Overview
- Steak 'n Shake named Michael Boes its first Chief MAHA Officer on Tuesday to lead nutrition, ingredient transparency, and product health.
- Boes previously advised HHS under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., helping shape new U.S. dietary guidelines that flipped the food pyramid to prioritize meat.
- Boes told Fox News the chain plans to switch to grass‑fed beef at all locations by June 1, a developing claim with pricing effects still unclear.
- He said owner Sardar Biglari gave him a funding "war chest" and authority to push suppliers to meet new standards or be replaced.
- The chain has already moved fries and onion rings to 100% beef tallow and leaned into "real food" cues, a shift it says helped lift 2025 same‑store sales.