Costs not much higher than animal-based menu items
Pretendies tenders and Planteroni pizza seen as a treat
Little Caesars Planteroni pizza and Detroit Wing Co. s Pretendies are new meatless menu options.
As more consumers look to alternatives to eating meat, a couple of local fast-food chains are doing their best to offer options.
Detroit Wing Co. and Little Caesars Pizza in the last week have added meatless options to their menus.
Detroit Wing Co., with 10 Michigan locations, is offering Pretendies, a plant-based version of its chicken tenders. Detroit Wing Co. has been working with Beyond Meat for about 18 months to introduce the Beyond Chicken Tenders, according to Detroit Wing Co. owner and founder Gus Malliaras.
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