A New Vegan Drive-Thru Wants To Take On McDonald’s (plantbasednews.org)
from Sunshine@lemmy.ca to vegan@lemmy.world on 16 Jan 19:59
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Sunshine@lemmy.ca on 16 Jan 20:00 next collapse

Of course Face Plant is launching in the vegan stronghold Oregon hehe

pikmeir@lemmy.world on 16 Jan 20:04 next collapse

Good luck to them. Beating McDonald’s prices might not be too hard though, since they haven’t had good prices in over a decade. But if they can be cheaper, I’d try them.

Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org on 16 Jan 22:14 next collapse

If they're cheaper, I'd consider it. After all, it's not like McDonald's sells a lot of actual meat. Not going to give up meat, but fast-food vegetables that actually taste decent would be an interesting change.

ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org on 16 Jan 22:51 collapse

you're not the one giving it up.

Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org on 17 Jan 01:42 collapse

True, I'm an evolved omnivore who still requires meat proteins to properly function.

TheTechnician27@lemmy.world on 17 Jan 17:57 collapse

Not only is this completely untrue, but a plant-based diet over an omnivorous one comes with multifarious benefits to short- and long-term health.

wolfeh@lemmy.world on 17 Jan 03:03 collapse

I’ve actually had some decent vegan fast food. The PLNT Burger chain in the U.S. is tasty, but it’s more expensive than it should be.

I’m lucky enough to have a few good local places with better prices. My local pub (I wish I could shout it out, but it’d reveal my location too specifically) has a few great Impossible options that don’t cost too much.

jagged_circle@feddit.nl on 17 Jan 05:38 collapse

Plants are cheaper, so it should be cheaper yes

x00z@lemmy.world on 17 Jan 18:25 collapse

Business wise it is pretty normal for prices to still be higher though. New industries are always more expensive. They need to scale up to be able to lower the prices. There’s not enough competition to keep prices low. And there’s a lot of R&D that is being put into these products.

But it’s not a bad thing. We should vote with our money. I’d prefer to pay more now so these companies see there’s money to be made.