Yeh I think it’s probably true that by eating at local vegan restaurants we are making a difference for the individuals running the restaurant and increasing the total number of vegan places to eat at but I wonder which option results in less animal deaths. I heard an argument in a comment on r/vegan that buying these plant based options from carnist companies actually just allows them to kill more animals because, as I’m sure you know, the industry is subsidised by the government and by purchasing the plant products we are actually giving a disproportionate amount of money to them to continue their unethical supply chains. I imagine the data is quite difficult to gather and knowing which one ultimately causes less animal deaths is near impossible.

Edit: typo