It's simple really. People don't want fake "meat". That is how.
One of the most funny pictures I have (took myself, not posting, will dox me) was walking through a grocery store and all of the meat was gone, all of the veggies were gone. Even the "crappy" packaged "meat" was gone.
You know what was not gone? All of the "meat substitutes". There was a single section, around 6ft tall and around 6ft wide right in the middle of the actual meat section. It was fully stocked.
Even when people thought the world was ending and they might starve because of fucked supply chains (even all of the pasta and canned goods were gone). They still wouldn't touch the "fake meat".
Funny.
Archive: https://archive.today/w4Gn6
From the post:
>Beyond Meat appeased Nasdaq regulators this past week by finally filing its 2025 annual report, but there’s still another matter the onetime alternative-protein darling has to deal with to keep its stock from being delisted.
Maintaining its stock listing is crucial for the company, as it provides a way to raise needed capital. But the listing threat pales in comparison to the company’s problem of falling sales and mounting losses.
The former Wall Street darling, which some believed was protected by a moat built by its focus on research and the groundbreaking use of pea-based proteins, is facing a fundamental crisis of cash, competition, confidence in management and a consumer for whom fake meat’s novelty wore off in the face of rising prices.
It's simple really. People don't want fake "meat". That is how.
One of the most funny pictures I have (took myself, not posting, will dox me) was walking through a grocery store and all of the meat was gone, all of the veggies were gone. Even the "crappy" packaged "meat" was gone.
You know what was not gone? All of the "meat substitutes". There was a single section, around 6ft tall and around 6ft wide right in the middle of the actual meat section. It was fully stocked.
Even when people thought the world was ending and they might starve because of fucked supply chains (even all of the pasta and canned goods were gone). They still wouldn't touch the "fake meat".
Funny.
Archive: https://archive.today/w4Gn6
From the post:
>>Beyond Meat appeased Nasdaq regulators this past week by finally filing its 2025 annual report, but there’s still another matter the onetime alternative-protein darling has to deal with to keep its stock from being delisted.
Maintaining its stock listing is crucial for the company, as it provides a way to raise needed capital. But the listing threat pales in comparison to the company’s problem of falling sales and mounting losses.
The former Wall Street darling, which some believed was protected by a moat built by its focus on research and the groundbreaking use of pea-based proteins, is facing a fundamental crisis of cash, competition, confidence in management and a consumer for whom fake meat’s novelty wore off in the face of rising prices.
