250,000 people have tried vegan with Veganuary this year, making the current campaign the most popular since the charity was launched in 2014. In fact, ‘Veganuary 2019’, which culminates today, saw Veganuary match the total number of pledges that the charity achieved in the previous four years combined, highlighting how far veganism has come in the space […]
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The New Pizza Hut Vegan Jackfruit Pizza
At the start of 2019, Pizza Hut Restaurants launched a new Vegan Jackfruit Pizza, the ‘Jack ‘n’ Ch**se’, pledging to make it a permanent menu item if 10,000 Vegan Pizzas were sold by the end of Veganuary. Sales were tracked via the installation of a ‘Vegan-o-meter’ on Pizza Hut Restaurant’s Twitter channel (@PizzaHutUK). Sales target […]
Waitrose & Partners Encourages Customers to Use Reusable Containers
Customers shopping at Waitrose & Partners are being encouraged to bring reusable containers to take home products from the supermarket’s fresh service counters to help save plastic bags and containers. Shoppers at the supermarket have been able to bring their own clean, lidded reusable containers to take home their fresh cheese, meat and fish rather […]
Waitrose To Increase Vegan Range This January
This January, Waitrose & Partners is launching a total of 14 new vegan product lines, bringing the total of Waitrose vegan range to 65 products across own-brand and branded. The retailer has revealed that searches for the word ‘vegan’ on Waitrose.com has doubled in the last year, this coupled with the increase in searches of […]
Aldi’s Vegan Burger
The new Aldi’s vegan burger is a meat-free quarter pounder, which looks and tastes just like the real thing! The supermarket is the first to launch a plant-based burger using all British ingredients and has spent the last 12 months perfecting a delicious recipe to capture a distinct smokey flavour. The new Meat Free Butcher […]
Virgin Trains offers first vegan-friendly train menu in UK
Virgin Trains has become the UK’s first train operator to offer a vegan menu for all its customers on all services. When travelling, passengers can now choose from a range of vegan-friendly options at nearly all times of day following a revamp of its onboard Shop and First Class menus as Virgin Trains is also […]
Tesco Vegan and Vegetarian Festive Food
Craving a meat-free Christmas? Hosting a dinner party with veggie or vegan guests doesn’t need to be a panic-inducing ordeal. Instead, you can enjoy the season with the new range of Tesco vegan and vegetarian festive food. Tesco has not only doubled its vegan festive main dish offering but has also launched its first ever […]
Pizza Express Vegan Christmas Menu
Christmas is a time for celebration and – let’s be honest- with all that delicious festive food, a time for indulgence, too. This can be difficult for the dairy-free diners amongst us, with Christmas menus typically not accommodating vegans (another nut roast, anyone?). Fear not: PizzaExpress’ Christmas offerings put an end to mundane menus once […]
Waitrose & Partners Vegan & Vegetarian Festive Food
Further to launching a dedicated vegan and vegetarian section and its meat free own brand range, Waitrose & Partners has now added an impressive range of vegan and vegetarian festive food. Whether you are a seasoned vegan or vegetarian, aiming for a veg-centric flexitarian Christmas or simply need tasty ideas to serve to your meat-free […]
Sizzling & Juicy, The Beyond Burger® Launches At Tesco Today!
What a fabulous Meat Free Monday news! Victim of its own success, The Beyond Burger®’s launch at Tesco had been delayed earlier this year because of supply issues. As of today though, you will be able to find it in the chilled meat counter aisles of more than 350 Tesco stores throughout the UK. It […]
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