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| 26.09.2025 | Dave Sparrow Steps Down as CEO of Vegan Food Group | Dave Sparrow has stepped down from his position as the CEO of Vegan Food Group (VFG).
Sparrow initially became the CEO of VFC (Vegan Fried Chicken) in 2021. In 2023, VFC acquired two other plant-based companies — Meatless Farm and Clive’s P... |
| 20.05.2025 | Over 40 Brands Unite in “Unprecedented” Campaign to Drive Meat-Free Category Growth | More than 40 of the UK’s leading meat-free brands have joined forces in a new coalition described as “unprecedented”.
Together, they will run a campaign claimed to be a world first, with the aim of driving penetration and unlocking growth i... |
| 15.04.2025 | Eat Just to Launch Mung Bean Egg in Europe with Vegan Food Group Deal | 5 Mins Read Eat Just is bringing its bestselling vegan egg to Europe after striking a distribution deal with Vegan Food Group, which is investing £11.5M ($15.2M) to ramp up production at its sites.
Just Egg – the pioneering vegan egg altern... |
| 17.02.2025 | Blackbird Foods: Ahimsa Companies Continues Vegan Acquisition Spree with Frozen Pizza Maker | 3 Mins Read New York-based Blackbird Foods has been acquired by Ahimsa Companies, a holding company with several sustainable protein startups in its roster.
Frozen plant-based food maker Blackbird Foods has been acquired by Ahimsa Companies... |
| 13.02.2025 | Allplants: Deliciously Ella Founders Rescue Vegan Ready-Meal Brand in Anti-UPF Push | 5 Mins Read Months after securing an exit for Deliciously Ella, founders Ella and Matthew Mills have acquired vegan ready-meal leader Allplants out of administration under their revamped Plants brand.
Less than three months after it entered... |
| 27.11.2024 | Unilever to Offload Plant-Based Meat Brand The Vegetarian Butcher: Report | 5 Mins Read Unilever is in talks with investment bank Piper Sandler to host an auction of The Vegetarian Butcher, the vegan business it bought six years ago.
As it continues to shake up its global food portfolio, Unilever has reportedly put... |
| 22.11.2024 | The Fork in the Road: Allplants and the UK’s Food Waste Crisis | In the ever-evolving landscape of food, two stories emerge: one of a struggling vegan meal brand and another of a united front against food waste. Allplants, a pioneer in plant-based ready meals, finds itself at a crossroads. Meanwhile, UK ... |
| 22.11.2024 | Vegan Ready Meal Leader Allplants Seeks Buyer to Rescue Business After Mounting Losses | 4 Mins Read British plant-based ready meal maker Allplants has moved to appoint administrators after recording continued losses, though one potential buyer is lined up.
Allplant, the UK’s largest vegan ready meal brand, has filed a notice o... |
| 23.10.2024 | As Losses Swell, Quorn Shakes Up C-Suite with Ex-Heineken Exec As New CEO | 5 Mins Read David Flochel, former managing director of Heineken UK, will take over as CEO of Quorn Foods following a period of continued sales pressures on the business.
The UK’s largest meat-free business is hoping to turn the page on a tu... |
| 08.10.2024 | The UK’s Bold Leap into Cultivated Meat: A Regulatory Revolution | The UK government is stepping into the future of food with a £1.6 million investment aimed at revolutionizing the cultivated meat industry. This move is not just a financial commitment; it’s a declaration of intent. The establishment of a r... |
| 08.10.2024 | Nuggs Maker Simulate Bought By Ahimsa Companies After Period of Uncertainty for the ‘Tesla of Chicken’ | 5 Mins Read Vegan chicken startup Simulate, famous for its Nuggs, has been acquired by Ahimsa Companies to get the business back on track after months of (dis)quiet.
Simulate, the plant-based meat brand known for its meme-famous Nuggs, has ... |
| 17.09.2024 | Deliciously Ella: Plant-Based Snacking Brand Acquired by Hero Group in Multimillion-Pound Deal | 5 Mins Read Swiss food manufacturer Hero Group has taken over vegan healthy eating brand Deliciously Ella, with owners Ella and Matthew Mills remaining at the company.
