{"id":5939,"date":"2024-10-25T08:04:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T08:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restaurantnews.co.uk\/?p=5939"},"modified":"2024-10-25T08:04:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T08:04:53","slug":"ssp-and-beyond-meat-now-delivering-plant-based-options-to-travellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restaurantnews.co.uk\/?p=5939","title":{"rendered":"SSP and Beyond Meat now delivering plant based options to travellers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beyond Meat is expanding its Beyond Burger\u00ae availability to airport and train station bars throughout the UK in partnership with SSP, enhancing plant-based options for travelers. <\/p>\n<p>Starting in October 2024, the Beyond Burger will be offered at 13 locations, including Brigg &#038; Stow at Bristol Airport and Camden Bar at London Stansted. This plant-based burger mimics the look, cook, and flavor of traditional meat burgers and will be introduced in six additional bars by December 2024, providing a flavorful dining experience with a lower carbon footprint compared to standard beef burgers.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Parsons, UK Regional Sales Manager for Food Service at Beyond Meat, emphasized the initiative&#8217;s importance in helping more people in the UK reduce their animal meat consumption. He noted the aim to offer delicious and nutritious plant-based meat options for everyone, catering to travelers whether they are on holiday or commuting after work.<\/p>\n<p>The new menu at SSP will prominently feature a juicy Beyond Burger patty, complemented by crunchy lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and house burger sauce, served in a bun alongside a side of chips\u2014suitable for carnivores, flexitarians, vegetarians, and vegans.<\/p>\n<p>Meredith Ford, Head of Sustainability for SSP UK &#038; Ireland, stated the company&#8217;s commitment to providing diverse choices for customers across all outlets. She expressed pride in collaborating with Beyond Meat to achieve a target of having 30% of their own brand main meal options be plant-based or vegetarian, contributing to positive change in the food travel sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beyond Meat is expanding its Beyond Burger\u00ae availability to airport and train station bars throughout the UK in partnership with SSP, enhancing plant-based options for travelers. Starting in October 2024, the Beyond Burger will be offered at 13 locations, including Brigg &#038; Stow at Bristol Airport and Camden Bar at London Stansted. This plant-based burger [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5939","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-restaurant-news-uk"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restaurantnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restaurantnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restaurantnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restaurantnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restaurantnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/restaurantnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restaurantnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restaurantnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restaurantnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restaurantnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}