Long before Beyond Meat became a market darling, Don Lee Farms in Ingleside, Calif., had sued the company (under the name Savage River Inc.) in May 2017 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging breach of contract. The case has been little-mentioned in the swooning coverage of Beyond Meat and the plant-based meat substitute market since then. That may be about to change.
What looked like a spat over a spurned supplier in the…