Cosi Now Serves Naturally-Raised Chicken With No Antibiotics Added
July 01 2014 - 11:13AM
COSI® NOW
SERVES NATURALLY-RAISED CHICKEN WITH NO ANTIBIOTICS
ADDED
CEO RJ Dourney says company
continues in commitment to doing the right thing for our
guests.
Boston, MA - July 1,
2014 - Cosi, Inc. (NASDAQ: COSI), the fast-casual
restaurant company, today announced that it will now serve
naturally-raised chicken with no added antibiotics.
"This chicken
is a game-changer for Cosi and for our guests," said RJ Dourney,
President and CEO of Cosi. "Not only does it offer the great
nutrition that our guests are increasingly demanding, the taste and
texture of the new chicken is simply terrific."
"Cosi has been serving an all-natural chicken in
its restaurants. We have now gone a step further because it is the
right thing to do for our guests in support of our commitment to
serving the highest quality products we can for our
health-conscious guests," said Jennifer Silviera, VP Supply Chain
Management.
In addition to its demand for chicken that
provides great nutrition, Cosi insisted that the taste of the
chicken was equally important. "Our customers don't want to
settle. They come to Cosi for a premium experience. We
knew our chicken had to meet our high standards for quality while
maintaining an exceptional taste. I can't tell you how many
hundreds of pieces of chicken our culinary team tasted until we
found just the right product," said Dourney.
Cosi's new chicken is now available in its
restaurants in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC, Delaware, Maryland,
Kentucky, Ohio, Texas and Michigan. Other Cosi locations in
the USA will follow by July 30, 2014.
About Così,
Inc.
Così® (http://www.getcosi.com)
is a national fast -casual restaurant chain that has developed
featured foods built around a secret, generations-old recipe for
crackly-crust flatbread. This artisan bread is freshly baked in
front of customers throughout the day in open-flame stone-hearth
ovens prominently located in each of the restaurants. Così's warm
and urbane atmosphere is geared towards its sophisticated, upscale,
urban and suburban guests. There are currently 66 Company-owned and
49 franchise restaurants operating in sixteen states, the District
of Columbia, the United Arab Emirates, and Costa Rica. The
Così® vision
is to become America's favorite fast casual restaurant by providing
customers authentic, innovative, savory food while remaining an
affordable luxury.
The Così® menu
features Così® sandwiches,
freshly-tossed salads, bowls, breakfast wraps, melts, soups,
Così® Squagels®,
flatbread pizzas, S'mores, snacks and other desserts, and a wide
range of coffee and coffee-based drinks and other specialty
beverages. Così® restaurants
are designed to be welcoming and comfortable with an eclectic
environment. Così's sights, sounds, and spaces create a tasteful,
relaxed ambience that provides a fresh and new dining
experience.
"COSI" and related marks are registered trademarks
of Così, Inc. in the U.S.A. and certain other countries. Copyright
© 2014 Così, Inc. All rights reserved.
Cosi Media
Contact
Marc Lapides
Director of Marketing, Cosi Inc.
mlapides@getcosi.com
847-894-3398
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Source: Così, Inc via Globenewswire
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