Beyond Meat up as Pizza Hut adds plant-based items in Canada after trial

BYND Cannasoft Enterprises

10/01/2022 11:25

** Shares in plant-based patty maker  BYND.O  rise 1.2% to
$69.31 premarket
    ** Yum Brands'  YUM.N  Pizza Hut and BYND announce the
launch of plant-based "Beyond Italian Sausage Crumbles" as a
permanent offering at restaurants in Canada after a trial in
Toronto and Edmonton last summer
    ** In Canada, Pizza Hut offers flatbread, pasta and pizza
based on the item, as part of a larger tie-up between parent YUM
and BYND
    ** Pizza Hut added Beyond Meat pizzas to its UK menu last
year
    ** YUM shares closed 1.2% lower at $135.35 on Friday
    ** BYND shares nearly halved in market value last year

 (Reporting by Praveen Paramasivam)
 ((Praveen.Paramasivam@thomsonreuters.com;))