An Auckland plant-based café is beefing up its menu, hoping to increase customers and reduce production costs.

Kind Café says the cost of living has forced the change.

Owner Cathie Cottle says they're hoping it'll be temporary - and the café will be able to later return to its principles.

She says vegetarian options tend to be more expensive than meat.

"Our chefs had to go to a lot of effort to make our own courses, there's a whole lot of things that cannot just be bought as easily."

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