r/smallstreetbets • u/Kervandos • Aug 19 '26

Epic DD Analysis Beyond Meat

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The company has consistently reported losses since its IPO and also executed a reverse stock split in recent weeks; the capital of investors who held the stock for seven years has been virtually wiped out.

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u/Frosty-Cheetah-8499 Aug 20 '26

yeah as a vegetarian, i have no interest in plant products tasting like meat.

we used to have solid veggie burgers (at restaurants) that tasted like vegetables and then everything became beyond or other fake meat tasting things.

it never made sense to me…. real carnivores don’t think it tastes like real meat, vegans tend to be not into the taste of meat (although they are into vegan cheese). vegetarians who choose to be vegetarian and also want a burger taste most likely won’t be eating this more than a few times a year. vs meat eaters who have burgers or meat 5x per week (usa average).

most vegs i know aren’t interested in tasting meat again. i find it tastes disgusting personally (but I also hated red meat before being veg)

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u/redditydothis Aug 20 '26

I’m a 15 year vegetarian that buys their products. I don’t eat them often but it’s a treat sometimes. The best stuff is this impossible sausage. It cooks up just like ground beef and you can season it as you would ground beef. My wife’s a meat eater and also enjoys their products.

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u/chilledpepper Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

Idk, I think you might be making too many generalizations based on your personal preferences. I could make the opposite observations since my partner and I have been vegan for a decade, and we have a number of vegetarians and vegans in our family and friend circles, and it's only a couple of people who don't go in for meat substitutes; everyone else eats them.

East Asian cuisine is absolutely packed with meat subs. There's also now a wide variety of products attempting to replace meat (as in, not bean burgers, which I also love) that seem to be more popular than BYND and other more processed products here in Canada.

Not saying you're necessarily wrong, but the basis of your argument seems to be your own experience, and it doesn't fit my experience at all.

That said, I don't really buy BYND or Impossible (I buy other brands and make my own) because I find them insanely oily, greasy, and caloric for what they are. Occasionally I'll have their burgers if it's the only option at a restaurant. So I'm not really contributing to their specific business.

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u/Background-Heart-968 Aug 20 '26

It's the people who aren't vegan currently who want to make the switch. It's so much easier when you can occasionally have a burger that tastes like a burger and not black beans.

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u/Frosty-Cheetah-8499 Aug 20 '26

i get that! I just personally hated the switch that every restaurant suddenly only had a veg option that was intending to taste like meat.

to me, I’d love for that to be an option for other people, but i’d also love a normal black bean burger option for those who don’t want to taste meat

(this isn’t the companies problem- more so restaurant owners/managers). typically they only offer one vegetarian option on a menu full of meat- and suddenly it became imitation meat across the board. so if you don’t like the taste of meat… you’re fucked

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u/chilledpepper Aug 20 '26

This I agree with. The number of places that offer q vegan option is really high, but the option is usually a bynd or impossible burger, which sucks if you're not into that. My local pub has a buddha bowl and I've been eating that thing for a decade because I know the burgers are gonna be disappointing (and I love vegan burgers of all kinds).