Carl’s Jr. is the latest to expand plant-protein menu
By Sara Shaw • October 11, 2019
Yesterday Carl’s Jr. launched its second Beyond burger menu item, the Beyond BBQ Cheeseburger, available at most of their approximately 1,100 restaurants. The second burger was added due to customer and franchisee demand and is a meatless version of the chain’s Western Bacon Cheeseburger.
While the number of people who follow vegetarian or vegan lifestyles isn’t growing particularly fast, people who choose to have meatless meals sometimes and those who want to have alternative proteins has risen in number, said Gary Stibel, founder and CEO of New England Consulting Group.