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 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…