Deliciously Ella, the UK-based pioneer of vegan snacking, has been acqui... |
| 27.08.2024 | Mycorena Acquired by Fellow Mycoprotein Producer Naplasol A Month After Filing for Bankruptcy | 4 Mins Read Swedish mycoprotein startup Mycorena has been acquired by Naplasol, a fellow biomass fermentation player, just over a month after it filed for bankruptcy.
Naplasol, a biomass fermentation subsidiary of Belgian animal protein pro... |
| 21.08.2024 | The Green Shift: How Awareness and Innovation Are Transforming Our Plates | In a world grappling with climate change, our plates are becoming battlegrounds for sustainability. The choices we make at mealtime ripple through the environment. Recent campaigns and technological innovations are reshaping how we think ab... |
| 21.08.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Cheetos Goes Vegan, Plant-Based Lurpak & Sorghum Meat | 5 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Lurpak’s plant-based butter, Cheetos’ limited-edition vegan r... |
| 20.08.2024 | Equinom’s AI-Driven Manna Technology Now Commercially Available for High-Protein Pea Production | Israeli agri-food-tech company Equinom has announced the commercial availability of its Manna™ technology, an AI-powered solution designed to optimize the processing of high-protein yellow peas. The company, known for its focus on developin... |
| 19.08.2024 | When Public Are Made Aware Beef Burgers Cause 85% More Emissions, Majority Are Keen to Swap | When consumer attention is brought to the impact on the planet caused by the foods they eat, it can have a considerable effect on their purchasing choices.
Essentially, the general public is conscious of the effects of emissions on climate,... |
| 17.07.2024 | VFC Condemns Hypocrisy & Cruelty Inherent in KFC Campaign: “KFC Believes in Chicken, Whereas VFC Believes in Chickens” | Activist-led UK brand VFC has accused KFC of hypocrisy after the chain launched a major ad campaign encouraging consumers to “Believe in Chicken”.
According to VFC, KFC’s representation of chicken cannot be trusted. Consequently, the brand ... |
| 24.05.2024 | Business Guru Scott Galloway on the Four Things Plant-Based Meat Businesses Should Do | 7 Mins Read Speaking on his Prof G Pod, marketing expert and professor Scott Galloway laid out the steps plant-based meat brands need to take to secure their future.
Scott Galloway is a man known for being right when it comes to the busines... |
| 19.04.2024 | VFC Launches its Veggie Popcorn Chick*n & Chick*n Fingers in Carrefour Spain | VFC, the UK-based producer of vegan fried chicken, recently launched its Crispy Popcorn Chick*n and Chick*n Tenders at Carrefour supermarkets throughout Spain.
With this new listing in Carrefour Spain, VFC adds another distribution point to... |
| 08.12.2023 | COP28 Daily Digest: Everything You Need To Know in Food and Climate News – Day 8 | 6 Mins Read Welcome to Day 8* of #COP28. In Green Queen’s COP28 Daily Digest, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you ‘skim the overwhelm’.
Catch up: DAY 1 – DAY... |
| 21.09.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: MycoWorks opens mycelium plant, Flagship et al pump $250m into Indigo Ag, Pure Harvest bags $150m | After a pretty dry spell, agrifood investors were throwing around the big bucks this week, with the launch of two sizeable funds ($384m from Astanor Ventures and $312m from Humble Growth), while Flagship led a $250m round into Indigo Ag and... |
| 07.08.2023 | Meatless Farm Back on Shelves Less Than a Month After Facing Administration | Best-selling products from UK alt meat brand Meatless Farm are back on supermarket shelves, along with a new product development said to be the first-to-market, just weeks after famously being acquired by industry peer VFC.
Speaking to vegc... |
| 22.06.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Cosucra raises $49m, Carbon marketplace Supercritical raises $13m, Cox launches $300m fund, Getir exits France | This week plant-based ingredients specialist Cosucra raised €45 million ($49 million); Los Angeles-based Omeat emerged from stealth armed with $40 million to expand its ‘simple and elegant’ solution to scaling cultivated meat; and Berkeley-... |
| 21.06.2023 | VFC acquires Meatless Farm brand: ‘Our immediate priority is to get much-loved products back on the market’ | UK-based alt meat brand VFC (Vegan Fried Chick*n) has acquired distressed meat-free brand Meatless Farm, which laid off most of its staff earlier this month after a key investor expected to provide a capital injection backed out.
