Beyond Meat: Shares in vegan burger company sizzle 160%

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Shares of vegan burger maker Beyond Meat soared on their Wall Street debut as investors bet on the growing popularity of plant-based foods.

由于投资者押注植物性食品的日益普及，纯素汉堡制造商Beyond Meat的股票在华尔街首次亮相时飙升。

The stock closed up 163% on the first day of trading, valuing the California company at close to $3.8bn.

该股在交易首日收涨163％，估值加州公司接近38亿美元。

Beyond Meat's shares were priced at $25 each at the start of trading, but touched $72 during the trading day before closing at $65.75.

Beyond Meat的股票在交易开始时每股价格为25美元，但在交易日触及72美元，收盘价为65.75美元。

The company has aggressive plans to expand sales outside the US.

该公司有积极的计划扩大在美国以外的销售。

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Speaking at the stock market launch on the Nasdaq exchange, Beyond Meat founder and chief executive Ethan Brown called plant-based meat an “enormous opportunity for economic growth in rural America and throughout the world”.

在纳斯达克交易所的股市发布会上，Beyond Meat创始人兼首席执行官Ethan Brown称植物性肉类是“美国农村和全世界经济增长的巨大机遇”。

'Nationwide sales expected'

'Nationwide sal预期'

He said: “We understand the composition of meat, we understand the architecture and year after year we collapse the gaps between our product and animal protein.”

他说：“我们了解肉的成分，我们了解建筑，年复一年，我们摧毁了我们的产品和动物蛋白之间的差距。”

Beyond Meat counts actor Leonardo DiCaprio and Microsoft founder Bill Gates among its investors.

Beyond Meat统计了演员莱昂纳多迪卡普里奥和微软创始人比尔盖茨的投资者。

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Media captionThe vegan food firm worth $3bn

媒体标题价值30亿美元的纯素食品公司

Tyson Foods, the biggest US meat processor, owned a 6.5% stake in Beyond Meat, but last week said it sold its holding, as it looks to develop its own line of alternative protein products.

美国最大的肉类加工商泰森食品公司持有Beyond Meat 6.5％的股份，但上周该公司表示，它出售其控股公司，因为它希望开发自己的替代蛋白质产品系列。

Burger King and Impossible Foods last month started selling their vegan burger Impossible Whopper in 59 stores in and around St. Louis, Missouri, with nationwide sales expected by the end of the year.

汉堡王和不可能的食品上个月开始在59家商店出售他们的素食汉堡Impossible Whopper密苏里州圣路易斯附近，预计到今年年底全国销售。

Beyond Meat creates substitutes for meat by using ingredients that mimic the composition of animal-based meat, like proteins from peas, fava beans and soy.

Beyond Meat创造了替代品或者通过使用模仿动物肉类成分的成分，如豌豆，蚕豆和大豆中的蛋白质。

About 70% of the company's revenues are generated by its flagship Beyond Burger patties, and it also sells imitation sausages and vegan ground beef.

该公司约70％的收入来自其旗舰产品除了汉堡肉饼，它还出售仿制香肠和素食碎牛肉。

Beyond Meat, which has yet to make a profit, has started selling products in the UK as more supermarkets fill their shelves with meat alternatives. Beyond Burger was originally due to be introduced in the UK at 350 Tesco stores last August, but that was delayed by three months because of supply issues.

Beyond Meat，尚未盈利，已经开始在英国销售产品，因为更多的超市填补他们的货架上有肉类替代品Beyond Burger最初将于去年8月在英国350家Tesco商店推出，但由于供应问题，推迟了三个月。

Waitrose started a dedicated vegan section in more than 130 shops last year and Iceland reported sales of its plant-based foods rising by 10% in a year.

Waitrose开设了专门的素食部门去年有超过130家店铺和冰岛报告其植物食品的销售额在一年内增长了10％。

Research conducted by the Vegan Society in 2016 estimated there were around 540,000 vegans across the UK, compared with around 150,000 in 2006.

素食协会在2016年进行的研究估计约有54万家英国的素食主义者与2006年的约150,000人相比。

In 2018, some $50m of Beyond Meat's revenues came from retail sales, including at Amazon's Whole Foods Market and Kroger Co supermarkets, while some $37m was generated at restaurants.

2018年，Beyond Meat的约5000万美元的收入来自零售销售，包括亚马逊的Whole Foods Market和Kroger Co超市虽然在餐馆产生了约3700万美元。

According to regulatory documents ahead of the stock market debut, Beyond Meat's net loss narrowed marginally to $29.9m in the year ended 31 December, from $30.4m a year earlier. Net revenue more than doubled to $87.9m in the same period.

根据股票市场首次亮相之前的监管文件，Beyond Meat的净亏损在截至12月31日的一年中略微收窄至2990万美元，从一年前的30.4美元起。同期净收入翻了一倍多，达到8,790万美元。