We also intend to continue to move pricing to partially offset inflation to the extent possible without impacting traffic.”Īnd: Kraft Heinz and TheNotCompany joint venture will focus on plant-based foodsĬarrolls reported a fourth quarter net loss of $16.4 million, or 33 cents per share, after a loss of $18.6 million, or 37 cents per share, last year. “While we cannot predict when these inflationary cost pressures will end, we can say that we believe that in the back half of 2022, the year-over-year percentage increases for labor and commodity costs will moderate. As a result, commodity inflation overall was approximately 16% this past quarter compared to the prior year period,” Accordino said. “Domestic food, paper producers and distributors supplying most of our commodities are dealing with labor constraints, along with higher fuel costs and are passing the increases on to us. See: Nitro Pepsi, a creamy cola that leaves a frothy mustache, launches March 28Ĭarrols detailed the commodity inflation that the company is facing, with beef, which makes up a quarter of its food basket, up 33% over last year.Ĭarrols is also facing labor inflation, with the company raising average hourly wages by 14% year-over-year as it tried to maintain open hours from 6am to 11pm while competing to hire and retain workers. The Whopper, the brand’s most popular product by a wide margin, has also been removed as a core discount item and is no longer available in the two-for-six or two-for-five promotions.” “Recent actions in this regard from our franchisor include lifting price caps on value menu items and reducing the number of nuggets meals from 10 pieces to 8. NACS Daily reported that the chicken sandwich wars are moving to a new battleground, and the latest skirmish is all about plant-based chicken.“As you may have recently read, the Burger King brand has about a dozen menu and promotional initiatives, some of which have already been implemented and some that will be implemented over the course of this year,” said Daniel Accordino, chief executive of Carrols, on the Thursday earnings call, according to a FactSet transcript. NACS Magazine explored how meatless options, including meat, dairy and snack products, are attracting health-focused customers to c-stores. Plant-based protein shipments from distributors to restaurants increased more than 60% year-over-year in April 2021. Ninety percent of consumers who eat plant-based meat alternatives also eat meat and dairy, says CNBC, and consumption of faux meat is up over the past two years. The restaurants that participated in the pilot had an 18.5% uptick in traffic during the April pilot. In 2019, Burger King partnered with Impossible Meats to offer the Impossible Whopper nationwide after a successful test in St. KFC also tested a plant-based chicken option with Beyond Meat last summer. Earlier this year, Panda Express tested a meatless orange chicken dish made with Beyond Meat’s plant-based chicken. Customers in those locations can indulge in eight-pieces of plant-based nuggets made by Impossible Foods for a limited time.īurger King is the first fast-food restaurant to test Impossible Foods’ chicken nuggets. The test markets include Des Moines, Boston and Miami. Impossible Foods recently released its meatless chicken nuggets in restaurants and supermarkets. NEW YORK-Burger King is testing a meatless chicken offering by using Impossible Food’s Chicken Nuggets in select markets beginning Oct.
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