Pizza Hut® and
Beyond Meat, Inc.
(NASDAQ: BYND) today announced the launch of plant-based Beyond Italian Sausage™ Crumbles as a permanent offering at Pizza Hut Canada locations nationwide. Available on three irresistible Beyond Meat® dishes, Beyond Italian Sausage Crumbles are designed to deliver the meaty texture and mouthwatering savory taste that fans love about Pizza Hut’s traditional Italian pork sausage. These new menu items are exclusive to
Pizza Hut
and are back by popular demand after a successful trial in
Toronto
and
Edmonton
last summer.
“After seeing great excitement from
Pizza Hut
fans across
Toronto
and
Edmonton
last summer, we’re beyond thrilled to give Canadian fans everywhere the opportunity to try and fall in love with these
Beyond Meat
menu items,” said
Amy Rozinsky
, Head of Consumer Marketing, Pizza Hut Canada. “Pizza Hut and
Beyond Meat
have a shared vision to innovate new and exciting products that will delight our guests. Beyond Italian Sausage Crumbles offer a delicious plant-based twist on our classic pork sausage that you’ll have to taste to believe.”
As more and more Canadians adopt flexitarian diets, the two brands are making delicious, nutritious and sustainable protein options more widely accessible year-round. The three mouthwatering
Beyond Meat
menu items at
Pizza Hut
are:
* The Great Beyond™: A specialty pizza crafted with savory Beyond Italian Sausage Crumbles, paired perfectly with fresh veggie toppings that include sliced red onions and tangy banana peppers, served up on any
Pizza Hut
crust.
* Beyond Italian Sausage™ Alfredo Loaded Flatbread: A crispy flatbread topped with flavor-packed Beyond Italian Sausage Crumbles, roasted red pepper, creamy alfredo sauce and mozzarella cheese.
* Beyond Creamy Alfredo: A savory pasta alfredo dish layered with Beyond Italian Sausage Crumbles, onions, mushrooms and mozzarella cheese that delivers a creamy, delicious bite.
For those who love to customize their orders, Beyond Italian Sausage Crumbles can also be added as a topping to any existing pizza offerings of any size. Made from simple plant-based ingredients without GMOs, soy or gluten, Beyond Italian Sausage Crumbles contain 20g of protein per serving, derived from peas.
“With the combined strength of our brands, we are continuing to increase the accessibility of plant-based protein for Canadians everywhere,” said
Deanna Jurgens
, Chief Growth Officer,
Beyond Meat
. “At Beyond Meat, we believe that small changes like choosing plant-based protein on your favorite pizza, can make a positive impact on human health and the health of our planet.”
The delicious
Beyond Meat
menu items are exclusive to
Pizza Hut
on pizzahut.ca and through the
Pizza Hut
app or pick-up. From
January 10 to January 30
, Pizza Hut’s popular Buy One, Get One (BOGO) deal will allow Canadians to try pizzas topped with Beyond Italian Sausage Crumbles at no additional cost when they purchase a regular-priced medium or large pizza.[1] Then for six weeks starting on
January 31
, Pizza Hut’s
$5
$5
$5
deal will allow pizza lovers to order a pizza (or three!) with Beyond Italian Sausage Crumbles for only
$5
with a regular-priced large pizza.
This national launch in
Canada
is part of a larger global strategic partnership between
Yum! Brands
, the parent company to
Pizza Hut
, and
Beyond Meat
to create delicious and innovative plant-based protein menu items that meet the growing consumer demand for more diverse protein options.
Canada
is the second market to permanently offer
Beyond Meat
menu items nationally. After a successful trial of Beyond Meat Pizzas in the
UK
last year,
Pizza Hut
brought them back as a permanent menu option at all Pizza Hut
UK
Delivery locations in
July 2021
.
About
Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut
is proud to be one of
Canada's
largest pizza restaurant chains with over 450 locations nationally. Globally
Pizza Hut
is the world's largest pizza restaurant company with more than 18,000 restaurants in over 100 countries. No matter where you find a
Pizza Hut
, they are making sure each meal customers enjoy is safe, delicious, and unmistakably
Pizza Hut
.
Pizza Hut, Inc.
is a subsidiary of
Yum! Brands, Inc.
(NYSE: YUM). Hungry for more information? Check out www.pizzahut.ca, www.facebook.com/PizzaHutCanada, www.twitter.com/pizzahutcanada and/or www.instagram.com/pizzahutcanada.
About
Beyond Meat
Beyond Meat, Inc.
(NASDAQ: BYND) is one of the fastest growing publicly-traded food companies in
the United States
, offering a portfolio of revolutionary plant-based proteins made from simple ingredients without GMOs, bioengineered ingredients, hormones, antibiotics or cholesterol. Founded in 2009,
Beyond Meat
products are designed to have the same taste and texture as animal-based meat while being better for people and the planet. Beyond Meat’s brand commitment, Eat What You Love™, represents a strong belief that there is a better way to feed our future and that the positive choices we all make, no matter how small, can have a great impact on our personal health and the health of our planet. By shifting from animal-based meat to plant-based protein, we can positively impact four growing global issues: human health, climate change, constraints on natural resources and animal welfare. As of
September 2021
,
Beyond Meat
had products available at approximately 128,000 retail and foodservice outlets in over 85 countries worldwide. Visit www.BeyondMeat.com and follow @BeyondMeat, #BeyondBurger and #GoBeyond on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and
TikTok
.
[Category: Hospitality, Restaurants/ Food Chains, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), Business Expansion, Partnerships and Alliances, New Offerings]
Footnote:
[1] Second pizza must be of equal or lesser value.
Source:
Beyond Meat, Inc
