 percent antibiotic-free rotisserie chicken no later than the first quarter of 2018, according to a press release.

"We couldn't be more proud to become the first national chicken-specialty chain to reach the goal of serving our customers 100 percent antibiotic-free chicken by early next year," George Michel, CEO of Boston Market, said in the release. "Boston Market has already committed to the use of no antibiotics to stimulate growth in  our rotisserie chickens for quite some time, and transitioning to all antibiotic-free chicken was the next logical step in the 'Quality Guarantee' we promise our guests."

In addition to no antibiotics, Boston Market promised no MSG, gluten, hormones and steroids, according to the release.

"Since our founding over 30 years ago, we have always been committed to providing our guests with the highest levels of food quality and transparency, which was reaffirmed when we launched our Guarantee last month," Michel said. "While the rest of the industry continues to play catch-up in achieving milestones we've already accomplished, such as serving rotisserie chicken with no MSG, Boston Market is further elevating our standards by removing all antibiotics from our chicken by this time next year. I challenge other national chicken-specialty chains to remove MSG and commit to antibiotic-free chicken."