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by PretzelPirate 1080 days ago
When I go to the store, I see the same old flavors rebranded as something new and maybe put on a new medium (ex: casava chips). When I see people grocery shop, they aren't looking for exotic meats, they want chicken breasts and ground beef. People attach themselves to specific products and specific flavors for life (some people are lifelong coke drinkers and hate Pepsi).

People like what's familiar and they find comfort in it. Unless you have a killer marketing plan to get consumers to try your new flavors, betting on comfort and familiarity and differentiating on something the consumer is passionate about, such as cost or climate impact, is a winning strategy.

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Until you build contempt by repeated failure. Like so many dismiss meat substitutes now, since they have disappointed for so long. That's the environment 'new meat' enters regardless of wishes and well-reasoned defenses.

I suggest the other approach will yield better results. It's a matter of marketing, which can change choices and preferences given time.