Technology and marketing key for alternative protein companies to survive in Asia in the long term
News Highlights: Technology and marketing key for alternative protein companies to survive in Asia in the long term
Product development has often been the primary focus alternative protein companies, especially in the plant sector, and previous discussions with experts also concluded that plant-based consumer growth in Asia is all about the product – but new insights in Jefferies’ equity research now say technology and good marketing are on the rise as more important factors for investors to consider.
“Here I am mainly concerned about the plant sector, where a large number of ‘me too’ B2C plant companies are emerging that focus on new products, but that do not differ from each other in terms of technology. even tasty or healthy – the ratings for many of these are really too high right now, ”said Brinc Senior Advisor of foodtech accelerator and author of the Jefferies r
Plague Island Britain will soon pull free of the COVID quagmire
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Once British care home residents and the over-80s are vaccinated, two thirds of potential COVID-19 deaths will be covered. That will come into view within 10 days.
The figures have been crunched by Yifei Gong and Stuart McDonald from the COVID 19 Actuaries Response Group, based on analysis of death certificates. It validates the UK government strategy of break-neck speed vaccination, rather than the European precautionary policy.
Some 88 per cent of avoidable deaths will be covered by the time Britain reaches the mid-February target of 13 million vaccinations, in principle saving 55,600 lives. Whether the efficacy rate of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab is 70 per cent or 80 per cent is a distraction. Not a single volunteer in the group s clinical trials died or beca
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Once British care home residents and the over-80s are vaccinated, two thirds of potential Covid deaths will be covered. That will come into view within ten days.
The figures have been crunched by Yifei Gong and Stuart McDonald from the Covid 19 Actuaries Response Group, based on analysis of death certificates. It validates the Government strategy of break-neck speed vaccination rather than the European precautionary policy of dotting every ‘i’ and crossing every ‘t’.
Beyond Meat stock price remains pressured as analysts expect industry obstacles to remain
December 28, 2020
The plant-based meat industry is worth roughly $20.7 billion and is expected to reach $23.2 billion by 2024
However, some industry-wide challenges remain in place as we head into 2021
Beyond Meat stock price closed the last week lower to swing into the red territory for December
Shares of Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) closed 5.62% lower last week as the price action struggles to recover from a sharp selloff that started in October.
Fundamental analysis: Industry challenges to remain
The plant-based meat industry has seen growth in demand and even though it is expected to keep rising, analysts believe the industry still has to face certain obstacles in some parts of the world.