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Plant-based menu items are infiltrating fast food — and meat-eaters are all over them
Fast-food giants might be the last you'd expect to cater to plant-based eaters. Their businesses are centered around the very antithesis of vegan food: animal-based meat and dairy, made fast and made cheap. But over the last few years, fast-food joints have been making a concerted effort to add meat-free, plant-based, and vegan options to their menus. But the people actually opting for those menu items may surprise you.
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Taco Bell tests 30-day taco subscription to drive more frequent visits
The newest subscription service isn’t to stream TV shows or movies. It’s for Taco Bell’s tacos. Customers with the Taco Lover’s Pass can order one crunchy taco, soft taco, spicy potato soft taco or Doritos Locos taco per day for 30 days straight on the chain’s app. The cost of the pass ranges from $5 to $10 a month, depending on the location. The Yum Brands chain is testing the program across 17 locations in Tucson, Arizona from Sept. 9 to Nov. 24.
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McDonald's has run out of milkshakes in the UK
McDonald's has been forced to stop selling milkshakes and bottled drinks at nearly 1,300 restaurants in the United Kingdom as Brexit-related staff shortages and supply chain delays caused by the pandemic continue to slam companies.
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Taste alone won't persuade Americans to swap out beef for plant-based burgers
New research shows that consumers are more likely to choose a plant-based meat option if they're informed of their social benefits – or the environmental costs of beef consumption.
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McDonald's robber demands chicken nuggets, has to accept breakfast food because it was still too early
McDonald’s really is strict about what time lunch starts.
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Taco Bell is testing its own meat alternative ahead of Beyond Meat trial
Taco Bell has begun testing its own meat alternative, giving its vegetarian customers yet another reason to come back to its restaurants.
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How failing at fractions saved the Quarter Pounder
A&W tried to give McDonald's famous Quarter Pounder hamburger a run for its money. What happened next may surprise you.
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7-Eleven is opening a taco drive-thru
7-Eleven wants to get in on the growing popularity of fast food drive-thrus. So it's opening one for its taco restaurant. The convenience store chain said Tuesday that it is opening a Laredo Taco location with a drive-thru in Dallas. Typically, Laredo Taco locations can be found in 7-Eleven stores themselves.
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McDonald’s quietly rolls out McPlant burger in test markets
McDonald’s Corp. has quietly begun selling the McPlant burger in Denmark and Sweden, giving the fast-food giant insight into customer interest before more locations roll out the meat alternative.
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The fried chicken sandwich wars are heating up. Here are the new entrants
The fried chicken sandwich wars sparked by Popeyes in 2019 are still clucking along two years later.
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I tried the world's first no-kill, lab-grown chicken burger
A PhD in genetics might seem like an unusual requirement for the role of head chef. It makes more sense when the man running the kitchen is not just in charge of frying your chicken burger – he created the meat himself. “This burger takes something between two to three days to grow,” says Tomer Halevy as he chops red onions, iceberg lettuce and avocado. He proceeds to batter what appears to be a strip of raw chicken before dipping it in breadcrumbs.
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What we know about McDonald’s new ‘McPlant’ plant-based burger
As one of the world’s largest buyers of beef—the most climate-damaging food on the planet—McDonald’s is working to reduce emissions by supporting regenerative agriculture. But it’s also launching a new “McPlant” plant-based burger, something that could also make a difference if it can scale up.
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McDonalds to roll out new 'McPlant' faux meat patty next year
McDonald's will introduce plant-based burgers as part of a new line of faux meat products starting in test markets next year, the company said Monday. On an investor call, Ian Borden, the company's international president, said the new "McPlant" products would eventually include chicken and breakfast sausage.
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McDonald's confirms creation of McPlant plant-based burger, unveils new Crispy Chicken Sandwich will debut in 2021
McDonald's confirmed its new Crispy Chicken Sandwich would arrive in the U.S. in 2021 and that it has created a plant-based platform dubbed McPlant.
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Caramel Apple Smoothie - Eat Formula
This Caramel Apple Smoothie recipe proves that caramel apples aren’t just for carnivals. Manufacture it is a snap—assuming there’s a container of creamy peanut butter in your storeroom. Learn bellow how to create this charming smoothie.
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For Subway, A Ruling Not So Sweet. Irish Court Says Its Bread Isn't Bread
Yes, Ireland has a legal definition for bread. And the nation's Supreme Court said Subway's bread has too much sugar to satisfy it.
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Developmentally Disabled Burger King Employee Only Competent Worker
Despite his third-grade reading level and IQ of 71, developmentally disabled Burger King employee Andy Ehrman is the only competent member of the 22-person Frontage Road staff.
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The Ever-Accelerating Automation Of Fast Food
In the fast food industry, speed is everything. The concept has never just been about cooking quickly. Players in this competitive space spend huge fortunes every year on optimizing every aspect of the experience, from ordering, to queueing, to cleaning up afterwards. And while fast food restaurants are major employers worldwide, there’s always been a firm eye cast over the gains that automation has to offer.
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KFC will test lab-grown chicken nuggets made with a 3D bioprinter this fall in Russia
KFC will test chicken nuggets made with 3D bioprinting technology in Moscow, Russia, this fall, the chain announced in a July 16 press release. The chicken chain has partnered with 3D Bioprinting Solutions to create a chicken nugget made in a lab with chicken and plant cells using bioprinting. Bioprinting, which uses 3D-printing techniques to combine biological material, is used in medicine to create tissue and even organs.
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KFC will sell Beyond Fried Chicken at 50+ California restaurants after wildly successful test launches in Atlanta, Nashville, and Charlotte
KFC will sell Beyond Fried Chicken at over 50 restaurants in Southern California, the chain announced on Thursday in a press release emailed to Business Insider. The plant-based chicken will be sold in greater Los Angeles and San Diego, as well as Orange County, starting July 20. It will be available in six-piece or 12-piece packs or as part of a combo meal, while supplies last.
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