Beyond Meat to More Than Double Retail Distribution of Beyond Breakfast Sausage Patties

Additional distribution at nearly 5,000 locations including Kroger, Super Target and Walmart will make the better-for-you plant-based breakfast option more accessible than ever

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Beyond Meat, Inc. (NASDAQ: BYND), a leader in plant-based meat, continues its efforts to increase accessibility to plant-based meat with the announcement that its popular frozen Beyond Breakfast Sausage Patties are expanding to select Kroger, Super Target, Walmart, Publix and Harris Teeter stores by the end of September.

As demand for plant-based meat continues to rise, this expansion complements the company’s expansive retail presence at approximately 26,000 retail outlets across the U.S. in which consumers have made their preference for Beyond Meat clear: according to the latest 4-week SPINS data ending 8/9/20, Beyond Meat was the #1 selling brand in all refrigerated plant-based meat.

“Following the initial release of our Beyond Breakfast Sausage Patties at retailers earlier this year, we heard an enthusiastic and overwhelmingly positive response from consumers who asked for increased availability,” said Chuck Muth, Chief Growth Officer, Beyond Meat. “We’re thrilled to be able to make delicious and nutritious plant-based meat with no GMOs more available nationwide, giving our consumers another convenient option to Go Beyond any time of day.”

Perfect for busy mornings, Beyond Breakfast Sausage Patties are a quick and convenient plant-based option that goes from frozen to finished in under five minutes. With flavor notes like sage and black pepper, Beyond Breakfast Sausage Patties are designed to taste like pork breakfast sausage patties, unlocking even more breakfast choices to power your day.

Beyond Breakfast Sausage patties have:

• 11g of protein per serving (two patties), derived from peas and brown rice
• 50% less total fat and 35% less saturated fat and sodium than a leading brand of pork breakfast sausage patties
• No cholesterol, nitrates, nitrites, antibiotics or hormones
• No GMOs, soy or gluten
• Certified Kosher and Halal
  

Beyond Meat’s vision is to be a global protein company capable of serving consumers’ growing demand for delicious, nutritious and sustainable protein. Recently, the findings from a clinical study using Beyond Meat’s plant-based products were published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In the study conducted at Stanford University, researchers evaluated the impact of replacing animal-based meat with plant-based meat over an 8-week period on cholesterol levels (including LDL), heart disease risk factors including TMAO levels, and body weight, and found improvement in key health metrics when participants replaced animal-based meat with plant-based meat. The results provide yet another data point in a growing field of research about how plant-based meat can help people live healthier lives, and Beyond Meat is committed to supporting further academic and scientific study into the impacts of plant-based meats on health.