Guest guest Posted May 31, 2002 Report Share Posted May 31, 2002 I went to V1 with my parents last Saturday. I didn't know it was run by a vegan, but I guess that would explain why I could eat most of the things there. I had doughnuts for the first time in about 5 years and I was SOOOOO happy ) I found it a really positive experience - there was a queue out the door at 3pm, it was that popular. The only obvious dairy was the offer of cheese or vegan cheese on a burger and the frozen yoghurt stand. Oh yeah, and milk for tea and butter on the teacakes if you wanted. Counting V1 I only have personal knowledge of two businesses run by vegans (AFAIK), both of which sell a limited number of dairy items (the other one is Cooks Delight in Berkhampstead - a well stocked organic shop selling a good selection of veg, groceries, wine, beer, clothing, toiletries, books and other stuff, well worth a visit). And yes, it makes me a little uncomfortable but I know what vegetarians can be like - they seem to think they've made enough sacrifice, and if they can't get their milk and butter they'll probably go and do all their shopping/eating somewhere else for the most part (this is said through experience of going shopping with my mum, by the way, a vegetarian for about 20 years now, but who can't even manage a week without dairy - I despair sometimes). At least these businesses can offer an alternative which they *might* consider buying. I keep hearing how the vegan movement now is at the same stage the Vegetarian one was around 10-15 years ago. The more places we can get stuff with the words " suitable for vegans " on, the more people will hopefully be interested - I think it would be unrealistic to expect businesses to go wholly vegan outside of London when there are so few of us - I would rather not see any more of those depressing boarded up windows and pathetic notices thanking a handful of customers for their support, but I bet in a few years time we will be able to realistically make the demand for animal free shopping from more places (I hope so, anyway). _______________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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