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title: "Arkansas Business: Chain Testing Meat Substitute In Bentonville"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/25601168-3ec1-44fc-85a7-ed7bd25c9ca4
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/brasstap/arkansas-business-chain-testing-meat-substitute-in-bentonville-2710811
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2019-08-22T18:13:06.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:27:12.682Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/aa29238dd2d79a9a1a60b4ab4687c9a27471.jpg
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# Arkansas Business: Chain Testing Meat Substitute In Bentonville

**TL;DR:** Beef 'O' Brady's Bentonville franchisee is testing a meat substitute, seeing positive results and increased customer interest. Sales of meat substitutes at restaurants have soared 268% in 2019 compared to the same time last year.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-08-22. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/brasstap/arkansas-business-chain-testing-meat-substitute-in-bentonville-2710811).*

## Story

Arkansas Business Managing Editor, Jan Cottingham speaks with Beef 'O' Brady's Bentonville Franchisee about the test, what it means for the store and how it's been received. According to a June 10 report by the Dining Alliance , s ales of meat substitutes at restaurants have soared 268% in 2019 compared with the same time last year.

“The people that have tried it here, they’re going to order it again. They’re happy to hear that we’re going to use it in different ways. We pound our own patties, so we have flexibility to do pretty much anything we want with it,” (that includes using it in tacos, pizza or Beef ‘O’ Brady’s “Irish nachos). “I think it’s something that’s huge for this area,” Amato said.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- sales growth (topic)
- Beef 'O' Brady's (company)
- menu testing (topic)
- franchisee innovation (topic)
- meat substitute (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/brasstap/arkansas-business-chain-testing-meat-substitute-in-bentonville-2710811). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/25601168-3ec1-44fc-85a7-ed7bd25c9ca4).