Taco Bell Doesn't Plan to Add Beyond Meat or Impossible Foods Items -CNBC

--Yum Brands Inc.'s (YUM) Taco Bell doesn't have plans to offer products from Beyond Meat Inc. (BYND) or Impossible Foods, and is focusing on its own vegetarian items, CNBC reported Wednesday.

--Julie Felss Masino, Taco Bell's president of North American operations, said an interview with CNBC that vegetarian customers "know that they can come in and customize." Taco Bell is launching a new vegetarian menu this fall.

--Meanwhile, Del Taco Restaurants Inc. (TACO) has sold about 2 million Beyond Meat tacos since an April launch, and the chain is adding two Beyond Meat burritos to its menu, according a report in Nation's Restaurant News.

Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/19/taco-bell-will-not-be-adding-fake-meat-from-beyond-meat-to-its-menu.html and https://www.nrn.com/quick-service/2-million-plant-based-tacos-sold-del-taco

Write to Josh Beckerman at josh.beckerman@wsj.com

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June 19, 2019 14:30 ET (18:30 GMT)

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