Guest guest Posted November 14, 2002 Report Share Posted November 14, 2002 Vegans Win the Awards ********************* At The Vegetarian Society Awards, at the Waldorf Hotel in London Thursday 7th November, most of the prizes were won by vegans or were for vegan products! Two Vegan Society patrons, Moby and Wendy Turner, were finalists in the Vegetarian Achievement Awards. Vegan Golden Promise beer, Redwood's Vegan Fishless Fingers, Swedish Glace vegan ice cream, vegan shoes, vegan falafels by Goodlife, vegan 'Vege Bear' jelly baby type sweets, V1 (who offer great vegan fast food in Nottingham) and www.veganstore.co.uk (an online vegan shop), all won awards, highlighting how easy it's become to adopt a vegan lifestyle. " It was very inspiring to see so many vegan products and services winning. This proves that standards have been raised and there's more delicious reasons than ever before to provide tasty food that everyone can enjoy, " said Tony Weston, a vegan, who picked up the Vegetarian Travel Award on behalf of the Vegetarian Visitor travel-guide, beating Virgin Atlantic. " It was a great night - delicious vegan food, good company and a great celebration of cruelty free, healthy living. It was also very exciting to hear the gossip on new vegan products in the pipeline from VIP guests from the world of veggie food and drink manufacturing " . Meanwhile The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) have announced they will be launching their new Vegetarian Food Manufacturers' Group in London on 20th November. They say " The latest market intelligence reports indicate that the vegetarian and meat-free food category is worth more than £540 million in the UK and is growing on average by over 15% a year. The Vegan Society will be attending the FDF veggie event to encourage manufacturers to make more effort to please everyone. Hits on the Vegan Society Websites have been steadily increasing throughout 2002. The online survey at www.worldveganday.org suggests that if caterers provided an improved selection of vegan food that everybody could enjoy, then even more people would adopt a vegan lifestyle. 2003 is going to be a great year for vegans with incentives for everyone to turn to a lifestyle free from animal products for the benefit of people, animals and the environment! Contacts: Tony Weston - Tel 01424 448828 Fax: 01424 717064 Editors notes: Veg Awards Press Release - www.vegsoc.org/press/winners02.html Photos - www.vegsoc.org/press/winpics02.html Vegan Society Survey - www.worldveganday.org Food & Drink Federation Press Release - www.fdf.org.uk General - www.vegansociety.com The Vegan Society (Reg. Charity No. 279228) was established in 1944 to promote a healthful diet free from animal exploitation and the wasteful use of the world's resources. World Vegan Day is celebrated on 1st November - National Vegan Week (U.K.) is 27 October - 3 November 2002. See www.worldveganday.org This year we targeted caterers to encourage them to provide more food that everyone can enjoy. The Vegan Society also publishes The Vegan Shopper - a guide to animal-free shopping, Vegan Stories, the Vegan Passport, a vegan travel guide and guides to nutrition. www.vegansociety.com or telephone (local rate) 0845 45 88244. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2002 Report Share Posted November 14, 2002 On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 13:41:41 -0000, " The Vegan Society " <media wrote: >Two Vegan Society patrons, Moby and Wendy Turner, were >finalists in the Vegetarian Achievement Awards. Isn't Juliet Gellatley (of VIVA!) a vegan? I'd always assumed that she must be.... Good news incidentally! Chris W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2002 Report Share Posted November 14, 2002 >...Swedish Glace vegan ice cream... Whatever happened to the pear one? I always liked that because it wasn't the same-old flavours but then they converted to little pots, then back to big ones and I haven't seen it since. >...vegan shoes... Is that vegan shoes as in a company name, or has the word vegan been added in a typical PR sense even though it does not appear actually appear in the name? Anyway who/what are they as I haven't heard of those before. Only vegetarian shoes in Brighton. A new show supplier would be interesting as I'm looking into buy a pair of boots for a fussy vegan lady and haven't been able to find anything from the usual sources yet. >Tony Weston, a vegan, who picked up >the Vegetarian Travel Award on behalf of the Vegetarian Visitor >travel-guide, beating Virgin Atlantic. Isn't that the Annemarie Weitzel book? Personally I think the Vegan Travel Guide is far better, though I suppose from a vegetarian perspective it stands little chance as it's too restrictive. The new 2002 edition of Vegetarian Britain is also much improved but probably too late for inclusion. I expect it will win next year. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 2002 Report Share Posted November 17, 2002 > Mavreela [nec.lists] > > >...Swedish Glace vegan ice cream... > > Whatever happened to the pear one? I always liked that > because it wasn't > the same-old flavours but then they converted to little pots, > then back to > big ones and I haven't seen it since. My girlfriend lurved the pear flavoured Swedish Glace... as you say, it appears to have gone :-( Steve W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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