June not so hot for alt-meat retail sales

Combined refrigerated and frozen plant-based meat alternatives generated $84.4 million in June — a four-week period ending June 30. Sales reflect Circana’s expanded MULO+ universe that includes additional retailers that were previously not represented in the data. These retailers include retailers in the e-commerce, grocery, club, direct-to-consumer delivery and other channels. 

June sales decreased 9.9% year-on-year. Unit sales reflected the most pressure, down 13.0%. After three years of double-digit declines, dollars and volume decreases for combined…