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Here, Shepard publicly wrestled with every demon that family delivered, sorting through toxic masculinity with a rare intelligence and ferocity, determined to, as he said, “destroy the idea of the family drama.”

However, the El Segundo, Calif.-based company has wrestled with declining sales and stiff competition from rival Impossible Foods, according to its corporate filings and market data, while its operations have continued to burn cash.

In July, the company announced a review of strategic alternatives as it wrestled with declining sales.

“It comes from wanting to make sense of loss, to wrestle chaos and shape it into order, or in my case, art,” Cooper says without hesitation, as if stating something he’s long accepted.

According to its corporate filings and market data, Beyond Meat has continued to wrestle with declining sales and stiff competition from rival Impossible Foods.