By Christiana Sciaudone
Investing.com -- Who knew sausage was so popular?
Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) popped more than 8% on Tuesday after saying it would expand its offering of the product to new stores shortly. The company is on a roll, having introduced meat-free meatballs just last week and production facilities in China the week before.
The plant-based sausage patties will be sold at select Kroger (NYSE:KR), Super Target (NYSE:TGT), Walmart (NYSE:WMT), Publix and Harris Teeter stores by the end of September. Beyond Meat products are already present at approximately 26,000 retail outlets across the U.S.
With flavor notes like sage and black pepper, Beyond Breakfast Sausage Patties are designed to taste like pork breakfast sausage patties.
Beyond Meat has products available at approximately 112,000 retail and foodservice outlets in 85 countries.
Rival Impossible Foods is reportedly expanding in Canada, TechCrunch reported on Monday.