{"id":214430,"date":"2020-01-30T19:30:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T11:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1817543\/"},"modified":"2020-01-30T19:30:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T11:30:22","slug":"beyond-meat-menu-items-added-to-kfc-pulled-from-tim-hortons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2020\/01\/30\/beyond-meat-menu-items-added-to-kfc-pulled-from-tim-hortons\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Meat Menu Items Added to KFC, Pulled From Tim Hortons"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KFC Beyond Fried Chicken expands to two new markets (via Kentucky Fried Chicken)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Following a successful test launch in Atlanta last summer, KFC is expanding its Beyond Fried Chicken to restaurants in Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee.<\/span><\/p>\n

The plant-based menu items will be available for a limited time (Feb. 3-23, or while supplies last) at select locations.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the fast food chain trialed its exclusive entree in 2019<\/a>, customers apparently began queuing hours before opening, and cars “double-wrapped around the drive-thru and down the block.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Georgia’s entire supply of Beyond Fried Chicken sold out in less than five hours.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The response in Atlanta continues to underscore the growing consumer demand for high-quality, delicious plant-based meats,” Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beyond Fried Chicken comes with your choice of dipping sauce, or tossed in one of three condiment options: Honey BBQ, Buffalo, or Nashville Hot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Offers range from four- to 12-piece a la carte and combo meals.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The iconic flavor of Kentucky Fried Chicken is one that has never been replicated, despite many imitations\u2014until now,” according to Andrea Zahumensky, chief marketing officer at KFC.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We’ve really pushed the limits,” she continued, “to develop plant-based chicken that I think will have KFC and plant-based protein fans saying, ‘That’s finger-lickin’ good.’”<\/span><\/p>\n

But not everyone wants an alternative to good old-fashioned meat.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Canadian chain Tim Hortons has pulled all Beyond Meat products from its menus (via Tim Hortons)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Canadian staple Tim Hortons (which I, frankly, didn’t even know serves anything but coffee and doughnuts) has pulled Beyond Meat products<\/a> off its menus less than a year after a national roll out.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Ultimately, our guests choose to stay with the meat option in their breakfast sandwiches,” a restaurant spokeswoman told Bloomberg.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We will keep an item on the menu if it’s favored by our guests,” she continued. “In this case, we did not see enough demand to keep it as a permanent item.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Both firms have since claimed the products were a “limited-time offer.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Rival Impossible Foods may have cornered the burger market<\/a>, but Beyond Meat is building its own army of plant-based substitutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last year, Subway announced a new collaboration, aimed at exploring plant-based protein options\u2014starting with the class<\/a>ic meatball sub. Drenched in marinara sauce and covered in cheese, the toasted hoagie briefly featured the very first Beyond Meatball<\/a>, created exclusively for Subway.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sandwich maker tested its Beyond Meatball Marinara sub in 685 participating restaurants across North America in September.<\/span><\/p>\n

McDonald’s followed suit<\/a>, offering Canadians the P.L.T. (plant, lettuce, and tomato) for 12 weeks in the autumn.<\/span><\/p>\n

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