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Meatless options are a huge trend in restaurants in 2019, and private equity firm CapitalSpring, which has invested more than $1-billion in restaurant concepts, is monitoring to see if the trend will be a fad or a long-term sales generator.

Nation's Restaurant News recently covered the trend, with Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods accounting for the bulk of the $192-million investment that Food & Tech Connect reported went into alternative meat and seafood products in 2018. CapitalSpring has noted that menu mix for meatless options has not been more than typical LTO's so far, however the price point that restaurants are able to place on meatless options makes for attractive margins - but it's still too early to determine the long-term viability of the trend. “We’re not really drawing conclusions from that at this point,” Erik Herrmann, Partner & Head of Restaurant Group for CapitalSpring told NRN, adding that, "...it could be a honeymoon. It’s just too early to tell.”

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Meatless options are a huge trend in restaurants in 2019, and private equity firm CapitalSpring, which has invested more than $1-billion in restaurant concepts, is monitoring to see if the trend will be a fad or a long-term sales generator.

Nation's Restaurant News recently covered the trend, with Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods accounting for the bulk of the $192-million investment that Food & Tech Connect reported went into alternative meat and seafood products in 2018. CapitalSpring has noted that menu mix for meatless options has not been more than typical LTO's so far, however the price point that restaurants are able to place on meatless options makes for attractive margins - but it's still too early to determine the long-term viability of the trend. “We’re not really drawing conclusions from that at this point,” Erik Herrmann, Partner & Head of Restaurant Group for CapitalSpring told NRN, adding that, "...it could be a honeymoon. It’s just too early to tell.”

Read more here.

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Brian Jaeger is a Vice President of Media Relations at No Limit Agency. Brian joined No Limit Agency after seven years working for local television news stations in Florida, four years at WCJB in Gainesville and three years at Bay News 9, the 24-hour local news station in the Tampa Bay area. Brian is a graduate of the University of Florida, where he studied journalism and telecommunications. He brings a journalist’s viewpoint to the public relations field, and when he’s not busy telling the stories of No Limit Agency's brands, you can find him writing, on a karaoke stage, or cheering on the Gators.

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