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Re:Beyond Meat CEO 'It's Just Not the Moment for Plant-Based... by Jensson on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @06:22AM (#47410745)
Average American eat around 60 pounds a year, typically you eat less than a full pound when you eat so yeah they probably eat more than once per week.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-meat-usa

Given the $112 subsidies per year above, that would add $2 per pound of beef, that would slightly raise the price not balloon it to 30-40 as poster claimed. So he was bullshitting.

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Re:Beyond Meat CEO 'It's Just Not the Moment for Plant-Based... by 542354234235 on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @08:59AM (#47412045)
Average includes vegans, and I'm pretty sure they eat it less than once per week. It’s just how much meat divided by population. The previous comment shows that the consumption is not anywhere close to equally distributed.
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Re:Beyond Meat CEO 'It's Just Not the Moment for Plant-Based... by elsjaako on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @01:22PM (#47415620)
The subsidies are also paid by vegans. Both the average meat consumption and average subsidy can be multiplied by the total population to get the total.
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