Quick rant....
LC's now has plant based pepperoni!
But it's an extra $4. For 3 cents worth of topping.
I'm so all for plant based / lab grown / not meat meat. But god damn if they don't bring the prices down it's never going to happen. Why is it that every place, every time, brings in non-meat they double the price. It's so irritating. And yeah, sure, it's R&D and hundreds of years of already established practices being changed from meat to "not meat" but damn, double the price is literally setting it up to fail. I mean look. If you actually wanted people to try this stuff you don't make it cost MORE than what they already know.
Like if a vegetarian is going to get pizza, $5 cheese, or $9 cheese with plant based pepperoni isn't really a choice. It's just insulting. Am I going to get one next friday? Yeah, of course. But I'm confident it's not going to be some game changer to get me to order that instead of regular cheese (or double stix) going forward.