Beyond Meat® & Sysco Ink Exclusive Deal for Break-Through beyond Burger®, Bringing Innovative Food to Restaurants & Food Se...
13 September 2017 - 8:11PM
Business Wire
Hand-Selected to be a Part of Sysco’s Cutting
Edge Solutions Program, The Plant-Based Beyond Burger® Will Have
Access to More American Plates Through Exclusive Distribution
Deal
Beyond Meat® announces today its partnership with Sysco, the
nation’s largest food distributor. The Beyond Meat® Beyond Burger
is the latest addition to Sysco’s Cutting Edge Solutions (CES)
program. The Beyond Burger is the first plant-based burger that
looks, cooks and satisfies so much like traditional beef, it’s sold
in the meat section at grocery stores. The exclusive deal between
Sysco and Beyond Meat will open distribution of the ground-breaking
Beyond Burger to thousands of burger joints, restaurant chains,
hospitality properties, healthcare centers and educational
facilities nationwide.
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The Beyond Meat® Beyond Burger
“Similar to how we’ve partnered with conventional grocery stores
to bring The Beyond Burger to the meat aisle where everyday
consumers shop for protein, we are thrilled to be a part of Sysco’s
Cutting Edge Solutions program to bring The Beyond Burger to menus
alongside beef at thousands of mainstream restaurants nationwide”
said Ethan Brown, CEO of Beyond Meat.
The partnership with Sysco represents a wider cultural shift
that is currently happening in the US food ecosystem. According to
a recent NPD Study, 70% of meat eaters are substituting a non-meat
protein in a meal at least once a week and 22% say they are doing
it more often than a year ago. While taste remains a key factor in
food purchases, health benefits are one of the top reasons
consumers choose plant-based protein.
“Cutting Edge Solutions is Sysco’s unique product innovation
platform designed to give our customers differentiated products and
solutions to meet the challenges of the competitive foodservice
industry,” said Brian Todd, Senior Vice President of Merchandising,
Sysco. “Each year, we evaluate emerging food trends to
hand-select our CES featured productions. Our exclusive
distribution of the innovative Beyond Burger helps our customers
appeal to a growing group of consumers seeking better-for-you
products.”
Currently sold at grocery stores nationwide, The Beyond Burger
will expand its potential reach to tens of thousands of restaurant
and food service establishments through its exclusive distribution
with Sysco, enabling millions more people to experience the
sizzling Future of Protein®.
The Beyond Burger launched in May 2016 to sell out demand.
Answering consumer’s growing health and environmental concerns, the
break-through Beyond Burger looks, cooks and satisfies like a
traditional hamburger, but with all the upsides of plant-based
protein, including being naturally cholesterol free. Boasting 20g
of protein, the Beyond Burger contains no GMOs, soy or gluten.
About Beyond Meat
Based in Los Angeles, California, Beyond Meat is a privately
held company with a mission of building meat directly from plants.
Investors include Bill Gates, Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and
Evan Williams, Kleiner Perkins, former McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson,
Honest Tea founder Seth Goldman, Humane Society of the United
States, and Tyson Foods. To stay up to date on the latest,
visit www.BeyondMeat.com and follow @BeyondMeat,
#BeyondBurger and #FutureOfProtein
on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
About Sysco
Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and
distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and
educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers
who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also
includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality
industries. With over 65,000 associates, the company operates
approximately 300 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more
than 500,000 customer locations. For fiscal 2017 that ended July 1,
2017, the company generated sales of more than $55 billion.
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Beyond MeatKim StrausBeyondMeat@Mbooth.com