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  • This quinoa-based vegetarian burger is adapted from the just-released cookbook by Brooks Headley, “Superiority Burger Cookbook,” named for the chef’s Manhattan restaurant. (Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)Lifestyle

    Tired of Impossible and Beyond? How Superiority Burger’s chef makes his acclaimed veggie patty

    By Deena Shanker and Bloomberg
  • Packages of Impossible Burger plant based meat are displayed for sale during the Impossible Foods Inc. grocery store product launch in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. The Impossible Burger made its retail debut at 27 Gelson’s Markets locations in Southern California before expanding its retail presence in the fourth quarter and in early 2020, the company said in a statement. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/BloombergRetail

    Impossible Foods debuts faux-chicken nuggets at restaurants

    By Deena Shanker and Bloomberg
  • Packages of Impossible Burger plant based meat are displayed during the Impossible Foods Inc. grocery store product launch in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. The Impossible Burger made its retail debut at 27 Gelson’s Markets locations in Southern California before expanding its retail presence in the fourth quarter and in early 2020, the company said in a statement. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/BloombergRetail

    The faux-chicken wars intensify: Impossible Foods is debuting nuggets in the fall

    By Deena Shanker and Bloomberg
  • Beyond meat plant based products seen at a grocery store in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on June 24, 2021. Canadian families can expect to pay $695 more for food in 2021 as food prices continue to rise across the country. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)Retail

    Beyond Meat looks to expand with its own line of plant-based chicken tenders

    By Deena Shanker, Leslie Patton, and others
  • Packages of “Impossible Burger” and “Beyond Meat” sit on a shelf for sale on November 15, 2019 in New York City. – Vegetarian alternatives to burgers and sausages, revived by start-ups like Beyond Meat and Impossible Burger, are enjoying a certain enthusiasm that meat giants also want to enjoy. Since this summer, the world leader in the JBS sector has been marketing a soy burger in Brazil that includes beetroot, garlic and onions, with a look similar to a rare minced steak. In the US, the largest meat producer Tyson Foods launched a new line of products in June based on plants or mixing meat and vegetables. Its competitors Hormel Foods, Perdue Farms or Smithfield, have similar initiatives. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)Retail

    Meat giant Tyson Foods enters the competitive plant-based market again—this time with a line of vegan meat products

    By Michael Hirtzer, Deena Shanker, and others
  • KIEV, UKRAINE – 2021/03/06: KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) logo of the US fast food restaurant chain seen over the entrance to a KFC restaurant in Kiev. (Photo by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Retail

    Fried chicken craze is causing a poultry shortage in the U.S.

    By Leslie Patton, Deena Shanker, and others
  • MADRID, SPAIN - OCTOBER 24: An outside view of a Burger King fast food restaurant, a sign indicating the entrance to the service for autoking vehicles on October 24, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press via Getty Images)International

    Was Ist Einer ‘Rebel Whopper’? Burger King Is Bringing Its Plant-Based Burgers to Europe

    By Deena Shanker and Bloomberg
  • For vegans, fast food chains such as Burger King selling faux-meat burgers are happy to cook patties on separate grills.Retail

    Fast Food Chains Grilling Faux Burgers for Vegans and Flexitarians Face Challenges

    By Leslie Patton, Deena Shanker, and others
  • Impossible Burger FDARetail

    Impossible Foods Moves Closer to Selling its Faux Meat in Groceries

    By Deena Shanker and Bloomberg
  • The Dunkin’ faux breakfast sausage sandwich is being launched at 163 Manhattan locations.Retail

    Dunkin’ Dishes Up Beyond Meat Faux Breakfast Sausage

    By Deena Shanker, Leslie Patton, and others
  • Walker RecallRetail

    Big Dairy Battling Vegan Industry in Butter-Labeling War

    By Deena Shanker, Lydia Mulvany, and others
  • Meatless Burger Company Beyond Meat Goes Public On Nasdaq ExchangeFinance

    Beyond Meat Just Had the Best IPO of 2019 as Value Soars to $3.8 Billion

    By Deena Shanker, Lydia Mulvany, and others
  • Free range chickensLeadership

    How the Humane Society convinced nearly 100 food companies to take their animals out of cages

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  • Michelle PhanMPW

    Why Michelle Phan’s new network could reveal the future of the Internet

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  • 96.2% of USAA banking occurs over a computer or mobile deviceFinance

    Old bank, new tricks

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