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Vegan restaurant chain has explosive expansion

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San Diego-based Plant Power Fast Food, a chain of 100% vegan fast food restaurants, is announcing seven new locations coming in 2021.

That is impressive growth!

The company’s new locations include their first Los Angeles area restaurant in Hollywood on Vine Street near the Paramount Studios, their first Northern California location in Sacramento, and a new restaurant in Laguna Hills complete with a drive-thru, patio dining and even a geodesic dome dining area.

Since its humble beginnings in the Ocean Beach section of San Diego in 2016, Plant Power Fast Food has built a rabid customer base and has seen impressive growth, even in 2020 when much of the restaurant industry has been adversely affected by COVID.

A sampling of the massive growth Plant Power Fast Food has experienced:

· 2020 brand-wide sales are forecast to hit $14 million
· 2020 sales are an increase of 46% increase over 2019
· 1172% growth since inception

Next time you are in the area(s), do yourself a favour and eat with Plant Power.

I dined with them a few times when I was in Southern California and I still cherish the memories.

Follow Plant Power on Instagram.

Vegan Quarantine: Day 80

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Welcome to Vegan Quarantine: Day 80. This daily video series is my way of keeping spirits high within the vegan community while also supporting independent business, charities, and musicians.

Links for everything discussed are included below.

You can support these daily videos by donating to my PayPal:
https://paypal.me/pools/c/8oikSipsfP

You can become a FGV Patreon supporter here:
https://www.patreon.com/FatGayVegan

Plant Power Fast Food is a vegan food chain in Southern California and they have a limited edition Peach Milshake! You can also donate money via the comapny’s website to help them feed at risk people in Los Angeles:
https://www.plantpowerfastfood.com/

Unicorn Grocery is a vegan cooperative grocery store in Manchester. They are now making local deliveries AND you can stop by the store to collect Black Lives Matter protest materials:
https://www.instagram.com/unicorngrocery/

Anspach & Hobday is a brewery and taproom in Bermondsey. All their beers are vegan and they are open again from this weekend. You can also order online:
https://www.anspachandhobday.com/

Bright Zine have put together a list of Black owned UK vegan businesses:
https://www.brightzine.co/…/6/3/xx-black-owned-vegan-busine…

Made In Hackney Community Cookery School has a Zero Waste Cooking Class this weekend online to raise funds for their charity. Book a spot:
https://madeinhackney.org/whats-…/event/zero-waste-cooking-1

Faux Sho Vegan are selling vegan cheeses, cakes, and more at Maltby Street Market this Saturday June 6:
https://www.instagram.com/fauxshovegan/

Recipe of the day. Easiest Vegan Passata:
https://simplyceecee.co/easiest-tomato-passata/

Music recommendation of the day. Listen to Sistahs album by Big Joanie:
https://bigjoanie.bandcamp.com/album/sistahs

Become a monthly contributor to Kwanda to help create systems to benefit Black communities:
https://kwanda.co/

Disney star invests in vegan fast food company

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One of the fastest growing fast food brands in North America just got a financial boost and vote of confidence from a Disney star.

As more and more people come to understand the value of a vegan lifestyle, a lot of people are also investing in plant-based companies. 2019 is the year that saw a whole bunch of celebrities and influencers associating themselves with leading companies focussed on the vegan and plant-based field.

Mena Massoud, the start of Disney’s Aladdin live action remake, has announced he has become an investor in San Diego-based Plant Power Fast Food.

Although best known as an actor, Massoud is recognised by his fans and social media followers as a passionate advocate of a plant-based diet. He is the founder of the travel show Evolving Vegan and is also known to regularly share photos of vegan cuisine or his thoughts about the vegan lifestyle with his 2.4 million Instagram followers.

Photo by Kathryn Page

Since opening their first location in San Diego in January 2016, Plant Power Fast Food has grown to a five unit chain with four additional locations in current development. They also have a new food truck operation in Los Angeles.

Describing his love of the brand, Mena states, “I’ve spent a great deal of time touring North America visiting a lot of plant-based restaurants. Plant Power Fast Food immediately stuck out as a big player. They have massive ambitions in the space, and they don’t just outsource their products like many of the other companies in the marketplace. There is great attention to detail, and we share the same outlook, that in order to cause real change, we have to make plant-based living accessible to the masses.”

He added that a vegan diet is much more than a fad or passing trend: “It’s about evolving in the right direction so that we can help save our planet, our bodies and our fellow living souls.”

You can follow Mena Massoud on Instagram.

You can follow Plant Power on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Visit the chain’s website online here.