16 Facts About Beyond Meat

Beyond Meat, Inc is a Los Angeles–based producer of plant-based meat substitutes founded in 2009 by Ethan Brown.

Beyond Meat offers plant-based options in the beef, pork and poultry categories.

In 2014, Beyond Meat developed its first plant-based beef product, Beyond Beef Crumbles, and has since expanded into plant-based pork.

Beyond Meat is backed by celebrity and athlete investors such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Jessica Chastain, Snoop Dogg, Liza Koshy, Chris Paul, Kyrie Irving, DeAndre Hopkins and others.

In May 2019, Beyond Meat went public and trades on the United States Nasdaq exchange under the symbol BYND.

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Beyond Meat shifted its focus to grocery, convenience stores and other forms of distribution during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In June 2018, Beyond Meat opened its second production facility in Columbia, Missouri, resulting in a three-fold increase of the company's manufacturing space.

In 2020, Beyond Meat acquired a manufacturing facility in Devault, Pennsylvania.

In Europe, Beyond Meat has two facilities in the Netherlands: a co-manufacturing facility in Zoeterwoude owned and operated by Dutch company Zandbergen, and an owned facility in Enschede.

In January 2021, Beyond Meat announced that it will be opening a new global headquarters in El Segundo, CA later that year.

In November 2020, Beyond Meat announced a collaboration with McDonald's for development of the McPlant option, a plant-based patty and chicken substitute.

Beyond Meat announced the launch in China of a plant-based version of minced pork.

In 2020, Beyond Meat launched an e-commerce site to sell products directly to consumers.

In February 2021, Beyond Meat started a partnership with McDonald's and Yum Brands.

In September 2021, Beyond Meat announced it would begin selling their vegan chicken tenders in retail stores, including Walmart.

Beyond Meat Jerky is the company's first shelf stable product and the first product produced with PepsiCo under the PLANeT Partnership.