Apparently, Beyond Meat burgers donB次元官网网址檛 go that well with Tim Hortons coffee, as the chain says itB次元官网网址檚 dropping the alternative protein products at thousands of Canadian locations, just three months after introducing them.
The vegetable-based Beyond Burgers are being taken off menus nationally, while Beyond Meat breakfast sandwiches will be removed from all locations except in B.C. and Ontario, where a B次元官网网址減ositive reactionB次元官网网址� means customers can continue to enjoy them, the company says.
The decision isnB次元官网网址檛 surprising given TimB次元官网网址檚 core expertise at selling coffee and baked goods but itB次元官网网址檚 a black eye for the California-based manufacturer of Beyond Meat, said Sylvain Charlebois, a professor in food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University in Halifax.
B次元官网网址淚 see this as bad news for Beyond Meat, absolutely, because it may taint the brand in Canada. Tim Hortons is no small player,B次元官网网址� he said in an interview.
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The Tim HortonsB次元官网网址� decision, apparently made based on sales volumes, might indicate that Beyond Meat is reaching a saturation level in Canada after being embraced by A&W restaurants and widely offered in retail grocery stores, he said.
B次元官网网址淲e are always listening to our guests and testing a wide variety of products across the country,B次元官网网址� said Jane Almeida, a spokeswoman for TimB次元官网网址檚 parent Restaurant Brands International Inc., in an email confirming the withdrawal.
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The company announced in May it would test its three Beyond Meat breakfast sandwiches at some stores.
In June, it said those products would be rolled out in all of its almost 4,000 Tim Hortons restaurants nationwide and, in July, it announced it would offer Beyond Burgers as well.
The company made no mention of limited availability at the time.
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During its second-quarter conference call last month, however, RBI CEO Jose Cil implied the products might not be a permanent addition.
B次元官网网址淲e looked at the Beyond Meat burger as well as a kind of limited time offer to see how it would react, and weB次元官网网址檙e encouraged by some of the behaviour there,B次元官网网址� he said, according to a transcript posted by financial markets data firm Refinitiv.
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Almeida said the Beyond Burger will continue to be offered for a limited time nationally, without being specific, and the breakfast sandwiches while supplies last outside of Ontario and B.C.
Dan Healing, The Canadian Press
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