{"id":128691,"date":"2026-04-21T19:50:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/steak-n-shake-taps-maha-officer-as-fast-food-chain-joins-rfk-jrs-push-to-overhaul-american-diet-128691"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:50:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:50:33","slug":"steak-n-shake-taps-maha-officer-as-fast-food-chain-joins-rfk-jrs-push-to-overhaul-american-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/steak-n-shake-taps-maha-officer-as-fast-food-chain-joins-rfk-jrs-push-to-overhaul-american-diet-128691","title":{"rendered":"Steak \u2018n Shake taps MAHA officer as fast-food chain joins RFK Jr’s push to overhaul American diet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Steak ‘n Shake has tapped its first-ever chief MAHA officer \u2014 marking a new step in the fast-food chain’s<\/a> push toward what it describes as healthier, more transparent ingredients.<\/p>\n

Michael Boes will take on the new executive role, which is “dedicated to advancing nutritional integrity, ingredient transparency and the healthiness of our products,” the Indianapolis-based company announced Tuesday on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The move aligns with the brand’s broader embrace of Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again<\/a> (MAHA) movement.<\/p>\n

STEAK ‘N SHAKE’S BEEF TALLOW TATER TOTS SPARK FIERY ONLINE DEBATE, BOTH PRO AND CON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Boes previously served as a senior adviser at the HHS.<\/p>\n

He worked on health care policy and strategic initiatives, according to a post on LinkedIn.<\/a><\/p>\n

“During my time serving Sec. Kennedy, I had countless conversations with industry partners about returning to real food,” Boes said in a post on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Time and again, I heard the same hesitation: ‘Our customers aren’t demanding this.’ Steak ‘n Shake challenged that narrative<\/a> \u2014 and growth followed.”<\/p>\n

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Boes continued, “Fast food doesn’t have to mean processed, complicated or artificial. It used to mean real, simple and delicious<\/a> \u2014 and it can again.”<\/p>\n

He said he looks forward to “helping drive the next chapter of growth on that foundation.”<\/p>\n

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Steak ‘n Shake framed the hire as part of a larger effort to return to its roots.<\/p>\n

“The move marks a major step in the company’s efforts to restore the original spirit of American fast food: food that is simple, real and delicious,” the company said in its X post.<\/p>\n

“Customers should never have to choose between taste and health,”<\/a> Boes was quoted as saying in the company’s post.<\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump<\/a> shared the company’s X post \u2014 adding one simple word of praise for the move: “Awesome.”<\/p>\n

In recent months, the chain has switched to cooking fries<\/a>, tater tots and other fried items in 100% beef tallow, eliminating seed oils from those products, Fox News Digital previously reported.<\/p>\n

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“We RFK’d our fries,” a company executive previously said<\/a> of the shift to beef tallow from vegetable oil.<\/p>\n

The company has also said it’s working with suppliers to remove seed oils more broadly, calling the transition “a journey” on its website.<\/p>\n

Other updates include the use of 100% Wisconsin butter in place of seed oils, offering cane sugar Coca-Cola<\/a> as an alternative to high-fructose corn syrup and switching to a2 milk products (using a type of cow’s milk that may be easier for some people to digest).<\/p>\n

Steak ‘n Shake has also reportedly indicated plans to move toward grass-fed beef and removing microwaves from kitchens<\/a> in favor of more traditional cooking methods.<\/p>\n

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Some of the company’s changes have sparked debate, particularly around its use of beef tallow, which is fat rendered from cows.<\/p>\n

While some customers praise the move as a return to “authentic” cooking<\/a>, others have questioned whether switching frying fats actually makes fast food any healthier.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to Steak ‘n Shake and the HHS for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\/steak-n-shake-taps-maha-officer-fast-food-chain-joins-rfk-jrs-push-overhaul-american-diet <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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