Carl’s Jr. and Del Taco Are Scaling Back Beyond Meat Products

Two of the earliest adopters of Beyond Meat Inc. — Carl’s Jr. and Del Taco Restaurants Inc. — are no longer serving the company’s plant-based beef at many of their restaurants as consumer enthusiasm for its meat substitutes fades.

Most of Carl’s Jr.’s more than 1,000 locations have taken the Beyond Burger off the menu as of April 24, a restaurant spokesperson told Bloomberg.

The chain first served Beyond Burgers in January 2019 in what was among Beyond Meat’s first major fast-food partnerships. At the time, the chief executive of Carl’s Jr.’s parent company, CKE Restaurants, called the patty, ...