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Taco Bell had beef with Beyond Meat’s fake carne asada 20 Apparently it wasn’t well done
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Posted on 12/21/2021 6:22:53 AM PST by mylife

Taco Bell, the restaurant known for having ground beef that's utterly indescribable, reportedly told Beyond Meat that its version of carne asada wasn’t good enough to serve. According to Bloomberg, the chain canceled a test product that featured Beyond’s plant-based steak after samples failed to live up to its standards.

Beyond Meat denies the report — Shira Zackai, head of communications at the company told The Verge in an email that “the test between Beyond Meat and Taco Bell was not canceled. Our partnership is strong, and we are actively working together to create a plant-based protein that’s completely new to the national QSR (quick serve restaurant) space. We look forward to sharing more details on what Beyond Meat and Taco Bell have planned in the coming months.”

The report doesn’t make it clear what the company wasn’t fond of — was it the texture? The taste? Was it just too high-end for Taco Bell, seeming more like something you’d find at a Chipotle rather than the restaurant known as the place you drunkenly get 2 AM takeout and NFTs? Whatever the case, people on Twitter have been having an absolute field day with the news.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Food; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: beyondmeat; tacobell; vegans; vegetarians
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To: Scarlett156

And ‘moobs’.


41 posted on 12/21/2021 10:10:18 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: \/\/ayne

Turtling


42 posted on 12/21/2021 11:14:00 AM PST by CodeJockey (Think for yourself. (While it's still legal))
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To: mylife

This made me laugh bigly.


43 posted on 12/21/2021 6:59:02 PM PST by Trillian
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To: mylife
Taco Bell is one of those weird places where it totally depends on the location as to how the food is.

Oh, it is never "gor-mond" but it can be hot, filling and flavorful. Or it can taste like dog food.

They really do not have good quality control.

44 posted on 12/21/2021 7:09:03 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (add a dab of lavender in milk, leave town with an orange and pretend you're laughing with it)
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To: Cruising Speed
Just don't call it Diamondell.

That name is taken.

45 posted on 12/21/2021 7:11:58 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (add a dab of lavender in milk, leave town with an orange and pretend you're laughing with it)
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To: Trillian

Good, that was my intent!


46 posted on 12/21/2021 7:19:09 PM PST by mylife (Christmas is cancelled, all the reindeer have Covid and a red nose, Donner and Prancer and Vaxxen)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

They had the good sense to reject this carp!


47 posted on 12/21/2021 7:20:30 PM PST by mylife (Christmas is cancelled, all the reindeer have Covid and a red nose, Donner and Prancer and Vaxxen)
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To: mylife
Yes.

But their training program must suck.

Weird but most of the good ones were former McDonalds managers.

Odd but there it is.

48 posted on 12/21/2021 9:18:11 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (add a dab of lavender in milk, leave town with an orange and pretend you're laughing with it)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Places I normally never go, but we all go in a pinch.


49 posted on 12/21/2021 10:10:58 PM PST by mylife (Christmas is cancelled, all the reindeer have Covid and a red nose, Donner and Prancer and Vaxxen)
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To: mylife

I wonder if Taco Bell will run tests to determine if the BETC of Beyond Meat is on par with the rest of their fare? (Bowel Expulsion Time Coefficient)


50 posted on 12/21/2021 10:41:10 PM PST by Rebelbase
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