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Feb 2022
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Has plant-based meat peaked?

Financial Times
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Alphabet announced a 20-for-one stock split on Tuesday, and businesses across Myanmar shut up shop yesterday, joining a nationwide “silent strike” to mark the first anniversary since a military coup. The FT’s commodities correspondent, Emiko Terazono, explains that the slowing growth of plant–based meat sales has taken executives by surprise. 


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Mentioned in this podcast:

Google parent Alphabet posts surge in search advertising revenue

Myanmar businesses defy army nationalisation threat and join strike 

Has the appetite for plant-based meat already peaked?

M&S and Aldi make peace in Colin and Cuthbert cake war


The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber and Gavin Kallmann. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. 


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