Beyond Meat Pork

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Retail & E-Commerce

China: Beyond Meat Launches Plant-Based Lunch Boxes Into 2,300 Lawson Stores 

Plant-based meat leader Beyond Meat continues its expansion in China following a new partnership with Chinese convenience store Lawson. The partnership includes two plant-based lunch boxes which will be rolled out into more than 2,300 Lawson stores across the country today.  One of the new plant-based lunch boxes includes Beyond Pork, the company’s first plant-based meat created specifically for the Chinese market, which Beyond claims has half the amount of fat compared to conventional pork. The other plant-based lunch box features Beyond Beef, with both alt meats produced at the company’s local manufacturing facility.  Launching in Lawson stores in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, and Anhui, the distribution marks the first partnership between Beyond Meat with a convenience store chain in China, with the goal of making …

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Haofood's Satay Nugget on a Stick

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Retail & E-Commerce

Chinese Alt Chicken Brand Haofood Rolls out into 2,300 Lawson Stores

China’s peanut-based chicken brand Haofood has announced a new retail partnership with leading Chinese convenience store Lawson. Haofood’s new vegan satay nugget on a stick product is now available for retail at over 2,300 Lawson stores across China. To be sold initially at Lawson stores in Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu provinces, Haofood will leverage Lawson’s market experience to accelerate its retail strategy and product availability throughout China. The move comes at a time when China’s millennials are embracing flexitarian, vegetarian and vegan diets in record numbers, according to the brand’s research. Haofood’s new vegan satay nugget on a stick product is made with its proprietary Innotein technology – an end-to-end innovation that Haofood claims ensures its products’ nutritional benefits are easily absorbed by the human …

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