McDonald's is Testing Plant-Based Burgers in Canada

A single McDonald's franchise might have to sell up to 400 plant burgers a week to be viable.

In summary: 

  • McDonald's is testing Beyond Meat burgers in Canada.
  • According to Reuters, they are only selling 20-30 plant-based burgers per day -- up to 100 burgers per day in some areas. 
  • According to Swiss bank UBS, if McDonald's rolled out Beyond Burgers to its 14,000 U.S. stores, which works out to about 250 million plant burgers each year. 
  • It will mean $325 million in sales for Beyond Meat. 
  • However, estimates say that a single McDonald's franchise must sell up to 400 plant burgers a week to be viable.
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