US EditionSteak ‘n Shake hires first ‘Chief MAHA Officer’
Michael Boes will oversee nutritional integrity and ingredient transparency as the chain aligns with the MAHA movement.
- On Tuesday, Steak 'n Shake announced it hired Michael Boes as its first Chief Make America Healthy Again Officer, a newly created role aimed at advancing nutritional integrity and ingredient transparency across the chain.
- The Indianapolis-based chain's decision deepens its alignment with Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s MAHA movement, which focuses on reducing chronic disease through nutrition and chemical regulation.
- In early 2025, Steak 'n Shake switched its fries and tots to 100 percent beef tallow and removed all microwaves from restaurants, touting Grade A Wisconsin butter, A2 milk, and cane-sugar Coca-Cola.
- Boes, a former senior adviser within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health, stated 'customers should never have to choose between taste and health' and will oversee ingredient sourcing and nutritional standards.
- As the MAHA movement's agenda trickles into the restaurant industry, this appointment could set a precedent, with major companies like Nestle, Hershey, and PepsiCo also promising recipe and product changes.
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