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MARYLAND REOPENING GUIDELINES

BALTIMORE CITY PHASE 2 REOPENING EFFECTIVE FRIDAY, 6/19 AT 5 PM.

RESTAURANT ASSN. OF MARYLAND STATE GUIDELINES

Restaurants and bars open for indoor dining at 50% capacity.

Plant-Powered Meat MOnthS QUESTIONS? LET'S ZOOM!

• • • • • • SUMMER 2020 • • • • • •

Find out how this promotion

can revitalize your business.

Be part of the fastest-growing

food trend; see "Benefits," below.

– – – FREE – – –
Tuesdays, 6/30, 7/14, 7/28

3-4 pm ET

Food photo: Chickpea Parmesan

by connoiseurusvegan.

REVITALIZE MENUS WITH POPULAR FOODS

"11.4% growth of plant-based industry. vs. 2.2 % of all food in 2019. Plant-based food sales [2019] grew five times faster than overall U.S. retail food sales."
– Supermarket News, Mar. 3, 2020

"Large portions of today's population consume plant-based proteins. Restaurants that don't embrace them may be left behind."

– FSR Magazine, Feb. 2019

"Animal-sourced meats = 30% of food costs;

Plant-based meats = 15% of food costs."

– Minnesota Reformer, May 4, 2020

“Focus on less meat and more plants!

Pandemic consequences have led us to reexamine our food system. Farmed animals and farm workers join the long list of COVID-19 victims, devastating the economy."

– Minnesota Reformer, May 4, 2020

PROMOTIONAL MENUS

MEATY MEALS

PLANT FOODS ACROSS THE MENU

Plant-based/vegan meats just like animal meat. "Meaty" dishes made from a variety of plant foods, such as Lentil Salisbury "Steak"

PLANT FOODS ACROSS THE MENU

Feature at least one plant-based/vegan option in all other sections of the menu: appetizers, side dishes, salads, dessert. At least 1/4 entrees need to be plant-based/vegan.

HOW MANY ON THE MENU?

PLANT-BASED/VEGAN FOOD DEFINED

RESTAURANTS

Entrées

1/4 entrees need to include plant-based meats or can be "meaty" meals using plant-based/vegan ingredients.

Can be new and/or versions of what's already on the menu,

Appetizers. Side Dishes, Desserts

At least one for each category..

CHEFS

1/4 all foods offered.

PLANT-BASED/VEGAN FOOD DEFINED

Plant-Based/Vegan Foods Include Only:

Produce (vegetables, fruits, berries, melons, etc.), grains, legumes/beans, nuts, and seeds and any food made entirely from plant-based/vegan ingredients, including plant-sourced dairy and plant-sourced egg replacers. There are thousands of possibilities.

Plant-Based Foods Do Not Include:

Animal, fowl, fish/sea creatures including bivalves, amphibians, insects, animal-sourced dairy, eggs,

or honey, in whole or in part.