The signature dish at Panda Express, The Original Orange Chicken is crispy chunks of battered and fried chicken tossed in a sweet and spicy, orange-scented sauce. For KFC, we believe the product sold well enough to earn a spot on the menu, but the higher product cost negated franchisee profits." He added: " We expect McPlant will be tweaked and retested at some point in the future, but don't expect a national launch this year. In a note issued after the results came out last month, Peter Saleh, managing director, restaurants, at BTIG, said " extensive channel checks" with McDonald's and KFC franchisees indicated " that while neither test was a wild success, the products are too important to the brands' ESG commitments to ignore." They're done to determine the build, they're done to check out incrementality, and they get the results, and then they make assessments.” Analyst: ‘For KFC, we believe the product sold well enough to earn a spot on the menu, but the higher product cost negated franchisee profits’ Quizzed about the partnership on Beyond Meat’s latest earnings call, however, Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown hinted that we should not read too much into the radio silence: " Tests are done for all kinds of reasons. In McDonald’s US operation, however, the picture is less clear, with analysts at Piper Sandler saying they are “ increasingly concerned that no national launch may be coming” given the “crickets” from the fast-food chain since a 600-store test ended in April. In Austria, following the nationwide limited time offer of a second McPlant build – the McPlant Steakhouse - McDonald's started a nationwide limited time offer of a third McPlant build, the 'McPlant Tasty,' inspired by McDonald's Big Tasty burger. McDonald's, in turn, has just started a 270-store test of the McPlant (featuring a Beyond Meat patty) in Australia, initiated further tests in China, added McPlant to its core menu in the UK, and told Farming Independent it is “delighted” with the burger’s performance in Ireland. Yum! Brands has recently tested Beyond Fried Chicken at KFC outlets nationwide in a limited time offer, while Beyond Meat has secured spots on the permanent menu at Pizza Hut in Singapore, El Salvador, Guatemala, Canada and the UK, and tested a plant-based pepperoni pizza topping in the US for a limited time. Foodservice partnerships with Yum! Brands, McDonald’s
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The limited-time test is one of a series of high-profile foodservice trials for Beyond Meat, which has forged partnerships with several leading chains in recent years including Yum! Brands (Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell), McDonald’s, Carl’s Jr, Peet’s Coffee, Dunkin’, Denny’s, Del Taco, A&W, Bareburger, and TGI Friday’s.īeyond Meat has a presence in 41,000+ foodservice locations in the US (with sales down -2.4% YoY in Q2) and 31,000+ foodservice locations internationally (with sales +7% YoY in Q2). While Panda Express had witnessed “ incredible demand” for the faba-bean-fueled entrée during tests in 70 stores in 10 markets last summer, chief brand officer Andrea Cherng said the national rollout would be for “ a limited time while supplies last” rather than an addition to the chain’s permanent menu at this stage.
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