Why Join The Vegan Choices List?
Restaurants with vegan options grow their business. Vegan food is not just a trend anymore but a global movement.
Don’t get left behind! Join the many restaurants with vegan options in Blount County, East Tennessee. It’s free!
Get More Customers
• With vegan choices on your menu, even just a few, you should see more customers.
• The vegan community is tight-knit, and they tend to give a shout-out to good vegan experiences. This is free advertising for your restaurant.
• Large groups tend to go to restaurants with vegan options because there is usually one vegan in the group.
• A person interested in the environment will see your restaurant as more inclusive and sustainable
It's Not Hard To Add Vegan Choices
• Test vegan entrees before you put them on the menu. Give it a try!
Instead of changing your menu, offer vegan options and test the response.
• Don't start from scratch!
Consider how to make your existing menu items vegan. For some dishes, this is an easy tweak. Curry without fish sauce, pasta with olive oil instead of butter, a vegetable side dish made into an entree. Add a plant-based option, such as the Impossible Burger, to your burger section.
• Small Ways to Please!
You'll show you want to please vegans if you offer vegan options for coffee creamer, cheese, mayonnaise, and milk.
• No Vegan Menu Necessary!
A separate vegan menu is fantastic but not necessary. In fact, it is better to place vegan meals on your regular menu and add the vegan symbol after them. Vegans will understand, and others will order it just because it sounds tasty.
Free Online Exposure
• Vegan Blount County connects with vegan communities in Knoxville and Chattanooga. Vegans will travel for good food.
• We also promote restaurants with vegan choices in our Blount County Vegan Facebook Community.
• Having vegan entrees on your menu means you can be added to the app Happy Cow. Vegans worldwide use this to find restaurants with vegan choices nearby. With so many tourists in Blount County, that's a win for you.
Get a Certificate For your Business
• Restaurants with vegan options receive a certificate to display in your restaurant.
• The certificate will show your customers that vegan choices are on the menu and that you care about the vegan community.
• It is a positive branding opportunity. People who eat plant-based do so for different reasons. For example, a person interested in the environment will see your restaurant as more inclusive and sustainable.
Why Vegan Choices?
- Plant-based food sales have been increasing for years, but they grew nearly three times faster than total food sales from 2018 to 2020.
- Over half of millennials are incorporating more plant-based foods into their diets as a permanent lifestyle change.
- According to a poll, 37% of Americans always or sometimes eat meals without meat, fish, or poultry when eating out.
- A Nielsen poll on the new ‘meat’ eater shows 21% of people who buy meat also buy meat alternatives.
Apply to Join the Vegan Choices List!
Please use this form if you would like to be included on the list of restaurants with vegan options. We will get back to you and work with you on adding you to the list.
