Re:Beyond Meat signs global supply deals with McDonald’s, KF...
by thorin on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @08:35AM
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"The working class doesn't want to eat beans/lentils they want to eat McDonalds and Taco Bell"
Is suppose this is the bit I don't get. In the UK I feel like the working class see McDonalds as a "treat", which they might have once a week and the kids will get a toy or an ice cream.
It's way way cheaper to spend the 10-20 pounds I'd spend for 3 or 4 meals from McDonald's on real food. I could easily make a good roast dinner with dessert or similar meal for the whole family for that kind of money. It just feels like laziness to me, which we're all guilty of and I'd probably be even more guilty of if I had less free time and poorer living conditions.
I'd still argue that working class don't "want" to eat at McDonald's on a regular basis, not in Europe anyway.
The working class doesn't want to eat beans/lentils they want to eat McDonalds and Taco Bell. This way we can swap out the meat and force them to eat meat substitute for the supposed greater good and eventually save money and the environment while we do it.
They're already being sold turkey meat when they order pork in some stores (Subway in particular does this) so what does it matter if it's just all switched out for artificial meat.