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in Nanshan district of Shenzhen during a COVID-19- cities have the highest% age of consumers open to
induced lockdown. As of June 2021, the company’s the idea of eating plant-based products. Eat Just
drones had completed over 200,000 flight tests and believes more consumers will shift to plant-based
delivered over 2,500 orders. So far, Meituan has substitutes after the pandemic is brought under
completed the preliminary development stages for its control amid growing awareness about its health
drones and dispatching systems, with over 90% of its benefits due to the lack of cholesterol and its
core systems and components developed in-house reduced environmental impact. The introduction
(“Meituan Unveils Plans for Drone Delivery Network”). of the egg substitute to Dicos’ menu, seen as a rival
to KFC, follows the introduction of a plant-based
Robot Restaurants chicken burger from home-grown artificial meat
brand Starfield across the fast-food chain’s 2,600
A restaurant in China is using robots to deliver a stores on the mainland in October 2021. Depending
fully automated dining and cooking experience for on the consumer response, the menu offerings may
customers. At the Foodom restaurant in Foshan, be expanded. Eat Just is also expanding its product
a city in the southern province of Guangdong, offerings. In December of 2020, the company
robotic arms prepare fast food after they are received approval from Singapore authorities to
programmed to follow recipes for making noodles sell lab-grown chicken meat, making it the first in
or stir-fry dishes. When ready, the food is served by the world to sell meat cultivated from animal cells.
robot waiters and a conveyor-belt system that runs The company expects to engage with Chinese
through the ceiling of the restaurant. But even in a authorities in 2021 to attain regulatory approval for
venue where it seems all the work can be handed the cell-based food (Heng).
over to the machines, there are still some tasks that
require a human touch. Humans still place food on Works Cited
tables and assist in hygiene and cleaning (Chang).
Caiyu, Liu. “China Adopts Law Against Food
Alternative Foods Waste; Binge Eating, Excessive Leftovers to Face
Fines.” Global Times, https://www.globaltimes.cn/
KFC’s China rival Dicos goes green as it uses Li Ka- page/202104/1222490.shtml. Accessed 31 Oct. 2021.
shing-backed Eat Just’s plant-based substitute for
eggs. Dicos will replace its conventional egg patty Chang, Chris. “China’s Robot Restaurant.” South
with Eat Just’s mung bean-based product in seven China Morning Post, https://www.scmp.com/video/
dishes. Dicos, which introduced a plant-based lifestyle/3127966/robot-restaurant-machines-
chicken burger in 2020, will increase its product prepare-cook-and-serve-all-food-eatery-china.
offerings depending on consumer response. Eat Accessed 31 Oct. 2021.
Just, a San Franciscan start-up backed by Hong
Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, said that one of China’s Heng, Cheryl. “KFC’s China Rival Replaces Real Eggs
largest fast-food chains will completely replace with Plant-Based Substitute.” South China Morning
eggs with its plant-based egg substitute, giving Post, 6 Jan. 2021, https://www.scmp.com/business/
the unicorn further traction on the mainland. The companies/article/3116601/kfcs-china-rival-dicos-
partnership with Dicos will see the quick service goes-green-it-uses-li-ka-shing-backed-eat.
restaurant replace its conventional egg patty with
Eat Just’s mung bean-based product in seven dishes Jung, Susan. “It’s Back: Hong Kong’s Restaurant
– three breakfast burgers, three bagel sandwiches Scene Hot Again, but Owners Still Worry.” South
and a Western breakfast plate. Eat Just makes the China Morning Post, 16 Oct. 2021, https://www.
plant-based substitute under the Just Egg brand, scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3152186/
which comes in bottles and looks like beaten fresh hong-kong-restaurant-scene-back-almost-full-
eggs. Just Egg will be available in 500 of Dicos’ glory-owners-worry.
