Future Farm's Australian expansion

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Future Farm’s Australian Expansion Begins With Launch at Over 700 Coles Stores

Future Farm’s Australian market entry has begun, with its plant-based burgers, meatballs, and beef now available at 732 Coles locations across the country. The brand uses a blend of three plant-based proteins — soy, chickpea, and pea — to achieve what it claims is a very similar taste, texture, and tenderness to conventional meat. Future Farm says its products will be priced competitively compared to other alt-meat brands available in Australia. “Any location that sells meat is our target.” Worldwide expansion Known as Fazenda Futuro in its home country of Brazil, Future Farm is now available in 28 markets worldwide. These include the UK, the US, European countries such as Germany and France, and the UAE. In November, Future Farm raised a huge $58 million …

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Get Plant’d Debuts in 800 Coles Stores Across Australia

Debut plant-based meat brand Get Plant’d is launching in Coles supermarkets across Australia as the segment continues to thrive in the country. Coles shoppers will be able to find Get Plant’d vegan products in over 800 stores from this week.  Get Plant’d is a plant-based brand of parent company Cale and Daughters, co-founded by Cale Drouin, an Australian restaurateur and food creator with more than a decade’s experience in the plant-based sector. It is also the parent company of Made With Plants and PlantAsia, with Drouin looking to not only cater to vegans but attract and engage the mainstream consumer market too.  The entire Get Plant’d line is made from vegan and versatile plant-based ingredients such as seitan and soy, with the range including Meat …

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Triple Olympic Swimmer Launches New MEET Range Including “Australia’s First” Plant-based Beef Strips

Australian plant-based startup MEET was established in 2008 by Vogel Cereals Founder, Stephen Dunn, whose son and triple Olympian swimmer Matthew Dunn is the brand’s CEO and co-founder. The company, which describes itself as Australia’s next-generation of plant-based protein, has launched a new chilled range for Coles, including what it claims to be Australia’s first Plant-based Beef style strips. The new refrigerated range also includes Plant-Based Italian Meetballs. The launch of the two new chilled products follows the news that home delivery service HelloFresh will be including MEET’s new Plant-Based Southern Style Tenders in its upcoming meal kits. According to the company, MEET’s products caught the attention of HelloFresh and Coles as they are the “closest meat-free option to animal meat available in Australia today”.  …

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Deliciou Continues Retail Success With Rollouts in Whole Foods in USA and Woolworths & Coles in Australia

Popular plant-based meat brand Deliciou, which originally found success after being pitched on Shark Tank Australia in 2017, now claims to have become the first Australian company to launch in more than 400 Whole Foods stores across the US. “The world is changing, and our successful launch into Whole Foods is testament to the demand and drive” Whole Foods will be stocking its entire plant-based meat range, including Plant-Based Chicken, Pork and Beef as well as its range of bacon seasonings. As well as the Whole Foods launch, the company announces its launch into the largest supermarkets in its home territory; Coles and Woolworths. With this latest rollout, Deliciou’s US sales forecast is expecting to grow 200% in the next 12 months. According to the …

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Australia: Supermarket Chain Coles Launches its Own Vegan Frozen Foods

It is not just in Europe and the USA that veganism is very much in vogue. The market Down Under is also becoming increasingly promising for companies. For example, there is already a high demand for Vivera’s vegan steaks. Subway has added a vegan sandwich to its range in Australia, and now the supermarket chain Coles is following suit with its own vegan frozen food. The Australian retailer has added a new range of vegan frozen ready meals to its range. The new product line includes gluten-free vegetable chili and penang curry as well as vegetable gyozas, which resemble pasta pockets. Other vegan frozen products from the supermarket include Fry’s soy and flaxseed schnitzel and chia seed frozen nuggets, as well as almond caramel ice …

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