Beyond Meat and KFC partner to test fried plant-based ‘chicken’

Re:Beyond Meat and KFC partner to test fried plant-based ‘ch... by jghn on Monday August 26, 2019 @01:29PM (#20801827)

Unless I missed it in TFA, it doesn't say that the raw materials (the meat) are more expensive but rather that the product is more expensive. If a fast food chain can charge more for cheaper materials, that's a double win for them.

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Re:Beyond Meat and KFC partner to test fried plant-based ‘ch... by jakob223 on Monday August 26, 2019 @01:46PM (#20802013)

I imagine that that difference is going mostly to recoup R&D costs at e.g. Impossible right now, who is making the patties.

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Re:Beyond Meat and KFC partner to test fried plant-based ‘ch... by entropicdrifter on Monday August 26, 2019 @02:22PM (#20802359)

Could also be due to scaling costs and farming subsidies on meat vs the plants used in Impossible Burgers.

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Re:Beyond Meat and KFC partner to test fried plant-based ‘ch... by JakeTheAndroid on Monday August 26, 2019 @02:14PM (#20802275)

for now I expect you're correct. But in the long run it should ideally have really nice margins. Once Beyond and Impossible get a version that is as close as it needs to be, they can start focusing on supply chain and stuff like that.

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Re:Beyond Meat and KFC partner to test fried plant-based ‘ch... by jghn on Monday August 26, 2019 @02:37PM (#20802451)

Agree w/ you & GP, and I suspect that the parent of my reply is actually correct. I just didn't think the linked article supported the claim.

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