Plant-based concept founder hopes to be 'the next McDonald's'
Steele Smiley has created a plant-based concept — Stalk & Spade— in Wayzata, Minnesota. Photo provided. Paying attention to the fact that 42% of global consumers now call themselves flexitarians or "part-time vegans," serial entrepreneur Steele Smiley has createad a plant-based concept — Stalk & Spade— in Wayzata, Minnesota. "I believed that I cracked a code on how to make the perfect burger that is plant-based and tastes like the original that everyone has learned to love over the past 20 to 30 years," said Smiley, also the founder of Crisp & Green, a seven-unit Minnesota-based brand...