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Impossible Foods’ meatless burgers have made it a $2 billion company
Impossible Foods, the alternative meat company that makes the Impossible Burger, announced today that it has raised an additional $300 million to take plant-based meat mainstream. The new round of funding was first reported by Reuters. It’s a big fundraising haul, one that reflects the intense investor demand right now for alternatives to conventional meat. The new round of funding values the company at $2 billion, insiders told Reuters.
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Every Burger King in the country will have meatless Whoppers by the end of the year
If you’ve been hankering to try one of the cutting-edge meatless burgers people are talking about but haven’t been able to get your hands on one yet, you’re in luck: Burger King’s Impossible Whopper — a patty made with 0 percent meat — will soon be available nationwide. It’s been barely a month since the fast-food chain announced it was giving the new Impossible Whopper a trial run in 59 restaurants in the St. Louis area. Already, the results are so promising that Burger King now plans to make the product available in all its 7,200 branches across the US by the end of this year.
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Behold the Beefless ‘Impossible Whopper’
Would you like that Whopper with or without beef? This week, Burger King is introducing a version of its iconic Whopper sandwich filled with a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods. The Impossible Whopper, as it will be known, is the biggest validation — and expansion opportunity — for a young industry that is looking to mimic and replace meat with plant-based alternatives.
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In what is apparently not an April Fools’ joke, Impossible Foods and Burger King are launching an Impossible Whopper
The meat substitute manufacturer Impossible Foods and fast food giant Burger King are launching an Impossible Whopper. According to a report in The New York Times, Burger King is launching the Impossible Whopper in stores in the St. Louis area with plans for a broader rollout later — and not as part of some elaborate April Fools’ Day prank.
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Burger King begins selling the meatless Impossible Whopper
It features a patty designed to look and taste like beef.
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McDonald's will use AI to automatically tweak drive-thru menus
The McDonald's AI will optimize menus based on factors such as weather, the time of day, local events and how busy the restaurant is.
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A month of coffee for $5? That’s Burger King’s plan to rule breakfast.
Burger King’s newest discount is quite a whopper. No, not that kind of Whopper. The kind that gets customers to walk in and smell the coffee. Burger King rolled out its own coffee subscription service: a cup a day for $5 a month. The chain is betting on the service to get early risers in the door — and away from other big names in the fast-food breakfast game.
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Burger Shop Goes Vegan and Sales Spike 400% In a Day
Sales of the “bleeding” Beyond Burger are soaring at Finnish vegan burger shop Bun2Bun. The chain became Finland’s first vegan burger shop in December, selling plant-based patties from Beyond Meat with dairy-free cheese and vegan sides.
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McDonald’s Is “Keeping an Eye” on Impossible Burgers
Lucy Brady, senior vice president of corporate strategy at McDonald’s, spoke about the chain’s upcoming business strategies this week at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Next Gen Summit in California. Brady explained that McDonald’s is exploring various consumer trends, such as shifting consumer demand towards plant-based foods and opting to cook meals at home.
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The chef that can make a gourmet burger every 30 seconds
Robots that grill meat, slice tomatoes, stir-fry vegetables and stretch pizza dough are making fast food even faster, but can you trust a chef who's never tasted the food it creates? There is a distinct lack of chopping, smoke, sweating or swearing in the kitchen at Creator, a new burger restaurant in San Francisco. Instead, there is faint whirring and, if you really listen, the muffled sound of grinding and distant sizzling. It’s because the chefs here are not human.
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Subway Is Trialing a Vegan Patty in the UK
American fast-food sandwich chain Subway is trialing a vegan version of its veggie patty at select UK locations. Word of Subway’s vegan patty spread via the Facebook group Vegan Food UK, an online community where residents throughout the nation share their plant-based finds. The new sandwich option was spotted at the Wigan location in Greater Manchester.
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McDonald's, Burger King, Five Guys among 22 burger chains given "F" over antibiotics
Twenty-two of the top 25 U.S. burger chains – including McDonald's, Burger King, White Castle and Five Guys – received a failing grade in a review assessing their practices and policies on antibiotics use in their beef products. Only two chains were given an "A" rating. The scores were published Wednesday in a report called "Chain Reaction IV: Burger Edition," which was produced by the Center for Food Safety, Consumer Reports, Food Animal Concerns Trust, U.S. PIRG Education Fund, Friends of the Earth, and Natural Resources Defense Council.
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Living near food outlets linked to higher rates of type 2 diabetes
People who live in cities with a high density of food outlets such as takeaways, restaurants and fast-food vendors have an 11% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes than those who live far from an instant meal, according to new research. Previous studies have suggested having fast food on the doorstep is a risk factor for obesity, but this is the largest to focus on type 2 diabetes, which is associated with obesity.
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Burger chain Sonic to be acquired by Arby's parent company in $2.3 billion deal
The parent company of Arby's and Buffalo Wild Wings is acquiring burger chain Sonic in a deal valued at $2.3 billion, the companies announced on Tuesday. The deal, which will pay Sonic shareholders $43.50 per share in cash, assumes all debt and represents a 19 percent premium on Sonic's Monday close.The company's stock rose more than 18 percent Tuesday, hitting an all-time high of $44.87 per share.
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KFC has launched a mindfulness website because why not
Have you ever wanted to meditate to the sound of frying chicken or simmering gravy? Well, thanks to the geniuses in the marketing department at KFC, you now can! To coincide with Mindfulness Day, KFC UK have launched their own mindfulness website “KFChill“.
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A&W Customers Say the Vegan Beyond Burger Is Their New Favorite
The vegan Beyond Burger, a sustainable hamburger patty by plant-based meat company Beyond Meat, is a hit with A&W Canada customers. The burger has been available for a month – long enough for the initial buzz to dissipate – however, this vegan option is still outselling the massive chain’s classic beef burger in some Vancouver locations.
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McDonald’s in Alberta serves pregnant mom cleaning solution instead of a latte
Sarah Douglas says she was taking her son to a baseball tournament in Lethbridge when they stopped at the drive-through. When she took a sip of her drink, she knew something was wrong.
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Chick-fil-A store owner raises minimum wage to $17 an hour "living wage"
The owner of a Chick-fil-A location in Sacramento, California, calls it a "living wage." In Eric Mason's view, that would be $17 or $18 an hour, which is what he vows he'll be paying his workers, starting Monday, June 4. The rate represents a sizable increase for employees now making $12 to $13 an hour. "As the owner, I'm looking at it big-picture and long-term," Mason told a local news station.
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IHOb goes back to IHOP, says it 'faked it to promote new burgers'
On June 11, IHOP, the diner company known for fluffy pancakes, pulled the ultimate publicity stunt and announced it was changing its name to IHOb -- International House of Burgers. Now the company admits it was just to promote its new burgers.
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White Castle’s Vegan Impossible Slider is ‘One of America’s Best Fast-Food Burgers’, Says Major Food Critic
Eater, a leading online food publication, recently reviewed White Castle’s take on the Impossible Burger. Eater Chief Critic, Ryan Sutton, called it “one of America’s best fast-food burgers.” The vegan slider gained so much attention around the Eater office that it slid into the publication’s weekly podcast, “The Eater Upsell’s,” 5 Best Food Stories of April episode.
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