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> And at most restaurants, I've never noticed a "premium" for it I just did a quick search on Uber Eats in NYC. Every Beyond Burger I found was between $3-5 mo

by afavour 7mo ago

> And at most restaurants, I've never noticed a "premium" for it I just did a quick search on Uber Eats in NYC. Every Beyond Burger I found was between $3-5 more than a regular burger. That’s the reason I stopped eating them, I actually quite like the texture and flavor. I just don’t like the price.

fosco 7mo ago
I never buy beyond/impossible at restaurants because of this. I often have some at home and instead of having two red meat burgers have one and one of these, occasionally when they go on sale at Costco I’ll buy a bunch. I am not vegan or vegetarian but do seek ways to reduce my red meat intake which years ago was grilling ribeyes 4-5 nights a week. I was unreasonably unhealthy and having alternate options helped balance my health out over the long run. I like both beyond burgers and impossible. I wish they were cheaper than hamburger meat, when I compare to buying hamburger meat in bulk it’s still more expensive at this point
xvector 7mo ago
Eh I just decided that $3-5 extra is fine for not causing immense amounts of physical suffering to some poor animal for my burger meal.
- slashdev 7mo ago
  So you've decided it's more ethical it not be born or live at all. Obviously the only reason beef cattle exist at all is because we eat them. It doesn't seem such a clear cut ethical decision to me. Certainly there are some forms of raising livestock that are terrible (broiler chickens come to mind), but there are other forms that actually seem quite pleasant for the animals most of the time (e.g. free-range cattle).
  - xvector 7mo ago
    Free-range isn't pleasant at all, that's a fair bit of clever marketing. It's virtually impossible to find meat that has lived a "pleasant" life and slaughter. I'd eat meat myself if I could find a reliable and cost effective source of ethical farming. https://www.dominionmovement.com/facts https://www.dominionmovement.com/facts - Ctrl-F "free range"
    - slashdev 7mo ago
      It varies quite a lot. You actually could find a reliable and cost effective source of ethical ranching, it typically requires buying e.g. a whole side of beef from a specific ranch. Not very convenient, but if you worry so much about the conditions of the animal, that gives you a way to choose one that fits your standards.
leethargo 7mo ago
Interesting. At Burger King in Germany, there's no such difference, last time I checked.

by afavour 7mo ago

fosco 7mo ago

I never buy beyond/impossible at restaurants because of this. I often have some at home and instead of having two red meat burgers have one and one of these, occasionally when they go on sale at Costco I’ll buy a bunch. I am not vegan or vegetarian but do seek ways to reduce my red meat intake which years ago was grilling ribeyes 4-5 nights a week. I was unreasonably unhealthy and having alternate options helped balance my health out over the long run. I like both beyond burgers and impossible. I wish they were cheaper than hamburger meat, when I compare to buying hamburger meat in bulk it’s still more expensive at this point

xvector 7mo ago

Eh I just decided that $3-5 extra is fine for not causing immense amounts of physical suffering to some poor animal for my burger meal.

slashdev 7mo ago
So you've decided it's more ethical it not be born or live at all. Obviously the only reason beef cattle exist at all is because we eat them. It doesn't seem such a clear cut ethical decision to me. Certainly there are some forms of raising livestock that are terrible (broiler chickens come to mind), but there are other forms that actually seem quite pleasant for the animals most of the time (e.g. free-range cattle).
- xvector 7mo ago
  Free-range isn't pleasant at all, that's a fair bit of clever marketing. It's virtually impossible to find meat that has lived a "pleasant" life and slaughter. I'd eat meat myself if I could find a reliable and cost effective source of ethical farming. https://www.dominionmovement.com/facts https://www.dominionmovement.com/facts - Ctrl-F "free range"
  - slashdev 7mo ago
    It varies quite a lot. You actually could find a reliable and cost effective source of ethical ranching, it typically requires buying e.g. a whole side of beef from a specific ranch. Not very convenient, but if you worry so much about the conditions of the animal, that gives you a way to choose one that fits your standards.

leethargo 7mo ago

Interesting. At Burger King in Germany, there's no such difference, last time I checked.