More restaurants are incorporating restaurant-quality vegan foods into their menu, with many exclusively offering vegan dishes. The website Happy Cow, which works like Yelp, but for vegan and vegetarian food, lists over 24,000 veg-friendly eateries in
The demand for plant-based food has accelerated in recent years. Retail sales of categories like milk alternatives and meat substitutes have skyrocketed, mainly in Western countries. However, one of the main barriers for adoption remains price as the plant-based offering is significantly more expensive than its animal-based counterparts. With disposable incomes falling, closing the price gap is more important than ever.2 "By targeting premium and luxury foods, it allows our price point for the vegan counterpart to be more competitive than fast food items," states
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1 https://iconiclife.com/best-vegan-restaurants-vegan-fine-dining/ |
2 https://www.euromonitor.com/the-rise-of-vegan-and-vegetarian-food/report |
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