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Plant-based products are growing wild

From cheeses to jerkies, plant-based is popping up in unexpected places

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

July 24, 2019

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Plant-based foods have exploded over the past year, to the point where there’s even been a shortage of the popular Impossible Meat patties. But there’s no shortage of new plant-based options in categories across the supermarket.

The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) expects the plant-based snack market to expand by almost 10% over the next 10 years and that doesn’t include the abundance of alternative     milks and “meats” that have taken up the bulk of the market space up until now.

About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a content producer and assistant digital editor as well as the host of Nation’s Restaurant News’ podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Groups other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

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