All Meat alternatives articles
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Comment & Opinion
The Grocer and its journalists are not anti-vegan or anti-plant-based foods
It’s our job to report on the plant-based category’s downs, as well as ups
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Comment & Opinion
Allplants’ collapse is a sign of investment hype, not plant-based fatigue
When billions are funnelled into new markets, there will inevitably be more failures than successes, says Martin Holden-White, founder & CEO at Grubby
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News
Unilever explores sale of The Vegetarian Butcher as plant-based category slows
Analysts also speculated that Unilever could consider selling Colman’s, Marmite and Pot Noodle
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News
Allplants enters administration as 65 staff made redundant
Frozen ready meal challenger Allplants has officially entered administration today, with 65 staff losing their jobs and investors facing losses of almost £70m
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News
Allplants seeks a buyer to save plant-based brand from collapse
Plant-based ready meal maker Allplants is teetering on the edge of collapse and is working with insolvency advisors to explore all options for the brand’s survival
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Category Report
A new dawn for plant-based?
Cost of living struggles have hit plant-based sales, but the market is looking to recover with a more natural generation of products
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Events & Awards
The Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2024: Plant-based meat alternatives
Made of soya and fava bean protein, the product is designed to deliver a ‘hyper-realistic’ chicken imitation with a ‘meaty fibrous texture’
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News
Beyond Meat running out of cash despite return to growth
Investors are now hoping the business has turned a corner after sales grew 7.6% to $81m in the three months to September, and gross profit turned from a $7.3m loss to a $14.3m profit
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Range Preview
Lamb guard of honour and passionfruit martini panettone: Morrisons Christmas range 2024
Morrisons’ new meat cuts, party-friendly nibbles and free-from options aim to lure consumers ahead of the big Christmas shop
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Range Preview
Chicken doughnuts and lobster mac & cheese: Aldi Christmas range 2024
Aldi is launching its largest-ever Specially Selected Christmas range, tapping into growing consumer demand for premium value
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News
Ex-Heineken boss David Flochel to replace departing Quorn CEO Marco Bertacca
Bertacca joined Quorn Foods in 2020 and navigated the business through global challenges including the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent cost of living crisis
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News
Infinite Roots secures £2m to explore whey upcycling tech
The German business is working with the Hamburg University of Technology to develop technology to upcycle whey into a fermentation feedstock for its mycelium, paving the way for the creation of new food ingredients and products
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News
Gosh loses more sales due to plant-based exodus
Gosh said ‘meat mimics’ were under the most pressure in the market, while losses at Enough doubled in 2023
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News
Vegan Food Group sells German factory to European tofu player
European tofu producer New Originals Company will continue to partner with VFG after buying the Wiesbaum site from the group
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News
French plant-based pork company La Vie raises €25m in latest funding round to boost growth
This brings the total raised by the company in the last three years to €50m, despite a 36% drop in investments in the food tech sector, the brand said
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News
Alt-meat brand This losses continue as it pushes for profitability
Alt-meat producer This has reiterated its plan to hit profitability this year after failing to stem widening losses in its latest accounts
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News
Meatable secures multimillion-pound funding for lab-grown meat
The credit will help Meatable ramp up its commercial activity
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News
Quorn parent Marlow Foods restructures as losses race past £60m amid plant-based slump
Losses have raced to more than £60m at Marlow Foods as the owner of Quorn and Cauldron continued to restructure the business amid a further deterioration in the meat alternatives market
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News
£38m National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre launches
The centre will support research and innovation into various forms of alternative protein, from plants and microbes to insects and algae
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Category Report
Plant-based trends 2024: Going back to basics
‘Natural’ plant-based proteins are gaining ground in the wake of UPF concerns – but where does that leave the alt meat giants?