7-Eleven Canada has partnered with Violife to launch the chain’s first fully plant-based breakfast sandwich available at 7-Eleven locations across Canada. The new sandwich is part of 7-Eleven’s “Healthy To-Go” campaign and features Violife Cheddar Style Slices along with JUST Egg Folded and Impossibleä Sausage made from plants on an English muffin. “Partnering with 7-Eleven…
Plant-Based Meals: Lessons from QSRs to C-Stores
A new generation of plant-based meat-mimicking products has made headlines and attracted the attention of consumers and investors in the past years. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided them with a phenomenal experimentation opportunity, leading to a 47% jump in retail sales in 2020, per Chicago-based market research firm IRI. Sales have stagnated since as consumers…
The 2022 Foodservice Report
“The days of smokes and Cokes are coming to an end,” said Jon Siron, foodservice director for Gier Oil Co., with more than 50 Eagle Stop stores in Missouri. “C-stores are finally understanding that they aren’t just gas stations that sell food; they’re restaurants that sell gas.” For West Des Moines, Iowa-based Kum & Go,…
Gen Z and Millennials to Drive Plant-Based Food Growth
The consumer demand for plant-based beverages and foods for in-home meal prep has continued throughout the pandemic, according to The NPD Group‘s recently released “The Future of Plant-based Snapshot: The Evolution of Plant-based Continues.” Both dairy and meat plant-based alternatives are forecast to grow through 2024, driven almost entirely by millennials and Generation Zs, who…