Beyond Meat replaces grilled steak on the Just Salad menu
Just Salad, a New York City-based fast-casual chain, has added Beyond Meat to its menu, replacing grilled steak with Beyond Beef Meatballs. The plant-based alternative will be a feature of the Keto Zoodle Bowl, made with zucchini noodles, grape tomatoes and roasted balsamic mushrooms. Just Salad has a "Green Standard" sustainability initiative that aims to send zero waste to landfills by 2025 and save 100,000 pounds of plastic this year through the use of reusable bowls. Just Salad highlights data showing that beef is one of the least sustainable meat products. "The future of food is plant-based," said Janani Lee, Just Salad's chief sustainability officer. Beyond Meat has been introduced to a number of quick service and fast casual menus recently, including Dunkin' Brands Inc. and Uno Pizzeria. Beyond Meat stock has gained 9.6% over the last three months while the S&P 500 index is up 20.3% for the period.
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