Under the ... |
| 15.06.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: HUNGRY bags $10m, USDA greenlights cultivated chicken labels, making leather from beer | Funding rounds continue to be slow and on the low side. Catering tech startup HUNGRY raised new capital, as did alt-meat startup Higher Steaks, which rebranded as Uncommon. In agtech, agribusiness platform Unnati Agri and alt-leather startu... |
| 12.06.2023 | Brief: Meatless Farm exec: ‘The business has unfortunately made all the teams redundant’ | Loss-making UK-based plant-based meat startup Meatless Farm has laid off most of its employees after failing to secure additional funds to help it stay afloat, according to messages posted by former team members on LinkedIn.
One of multiple... |
| 28.06.2022 | Mother Clucker Partners With Meatless Farm to Offer Vegan Version of All Menu Items | London fried chicken brand Mother Clucker has joined forces with fast-growing UK alt-meat company Meatless Farm to launch a range of new menu options.
Mother Clucker started out as a street food truck, but has recently opened its first high... |
| 13.06.2022 | “A Missed Opportunity”: Alt Protein Leaders Respond to UK Government Food Strategy Published Today | The UK Government Food Strategy was published today, highlighting how sustainable and alternative proteins can play a major role in British food production. However, the report falls short and has been labelled as a disappointment to the UK... |
| 01.06.2022 | Meatless Farm Launches First Plant-Based Ready Meals to “Take the Market by Storm” | Leading UK alt-meat brand Meatless Farm has launched its first plant-based ready meals, featuring both chilled and frozen options.
The range consists of Meatless Marinara, Meatless Korean BBQ Style Chicken & Rice, and Meatless Chilli No... |
| 26.05.2022 | Meatless Farm Launches Vegan Steak Into Sainsbury’s | UK meat alternative giant Meatless Farm today announces the launch of a vegan steak NPD into 125 Sainsbury’s stores nationwide, targeting flexitarians and meat-reducers who enjoy red meat but are aware of its environmental impact and statin... |
| 19.04.2022 | UK Cocktail Restaurant Chain The Alchemist Partners With Meatless Farm to Make Menu Almost 50% Vegan | The Alchemist’s menu is now 58% meat-free and 44% vegan, after the UK restaurant and cocktail bar chain launched several new offerings in collaboration with alt-meat brand Meatless Farm.
“We’ve really tuned into our guests and team members’... |
| 29.03.2022 | Meatless Farm Announces New Vegan Partnership with TGI Fridays | TGI Fridays has extended its vegan menu range following a new partnership with UK alt meat brand Meatless Farm. The collaboration will see four new plant-based offerings hitting TGI Fridays’ menus across the UK.
New menu items include Plant... |
| 17.01.2022 | Meatless Farm Launches Frozen Range, Including New Vegan Meatballs | Meatless Farm launches frozen range of alt-meat products at Morrisons in time for Veganuary.
Meatless Farm, one of the UK’s most popular alt-meat brands, has moved into the frozen category with the launch of five new products.
The range fea... |
| 11.01.2022 | NXT LVL PZA Partners With Biggest Names in Vegan Meat For “Secretly Vegan” Pizzas | Brand new London pizzeria NXT LVL PZA is partnering with some of the biggest names in plant-based meat including Heura, Meatless Farm, Beyond Meat, and THIS, to create pizzas that are “secretly vegan” in order to encourage omnivores to swit... |
| 04.01.2022 | Meatless Farm Partners with Levi Roots to Launch Vegan Restaurant, with Free Jerk Chicken! | Plant-based meat brand Meatless Farm has partnered with Dragon’s Den star Levi Roots to launch what it claims to be the UK’s first plant-based jerk chicken restaurant. Called The M***F*** Jerk Joint, the pop-up restaurant is opening for Veg... |
| 21.09.2021 | Vegan Teen Celebrity Chef Omari McQueen Is Making School Meals Meatless | 1
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Omari McQueen, the UK’s youngest plant-based chef, is now working on a new project to promote meatless menus in schools across the country. In partnership with British vegan brand Meatless Farm, the award-winning teen ... |
| 10.09.2021 | Meatless Farm Announces Collaboration With Equinom Will Reduce Carbon Footprint | Israeli plant-based nutrition company Equinom is to partner with alt-meat brand Meatless Farm and its subsidiary Lovingly Made Ingredients to provide the British company with a special type of yellow pea protein.
