Plant-based restaurant, Halo Burger, is to open its second site on January 22 on Great Eastern Street in Shoreditch. The expansion comes after a “successful year” at a site at POP Brixton.

Halo Burgers uses Beyond Meat, an increasingly popular plant-based product developed in San Francisco, California.

Halo Burger founder Ross Forder said: “We can’t wait to bring our incredible menu to Shoreditch. Making plant-based meat alternatives widely available is our mission and opening a new site is just the beginning of our plan to expand across the nation.

“The appetite for plant-based food has surged, with over 350,000 people signing up to do Veganuary by January 4th, breaking all previous records. Halo Burger is here for when you’re in need of something comforting and familiar, to satisfy vegans and meat-eaters new and old in January and beyond.”

Halo Burger has claimed to be the world’s first dedicated plant-based bleeding burger joint and since its launch in November 2019 has apparently saved the equivalent of 25,840kg of beef.