Guest guest Posted May 31, 2001 Report Share Posted May 31, 2001 > I actually try to avoid the mainstream supermarkets because their > policies of out-of-town stores degrades communities & gets people > into polluting cars, they sell loads of bad stuff I know supermarkets are dodgy as f***, but Angie or someone made a important point, in that a lot of them are now stocking vegan products such as provamel stuff and Green & Blacks so we should support them in going in this positive direction!! > Although I've heard their fruit and veg is actually vegan LOL!! You crack me up, Rob, you really do!! > BTW Did you know that Whole Earth (the people who make the cola) used to be an exclusively vegan food company, until this year they brought out some cereal (I think) with dairy ingredients. No, I didn't know that, that's a shame!! >I'd like to start a campaign to get them back on track (but you're >all probably too busy scoffing Sainsbury's cake! ;0) LOL!! Not me at the moment, i'm on my yogic diet this week, next week i'm on a de-tox and the fort-nite after i'm on the lean revolution diet!! Today, i feel absolutely amazing, loads of energy and really happy!! It's brilliant!! Zingy Sas :-)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2001 Report Share Posted May 31, 2001 But look at it this way - they're only stocking these things so they can grab market share (they only want your money so Mr Sainsbury can buy another title, car, house etc). Whereas your (local? if you're lucky!) independent health food/organic store stocks them because they believe they are the correct things to sell. And these small shops need all the help they can get. The danger is that pretty soon we'll have two or three mega-super-markets who can control all food distribution, policy etc. I'll admit that being able to go into a 24-hour Tescos and get soya milk and an organic carrot is convenient (and is much different to my experience 10 years ago), but its better to organise yourself so you don't need this type of convenience and all the (hidden) problems it causes. There are a lot of " wimpy " (bad word, but who cares!) vegetarians (and possibly vegans) who see it just as a diet thing. That is an important part, but I think of my veganism as a political statement and part of that is ethical/enviromental justice. Of the people that replied to my rant about Hindu/Veggies Vs McDonalds, everyone agreed that a veggie buying from McDonalds was compromising their ethics/belief in some way. So that means people have a kind of arbitrary scale where McD is really bad and Sainsburys or whoever is not so bad. I think this is too arbitrary and so I'll only support the positively good when I can. Anyway, doesn't Lord Sainsbury sit on some sham of an advisory board telling the government what food policy he wants? Read No Logo by Naomi Klien and you'll get an idea of what ethically devoid companies can do. vegan-network, " Sue Grayson " <suegrayson@n...> wrote: > I know supermarkets are dodgy as f***, but Angie or someone made a > important point, in that a lot of them are now stocking vegan products > such as provamel stuff and Green & Blacks so we should support them in > going in this positive direction!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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