Shake Shack Asks SEC to Block Shareholder Proposal on Chicken

Shake Shack Inc. uses chicken with “no hormones,” and has trumpeted that in its marketing for years. But no other chicken sold in the US has added hormones, either, and a shareholder activist group is calling the chain’s claims confusing at best.

“Did ya know our Chick’n Shack is made from all-natural cage-free crispy chicken breast, with no hormones or antibiotics EVER?,” the company posted on Twitter, now known as X, in 2019. Nutrition information describes the chicken similarly. Statements about a lack of hormones are found in the company’s allergen guide, a blog post about the Hot Chick’n ...