Beyond Meat expanding its Chicken Tenders to thousands of stores

Beyond Meat Inc. said Tuesday that they’re expanding its Beyond Chicken Tenders product to more than 8,000 new stores, including all Kroger Co. stores through the month of April, and select Albertsons , CVS Health , Sprouts Farmers Market and Whole Foods Market locations. Whole Foods is part of the Amazon.com Inc. lineup. Beyond Meat stock jumped 4.8% in early Tuesday trading after the news, but the stock has slumped 66.7% over the past year.

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