Impossible Foods CEO on European Expansion Strategy
Peter McGuinness, President & CEO, Impossible Foods discusses the company's European expansion and evolving business strategy with Bloomberg's Kriti Gupta at the Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit 2025 in London. (Source: Bloomberg)
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