Guest guest Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 Hi, I understand that the owner of Sainsbury's has financial interests in animal testing. It is good to try to get the supermarkets to tell you about their vegan lists. I have recently been in touch with Lidl to see if they have one. They have written back to me to say they are dealing with my enquiry! Will let you know if they send me a list. I did contact Superdrug a while back too by email and they said they are no longer doing a list. , " Lee Delaney " <lee.delaney@k...> wrote: > I've noticed that Sainsbury's now have a vegan mark. > I'm now discovering loads of things I can eat that I just never bothered > with before because I assumed we couldn't eat them. > > I still don't ike having to shoip in supermarkets though. > Thanks for the heads up shari > > Shari@B... [shari@b...] > 27 November 2003 22:37 > > Cc: redditch-animal-issues > Tesco Vegan Products > > > I was looking on Tesco's website the other day to see if there was any > info > on vegan products there. Couldn't find much so I emailed their customer > services. Today in the mail I got a printed kind of brochure/list of all > of > their vegan products. Just thought I'd let you know. If you haven't got > one, > go to their site and email them and ask for one. Maybe if they know there > are a bunch of us out here they'll consider us more. > > <3 > Shari Black Velvet > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 I had a real shock at my local Tesco the last time I shopped there. They had moved all of their vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free foods RIGHT next to where they were cooking whole chickens ready-to-eat. It would be bad enough for vegan food to be displayed next to packaged meat, but when I was trying to choose some Provamel desserts, the smell of cooking flesh and the sight of those little bodies being spun around spits was so overwhelming and gut wrenching that I had to walk away! I went to my local Tesco again tonight and the vegan products are still there, so I went to the Customer Services desk and made a complaint. I was asked to fill in a form which I did and I explained that the smell of meat was so overwhelming that I couldn't stand by the vegan counter long enough to choose which products to purchase. The member of staff I spoke to told me I was making a valid point. I am awaiting a response as I left my details. Janey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2003 Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 hi janey about 5 years ago when i was veggie i stopped shopping in my local safeways (which i realise now was crap anyway) because they started doing roast chickens and the smell was disgusting and totally put me off.......... catherine >"Janey" > > >Re: UK Supermarkets-wasRe: Tesco Vegan Products >Fri, 28 Nov 2003 22:38:13 -0000 > >I had a real shock at my local Tesco the last time I shopped there. They had moved all of their vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free foods RIGHT next to where they were cooking whole chickens ready-to-eat. It would be bad enough for vegan food to be displayed next to packaged meat, but when I was trying to choose some Provamel desserts, the smell of cooking flesh and the sight of those little bodies being spun around spits was so overwhelming and gut wrenching that I had to walk away! I went to my local Tesco again tonight and the vegan products are still there, so I went to the Customer Services desk and made a complaint. I was asked to fill in a form which I did and I explained that the smell of meat was so overwhelming that I couldn't stand by the vegan counter long enough to choose which products to purchase. The member of staff I spoke to told me I was making a valid point. I am awaiting a response as I left my details. > >Janey > If you're fed up with spam in your inbox sign for MSN 8 with it's intelligent junk e-mail filters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2003 Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 Oh good for you, Janey. I quite sympathize with your problem - the sight and smell of cooking birds is just a bit too anatomical for most vegetarians, I would think. Hope you are successful in getting the vegan products moved to a non-meat site. In our local supermarket, they keep the tofu, fake meats, fake cheese, etc. (not much of it, admittedly) in a small corner next to the start of the fresh produce - it took ages to notice it was there, but once I did . . . ;=) Best, Pat/Canada -- SANTBROWN townhounds/ vegetarianslimming/ HOMEPAGE: http://www.angelfire.com/art/pendragon/ ---------- * " I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet " - Gandhi * " The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men " - Leonardo da Vinci ---------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 Hi, Yes, Lord Sainsbury seems to be an unpleasant chap by all accounts. I wonder, though, if the good that comes of buying vegan products in his stores and so encouraging more vegan products to be easily available, so that one day it will be as accessible as being vegetarian and no longer seen as odd, outweighs the bad of putting a little more money in his pocket. Also, whilst his prediliction for animal testing might be bad, 'his' current prediliction for promoting vegan products on the shelves is good, so why not encourage that side by shopping there? Well, all right, yes I know the 'why not's, I just think they might be outweighed by the 'why's. John - herbvalerian <herbvalerian Friday, November 28, 2003 11:31 AM UK Supermarkets-wasRe: Tesco Vegan Products > Hi, > I understand that the owner of Sainsbury's has financial interests in animal > testing. > > It is good to try to get the supermarkets to tell you about their vegan lists. I > have recently been in touch with Lidl to see if they have one. They have > written back to me to say they are dealing with my enquiry! Will let you know if > they send me a list. I did contact Superdrug a while back too by email and > they said they are no longer doing a list. > > , " Lee Delaney " <lee.delaney@k...> > wrote: > > I've noticed that Sainsbury's now have a vegan mark. > > I'm now discovering loads of things I can eat that I just never bothered > > with before because I assumed we couldn't eat them. > > > > I still don't ike having to shoip in supermarkets though. > > Thanks for the heads up shari > > > > Shari@B... [shari@b...] > > 27 November 2003 22:37 > > > > Cc: redditch-animal-issues > > Tesco Vegan Products > > > > > > I was looking on Tesco's website the other day to see if there was any > > info > > on vegan products there. Couldn't find much so I emailed their customer > > services. Today in the mail I got a printed kind of brochure/list of all > > of > > their vegan products. Just thought I'd let you know. If you haven't got > > one, > > go to their site and email them and ask for one. Maybe if they know there > > are a bunch of us out here they'll consider us more. > > > > <3 > > Shari Black Velvet > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 I shop in supermarkets like Sainsbury's and Tesco in the hope that if the demand is there for vegan products, more will be stocked. My local Sainsbury's sell a wonderful selection of vegan products and if people like me didn't buy them, they wouldn't bother selling them. I see the arguments on both sides, but I do feel that if meat eaters see the odd vegan product, they might be tempted to try it. Ripples in the pond, and all that ......! Janey Hi,Yes, Lord Sainsbury seems to be an unpleasant chap by all accounts. Iwonder, though, if the good that comes of buying vegan products in hisstores and so encouraging more vegan products to be easily available, sothat one day it will be as accessible as being vegetarian and no longer seenas odd, outweighs the bad of putting a little more money in his pocket.Also, whilst his prediliction for animal testing might be bad, 'his' currentprediliction for promoting vegan products on the shelves is good, so why notencourage that side by shopping there?Well, all right, yes I know the 'why not's, I just think they might beoutweighed by the 'why's.John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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