Restaurants dropping meat dishes as costs rise and Veganuary grows more popular

Only 33% of main courses at major restaurant chains include meat, according to Lumina’s menu tracker. Photograph: Magdalena Bujak/Alamy

Restaurants are removing meat dishes from their menus due to the impact of inflation and the rising popularity of Veganuary, researchers say.

Only 20% of all dishes served at restaurant chains last summer contained meat, according to the latest figures from Lumina Intelligence, a drop of four percentage points from last spring.