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| 08.09.2021 | The Week In Food Tech: Green Common’s Plant-Based Bar, Plus Bio-printed Cuts Of Cultured Steak | 1
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Just a few short years ago, it was unusual to get more than a handful of stories each week about meat analogues, dairy alternatives, and other alt foods. Nowadays, the opposite is true. In fact, there are so many devel... |
| 15.06.2021 | Crowdfunding Continues to Trend as Meatless Farm Launches £5M Opportunity | UK plant-based meat maker Meatless Farm is giving consumers an opportunity to invest in the fast-growing company, as it launches a £5 million crowdfunding campaign. The move comes amongst a spate of crowdfunding successes for vegan business... |
| 27.04.2021 | New York’s Emblematic Nathan’s Famous Introduces First Vegan Hot Dog | Nathan’s Famous, one of New York’s most famous hot dog venues which first began distributing its iconic hot dogs on the renowned Coney Island in 1916, has introduced its first vegan hot dog through a new partnership between Nathan’s Famous ... |
| 16.03.2021 | Power Protein: Real Madrid Partners With Meatless Farm To Increase Plant-Based Foods In Players’ Diets | 4 Mins Read
Football team Real Madrid recently joined forces with plant-based meat brand, Meatless Farm, to reduce meat consumption and encourage sustainable eating habits.
Spanish football club Real Madrid recently partnered with British-b... |
| 15.12.2020 | Meatless Farm Expands U.S. Retail Footprint & Product Range To Match Rising Plant-Based Demand | 1
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Meatless Farm, the British plant-based meat brand, has announced its expanded retail and e-commerce distribution in the U.S. and will soon be launching a dozen new products within the next six months. The company, whic... |
| 15.12.2020 | Meatless Farm to Raise $75M and Expand Rapidly Across USA in 2021 | Meatless Farm announces its expansion into several US retail and e-commerce channels, as well as its intention to raise up to $75 million in 2021. The company also announces it will launch an impressive 12 new products over the next six mon... |
| 15.12.2020 | Meatless Farm to Raise $75M and Expand Rapidly Across USA in 2021 | ©Meatless Farm
Meatless Farm announces its expansion into several US retail and e-commerce channels, as well as its intention to raise up to $75 million in 2021. The company also announces it will launch an impressive 12 new products over t... |
| 10.12.2020 | Meatless Farm Launches Into Revolutionary E-Supermarkets Across Mainland Europe | The Meatless Farm, known as UK’s fastest-growing plant-based meat company, has announced it will set foot in Mainland Europe. Starting with Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark, Meatless Farm products will not be available in regular super... |
| 08.10.2020 | Meatless Farm Closes $31M Funding Round | Meatless Farm, a Leeds, UK-based meat alternatives brand, closed $31M in funding.
The funding came from a mixture of existing and new private and family office investors.
The company intends to use the funds for growth plans in the UK, Euro... |
| 02.10.2020 | That’s a M… F… fundraise! UK’s Meatless Farm raises €26.4M to expand & further establish its brand | The market for plant-based food is estimated to grow by 17% to $4.2B (about €3.58B) in 2021. This is due to the increasing awareness of the health and environmental benefits of cutting down on meat. Meatless Farm – a meat alternatives brand... |
| 29.09.2020 | The Meatless Farm Raises $31M for Production to Keep Up With Post- COVID Demand | ©Meatless Farm
The Meatless Farm announced today the closing of a $31 million funding round to support its global growth strategy. As a result of the pandemic, new global markets for plant-based alternatives are emerging and open up numerou... |
| 29.09.2020 | The Meatless Farm Raises $31M for Production to Keep Up With Post- COVID Demand | The Meatless Farm announced today the closing of a $31 million funding round to support its global growth strategy. As a result of the pandemic, new global markets for plant-based alternatives are emerging and open up numerous expansion opp... |
| 15.09.2020 | ‘The M*** F*** Campaign is a Step-Change in Communication Not Just for Meatless Farm but for the Entire Category’ | The Meatless Farm is a brand that will need no introduction for our readers across the UK, especially following its unique branding and bold marketing, including the recent £1.55 million advertising campaign describing its M***F*** Burger a... |
