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Plant-Based Companies Expand E-Commerce, Foodservice Offerings

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H�lsa is launching an online store to make its plant-based yogurts available across the U.S. Its products are currently sold in retail stores in the North East, Pacific Northwest, and it will expand to California this spring. Its plant-based yogurts are currently available online at FreshDirect.

"We keep getting requests from customers across the country," said Helena Lumme, H�lsa founder and chairman of the board, in a statement. "Due to COVID, many retailers are not looking at new products, so we decided to open our own online store and give our customers the convenience of having H�lsa delivered to their front door."

Before the Butcher’s plant-based meat products are now available on Vejii Inc.’s online grocery platform. This includes the full Uncut line and Mainstream burger products.

"Vejii is the perfect distribution partner for our products," said Danny O'Malley, president and founder of Before the Butcher, in a statement. "As our customer base grows, the e-commerce efforts need to scale as well.  No matter if customers are ordering from California, Massachusetts, or Wyoming, they can rest assured that Vejii will quickly and reliably deliver our products straight to their front door."

New Wave Foods will be distributing its plant-based shrimp to foodservice companies across the U.S. Under a non-exclusive agreement with Dot Foods, New Wave Foods is accelerating its go-to-market efforts by providing foodservice companies with access to its plant-based shrimp.

"Following our recently announced $18 million Series A financing, we're excited to launch this new agreement which extends our presence and provides foodservice companies throughout the U.S. greater access to New Wave's plant-based shrimp," said Mary McGovern, CEO, New Wave Foods, in a statement. "Given Dot Food's vast foodservice distribution coverage, this partnership provides New Wave Foods with immediate national availability while demonstrating Dot's belief in the growth of plant-based eating and New Wave's product offering."

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