Championing Chicken - Nextgen Foods

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As a mechanical engineer, Andre Menezes never imagined that he would be working in the food industry. Nonetheless after a career as the manager of Singapore’s largest distribution company, Andre joined the plant-based space through the co-founding of Nextgen Foods - parent company of plant-based chicken brand TiNDLE. In this week’s episode we chat with Andre about why Nextgen have decided to tackle chicken, as well as their unique business model to facilitate rapid expansion. We also discuss Andre’s personal thoughts about why there has been less innovation when it comes to chicken as a category, the challenges of launching in a pandemic plus more.

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