What happened Shares of Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) were falling by 5.4% at 10:55 a.m. ET on Tuesday morning on no company-specific news, though The New York Times did publish an article today questioning whether the company's falling sales were due to inflationary pressures or because it has reached peak saturation. Now what Beyond Meat has seen its stock collapse 85% as its sales have plunged, forcing it to drop hundreds of workers from its payroll.