Plant-Based Meat Business Booming Amid Beef and Poultry Shortage

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Plant-based meat business is booming as a meat and poultry shortage looms amid coronavirus pandemic.

Hungry consumers are looking elsewhere for a juicy bite as America starts to feel the crunch from meat shortages ... and it's a boon for plant-based meats.

Here's the deal ... with traditional meat processing plants and slaughterhouses getting hit hard by COVID-19, there's a looming shortage of traditional meats and poultry. Based on the numbers, more and more people are taking the opportunity to try new, healthier options. Two of the country's biggest plant-based meat producers, Tofurky and Impossible Foods, both tell TMZ ... sales are up and they've already found ways to cut into the conventional meat industry's marketplace.tells us his company is selling more inventory to stores than ever before. It's a pretty stark change ... Tofurky says one of its retail partners fears conventional meat sales will nosedive 30 percent.

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Oh no, China is trying to turn America into them. That plant-based stuff is not one size fits all. People should have choices. If you like it fine, but don't force your crap on others...Individuals can decide how 'healthy' they wanna be...Get outta here, miserable mudfucks...

Uhh, nope. Time to go hunting if it came to that

Weird times

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No thank you

Keep your hands off my MorningStrFarms chorizo crumbles or I will literally gut you...

Well duh, the better option is running out lol

Only South Park fans will get this 😭

There is no roast beef in any of the Subways I have gone to at least 6 of them from Anaheim to Garden Grove roast beef MIA my club sandwich 😢

No thanks...

SOYBOYS!

Plant based meat really doesn't taste that different, & is way better for humans, so, I support that new trend. Just takes a minor adjustment, w/healthy benefits.

i’ll resort to cannibalism before i eat that shit.

DEEEEEELICIOUS!

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