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Data: The rise of the flexitarian

Fascinating numbers on how plant-based foods fit into consumers’ daily lives, and how operators can tap into the trend.

Tara Fitzpatrick, Senior Editor

March 23, 2018

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Close your eyes and picture a customer who demands plant-based options on your menu. Did you see a militant hippie who’s wearing hemp and looking angry? A new study by Datassential on plant-based eating challenges that image, identifying the new, more fluid definitions and the spectrum of how and when consumers are choosing plant-based food. The study questioned 1,500 consumers from all generations and retail and foodservice operators, and revealed that the definitions of how we eat are more fluid than ever.

About the Author

Tara Fitzpatrick

Senior Editor, Informa Restaurant & Food Group

Tara Fitzpatrick is Food Management’s senior editor and a contributor to Restaurant Hospitality and Nation’s Restaurant News, creating editorial content for digital, print and events. Tara holds a bachelor of science degree from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kent State University. Before joining Food Management in 2008, Tara was associate editor at National Association of College Stores in Oberlin, Ohio. Prior to that, Tara worked as a newspaper reporter in her hometown of Lorain, Ohio, where she lives now. Tara is a fan of food history, legends, lore, ghost stories, urban farming and old cookbooks. 

Tara Fitzpatrick’s areas of expertise include the onsite foodservice industry (K-12 schools, colleges and universities, healthcare and B&I), menu trends, sustainability in foodservice, senior dining, farm-to-table and innovation.

Tara Fitzpatrick is a frequent webinar and podcast host and has served on the board of directors for IFEC (International Food Editors Consortium).

Tara Fitzpatrick’s experience:

Senior Editor, Food Management (Feb 2008-present)

Associate Editor, National Association of College Stores (2005-2008)

Reporter, The Morning Journal (2002-2005)

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