outlets in Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou, as
well as in Liaoning and Shandong provinces. These Lintott, Rosie. “China Food Service Industry:
What Are the Current Trends?” Verdict Food Service,
360
in Nanshan district of Shenzhen during a COVID-19- cities have the highest% age of consumers open to
induced lockdown. As of June 2021, the company’s the idea of eating plant-based products. Eat Just
drones had completed over 200,000 flight tests and believes more consumers will shift to plant-based
delivered over 2,500 orders. So far, Meituan has substitutes after the pandemic is brought under
completed the preliminary development stages for its control amid growing awareness about its health
drones and dispatching systems, with over 90% of its benefits due to the lack of cholesterol and its
core systems and components developed in-house reduced environmental impact. The introduction
(“Meituan Unveils Plans for Drone Delivery Network”). of the egg substitute to Dicos’ menu, seen as a rival
to KFC, follows the introduction of a plant-based
Robot Restaurants chicken burger from home-grown artificial meat
brand Starfield across the fast-food chain’s 2,600
A restaurant in China is using robots to deliver a stores on the mainland in October 2021. Depending
fully automated dining and cooking experience for on the consumer response, the menu offerings may
customers. At the Foodom restaurant in Foshan, be expanded. Eat Just is also expanding its product
a city in the southern province of Guangdong, offerings. In December of 2020, the company
robotic arms prepare fast food after they are received approval from Singapore authorities to
programmed to follow recipes for making noodles sell lab-grown chicken meat, making it the first in
or stir-fry dishes. When ready, the food is served by the world to sell meat cultivated from animal cells.
robot waiters and a conveyor-belt system that runs The company expects to engage with Chinese
through the ceiling of the restaurant. But even in a authorities in 2021 to attain regulatory approval for
venue where it seems all the work can be handed the cell-based food (Heng).
over to the machines, there are still some tasks that
require a human touch. Humans still place food on Works Cited
tables and assist in hygiene and cleaning (Chang).
Caiyu, Liu. “China Adopts Law Against Food
Alternative Foods Waste; Binge Eating, Excessive Leftovers to Face
Fines.” Global Times, https://www.globaltimes.cn/
KFC’s China rival Dicos goes green as it uses Li Ka- page/202104/1222490.shtml. Accessed 31 Oct. 2021.
shing-backed Eat Just’s plant-based substitute for
eggs. Dicos will replace its conventional egg patty Chang, Chris. “China’s Robot Restaurant.” South
with Eat Just’s mung bean-based product in seven China Morning Post, https://www.scmp.com/video/
dishes. Dicos, which introduced a plant-based lifestyle/3127966/robot-restaurant-machines-
chicken burger in 2020, will increase its product prepare-cook-and-serve-all-food-eatery-china.
offerings depending on consumer response. Eat Accessed 31 Oct. 2021.
Just, a San Franciscan start-up backed by Hong
Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, said that one of China’s Heng, Cheryl. “KFC’s China Rival Replaces Real Eggs
largest fast-food chains will completely replace with Plant-Based Substitute.” South China Morning
eggs with its plant-based egg substitute, giving Post, 6 Jan. 2021, https://www.scmp.com/business/
the unicorn further traction on the mainland. The companies/article/3116601/kfcs-china-rival-dicos-
partnership with Dicos will see the quick service goes-green-it-uses-li-ka-shing-backed-eat.
restaurant replace its conventional egg patty with
Eat Just’s mung bean-based product in seven dishes Jung, Susan. “It’s Back: Hong Kong’s Restaurant
– three breakfast burgers, three bagel sandwiches Scene Hot Again, but Owners Still Worry.” South
and a Western breakfast plate. Eat Just makes the China Morning Post, 16 Oct. 2021, https://www.
plant-based substitute under the Just Egg brand, scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3152186/
which comes in bottles and looks like beaten fresh hong-kong-restaurant-scene-back-almost-full-
eggs. Just Egg will be available in 500 of Dicos’ glory-owners-worry.
outlets in Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou, as
well as in Liaoning and Shandong provinces. These Lintott, Rosie. “China Food Service Industry:
What Are the Current Trends?” Verdict Food Service,
360