| 25.08.2020 | The Meatless Farm to Open a Pop-up “M*** F*** Drive Thru” Tomorrow | The Meatless Farm is launching a pop up vegan drive-thru (and walk thru) called the M*** F*** Drive Thru, in London. Serving cars on one side and pedestrians on the other, the M*** F*** Drive-Thru will give a 50% discount for those in elect... |
| 04.08.2020 | The Meatless Farm Launches M…. F…. Catchy £1.55 Million Advertising Campaign | ©Meatless Farm
UK based The Meatless Farm reveals its nationwide £1.5 million campaign, which is aimed at former meat-eaters who have switched their diet during lockdown. The new campaign is supposed to offer a light-hearted approach to pro... |
| 04.08.2020 | The Meatless Farm Launches M…. F…. Catchy £1.55 Million Advertising Campaign | UK based The Meatless Farm reveals its nationwide £1.5 million campaign, which is aimed at former meat-eaters who have switched their diet during lockdown. The new campaign is supposed to offer a light-hearted approach to promoting the plan... |
| 01.05.2020 | The Meatless Farm Partners With One Planet Pizza its First Online Delivery Service | The Meatless Farm has launched its first online delivery platform, partnering with the UK’s first frozen vegan pizza company, One Planet Pizza, following its recent launch of OPP direct – the world’s first personalised pizza delivery servic... |
| 05.02.2020 | Survey Finds That 77% of Canadian Consumers Understand the Harmful Impact of Eating Red Meat | According to a recent survey conducted by an Angus Reid Forum online poll, The Meatless Farm Co. found that 77% of Canadian consumers understand the harmful environmental impact of eating red meat. Also, 74% of Canadians believe it is essen... |
| 30.10.2019 | Vegan Halloween Recipes With Meatless Farm | Halloween is tomorrow and many vegans, although we avoid blood, guts and gore, enjoy celebrating in a fun way and may be looking for recipes suitable for plantbased kids. The Meatless Farm has sent us some spooky recipes which can be create... |
| 21.10.2019 | Meatless Farm Continues its Success, Appoints Former Coca-Cola Executive Lone Thomsen | ©The Drum
The Meatless Farm Co, producer of meat-like vegan burgers, ground beef and sausage products, recently announced the appointment of Lone Thomsen as new Global Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Mark Cook as VP of Sales, North Americ... |
| 21.10.2019 | Meatless Farm Continues its Success, Appoints Former Coca-Cola Executive Lone Thomsen | The Meatless Farm Co, producer of meat-like vegan burgers, ground beef and sausage products, recently announced the appointment of Lone Thomsen as new Global Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Mark Cook as VP of Sales, North America.
The veg... |
| 14.08.2019 | Students are Helping to Combat Climate Change With Veganism | As reported by the Telegraph, Goldsmiths University in London has announced it will remove all beef products from its cafe and shops as part of its mission to become carbon neutral by 2025. The newly appointed warden of Goldsmiths, Frances ... |
| 28.06.2019 | The Meatless Farm Expands into US | Meatless Farm, a Leeds-based vegan meat producer, announced to vegconomist in April it had plans to expand internationally with its popular plantbased mince, sausage and burger products. Now the British company has announced an exclusive 6 ... |
| 28.06.2019 | The Meatless Farm Expands into US | ©The Meatless Farm
Meatless Farm, a Leeds-based vegan meat producer, announced to vegconomist in April it had plans to expand internationally with its popular plantbased mince, sausage and burger products. Now the British company has announ... |
| 20.05.2019 | Meatless Farm Launches New Collection of Sausages | © Meatless Farm
Meatless Farm, the plant-based mince and burger producer, is launching a new collection of sausages. The British manufacturer aims to become an affordable household name and brand leader in plant-based proteins, and to impro... |
| 16.04.2019 | UK Poll Shows 30% of British Meat Eaters are Planning a Meat Free-Easter | Easter Sunday in the UK is traditionally a day for eating dairy chocolate and a roast meat dinner with family. Times are changing, however, as recently released data from The One Poll states that nearly a third, 30%, of UK consumers are cho... |
| 11.04.2019 | UK’s Meatless Farm to Expand Internationally | British start-up food company, The Meatless Farm Co, announces that it is expanding nationally across the UK with the launch of a vegan mince product and a vegan patty product into 95% of Morrison’s stores, and has further plans to expand i... |
