Del Taco and Carl’s Jr. were big Beyond Meat boosters. Now they’re giving up

Both chains began selling Beyond Meat in 2019, but now have either scaled back significantly or stopped selling it entirely.

When Del Taco began serving Beyond Meat in 2019, it was the first major Mexican fast-food chain in the country to serve a plant-based beef taco option. (It also called the offering the “future of tacos.”) The company was early when it came to all restaurant chains adopting Beyond Meat, along with brands like Dunkin’, which served a plant-based sausage, and Carl’s Jr., which offered the company’s plant-based beef burger.