[jmkb]

> aggressively push out traditional veggie burgers on restaurant menus

I've found a similar trend in the supermarket frozen aisles. I used to be able to reliably find "veggie crumbles" at most largeish stores, perfect for pizza, chili, or mapo tofu. My favorite brand was Quorn (not quite vegan, includes egg whites) but there were often several decent options. Now it's rare to find anything other than Beyond or Impossible, packaged to look and feel like ground meat, very fussy. They taste okay, but I prefer both the crumbles' flavors and form factors. I've gone back to using TVP. (I'm not vegetarian -- I'll happily brown my TVP in bacon grease.)

[bpye]

I also quite like Quorn but it is non existent in North America unfortunately.

[bpye]

Can't edit this now but looks like I was mistaken. Non existent in Canada but it is available in the US these days?

[progman32]

Reliably present in all the major grocery chains here in the Pacific Northwest.