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IMO beyond meat tastes more like junk food than actual burgers. What I really want is cheap, mass-produced, frozen bean burgers that I can buy in a big bag like chicken patties. We've long had the technology to do it. Sysco and other restaurant suppliers have it. But for some reason frozen bean burgers must remain a bougie luxury good. There's gotta be some Boca-Beef conspiracy to keep the cheap shit off the shelves.
You can make a decent high protein chickpea burger at home but sometimes it would be nice to be able to just buy the darn things, but for some reason it's either Boca Flavorless Hockey Pucks or Dr. Kale's Kale Discs, Now With Extra Kale; no we refuse to consider other ingredients now please pay $12
If I'm going to spend an afternoon cooking a bunch of food its going to be something better than frozen burgers. Like I'd rather make flafels than chickpea burgers. The point of a frozen burger is being lazy AF.
Hence my frustration!
Indeed,
Oh man i wanna make some flat falafel
I think Costco sells 12 packs of been burger patties in the $10 range.
its a pain in the ass to set u on your own, but you might have a "buying coop" near you. generally, they (a member) has access to a commercial space with a loading dock that doesn't require a liftgate. the really slick ones have freezer and cooler space, because otherwise its coolers with ice and members have to be more organized for pickuo on delivery days.
but the whole point is that you can get in on bulk/institutional/restaurant supply ordering, split bulk orders, and take advantage of pretty impressive discounts.
as youve experienced, institutional/wholesale (business to business) markets have access to a wider array of products than us retail suckers, and generally below per unit costs with higher quality options.
there lots of these among old school hippies in areas that don't have one of those co-op grocers. frequently, those weird little co-op grocers are the mature version of a buying co-op.
Yeah my area has a very well developed co-op already with a stunning array of boutique veggie burgers. No big bag stuff.