diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index cbcdf9f2..07fd4187 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -226,6 +226,12 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     end
   end
 
+  # Expand variables in text
+  # @see Foodsoft::ExpansionVariables#expand
+  def expand(text, options={})
+    Foodsoft::ExpansionVariables.expand(text, options)
+  end
+
   # @return [String] path to foodcoop CSS style (with MD5 parameter for caching)
   def foodcoop_css_path(options={})
     super(options.merge({md5: Digest::MD5.hexdigest(FoodsoftConfig[:custom_css].to_s)}))
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_footer.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/_footer.html.haml
index a9e3dfaf..4ae8eaf1 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_footer.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_footer.html.haml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
       - if (s = FoodsoftConfig[:page_footer]).blank?
         = link_to FoodsoftConfig[:name], FoodsoftConfig[:homepage]
       - else
-        = raw s
+        = raw expand s