Taco Bell Doesn't Plan to Add Beyond Meat or Impossible Foods Items -CNBC
June 19 2019 - 2:45PM
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--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
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 19, 2019 14:30 ET (18:30 GMT)
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