Dick’s Drive-In announced today that all beef for their burgers is now sourced from a local, third generation family farm. Dick’s Drive-In has always used fresh, never-frozen, high quality shoulder chuck for their beef patties. 

“Until now, we’ve had to source our beef from the Midwest to get the quality and quantity Dick’s customers expect.” said Jasmine Donovan, Dick’s Drive-In President and granddaughter of the founder Dick Spady. “I am so happy to share that we now source the beef for all of our burgers from a local supplier, Royal Ranch, in Royal City Washington.”

Royal Ranch, led by President Austin Allred, third generation family farmer, is one part of Royal Family Farms, an innovative regenerative agriculture farm in the Columbia River basin in Central Washington. Their cattle spend most days grazing, but they have combined that grazing with a nutritionist led diet that is 90% sourced from crops grown on their own farm. 

“Our cattle are fed with a special healthy diet from over 30 different ingredients from our farm. This plays a key role in our sustainable cycle by consuming local crops and vegetation,” said Allred. “When cattle are part of an intentional soil and farming plan, they sequester carbon. That’s a victory for the farmer, the environment and the planet.”

“I have personally visited the farm on multiple occasions,” said Donovan. “The team at Royal Family Farms speaks of virtuous cycles, just as my Grandfather spoke of virtuous cycles in our business. Every activity on the farm has a purpose, a reason, just as in our restaurants.” 

Both Dick’s Drive-In and Royal Ranch are multi-generational, family businesses and are excited to build a long relationship working together to serve Dick’s customers sustainable, fresh, local, quality beef.

To learn more about this partnership between two multigenerational family businesses please go to ddir.com/Royal-Ranch.