Ep 53: Beyond Meat’s vegan burger is heading to HelloFresh meal kits

What’s going on here? Beyond Meat has landed another partnership. HelloFresh will start offering the Beyond Burger in its U.S. meal kits. The vegan burger has been on the Berlin-based company’s menus in Canada. What does that mean? Its U.S.-based competitor Blue Apron announced last month its own partnership with Beyond Meat, sending its shares surging. In June, Blue Apron…

Ep 38: Taco Bell will not be adding fake meat to its menu

What’s going on here? Taco Bell has long had a reputation as vegetarian-friendly, but it’s not planning on adding any plant-based meat substitutes from Beyond Meat or Impossible Foods to its menu. What does it mean? At the beginning of 2019, Taco Bell said it would begin testing a vegetarian menu, which came around the same…

Ep 28: Tyson Gets to the Alternative Meat of It

What’s going on here? The meat-based Tyson Foods joined the plant-based bandwagon. Tyson announced it’s launching a series of meat alternative products, including veggie chicken nuggets and a pea-infused burger. Butthe company isn’t going vegan. The plant-based nuggets contain eggs, and the new beef patties still have beef, just mixed with pea-protein. What’s does that mean? This is a…

Ep 18: Beyond’s Stock Is Red Meat

What’s going on here? Beyond Meat, the plant-based meat company, reported earnings yesterday for the first time since its IPO. It beat Wall Street expectations with: quarterly net revenue of $40 million; forecast juicy sales of over $210 million for the whole year; net losses of $6.6 million for the quarter. A lot has happened since the IPO…