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Consumer Perspectives on Sustainability & Plant-Based Foods. What’s Changed Since 2020?

While restaurant challenges, such as labor costs and supply chains, seem to have slowed down the plant-based phenomenon, many brands are still looking for unique ways to incorporate the concept into their menu. But how do customers feel about it one year later?

RMS surveyed over 800 US diners to learn about current customer sentiments towards plant-based meats and sustainability practices in the industry as restaurants strategize for the future.

What’s in the report

• Do guests feel restaurants produce too much food waste?
• Has plant-based meat consumption increased over the last year?
• What are the characteristics of a typical plant-based meat consumer in 2022?
• Are guests more likely to swap to a competitor brand that offers plant-based meats?

All this and more in the latest deep dive report.