Super quick update to share today’s vegan grocery haul video.
Watch to see all the latest plant-based goods I picked up from my local Tesco.
Enjoy!
Supermarket Bombscare
Grocery shopping with FGV… Sainsbury’s
If you don’t follow me over on my Facebook page, you missed out on the hilarity that is my Sainsbury’s shopping adventure.
Thankfully, the social network now allows for video embedding so you no longer have to suffer in the wilderness.
Check it out:
This was filmed at Sainsbury’s in Chiswick, West London.
New vegan ice cream by Alpro
One of the biggest dairy-free brands in the world has just released three flavours of vegan ice cream.
Are we excited?
This new line of dairy-free desserts is available only in Tesco stores in the UK, although I am struggling to find them. I have been to half a dozen larger outlets and still am unable to locate them.
The tubs retail for £3.50 each.
Good price point but where are they?! Have you found these tubs yet? The chocolate looks like it will be my first flavour but what is your favourite?
New vegan cheese launch
London, hold steady when you read this news.
One of the best vegan cheeses I have ever tasted is launching in the capital tomorrow (Saturday September 24, 2016) and you will be kicking yourself if you don’t make an effort to get some.
I first tried Mouse’s Favourite at the Viva! show in Brighton a few weeks back and was beyond blown away. Their Camembert is probably one of the finest vegan cheeses on the planet.
Rarely do you get a plant-based product this outstanding and now you can buy some of the good stuff for your very own.
Get along to GreenBay Supermarket on Saturday for a world exclusive as the makers of Mouse’s Favourite cheese set up a tasting station from midday and sell their finery in a retail setting for the first time ever.
Check out what the company had to say about the launch event:
This Saturday at GreenBay we are giving out samples of Mouse’s Favourite for customers to try. The samples on offer will be our newest cheese, Camembert, as well as our Cider Washed Rind, Almond Pyramid, Original Cream and Smokey Cream. This is almost our complete range except for the Rich Aged Dulse which won’t be aged in time.We are very excited about Saturday because it will be the first time ever that our cheese is available in a shop, and not just any shop, we couldn’t be more delighted that it’s in GreenBay the newly opened 100% vegan store. All the above cheeses will be available for purchase (again except for the Rich Aged Dulse – but it will be in the future).Having Mouse’s Favourite in GreenBay is the culmination of 5 years of research and development by Gabrielle to produce the finest quality ‘cheese’ made from the best possible ingredients. The production processes and techniques mirror the traditional craft of hand made cheesemaking wherever possible. We have both been vegan for ten years and believe that you don’t have to sacrifice anything or feel like you are missing out. As well as perfecting the taste and texture, we have tried to make a product every bit as alluring and beautiful and varied in range as dairy cheese. Vegetarians often cite cheese as the one food that they couldn’t do without, the one thing stopping them becoming vegan. It’s a gratifying thought that our cheese could help people along on their journey.
Wow. Let’s take a look at some of those other cheeses.
From top: Almond Pyramid, Cashew Cream Cheese and Washed Rind Cashew Cheese.
Be one of the first people in London to get your hands on Mouse’s Favourite at GreenBay Supermarket tomorrow from midday. Be quick. This stuff is going to fly out the door, especially that Camembert.
You can visit Mouse’s Favourite online, follow them on Instagram and like them on Facebook.
You can also get details about GreenBay online and follow them on Twitter or Instagram, as well as like them on Facebook.
More vegan Quorn products
It seems the major vegetarian food brands are in a race to bring out more and more vegan products. The tide is turning at a rapid rate for plant-based supermarket products and I can hardly keep up.
A few days ago I reported on new vegan soups by Quorn while only yesterday I posted about new products suitable for vegans by Linda McCartney Foods.
Now Quorn are back at it again with these new breaded fillets, popping up in mainstream supermarkets everywhere this week.
Have you tried this new item? What did you think? Sound off in the comments below!
Quorn launch vegan soups
Oh!
I’ve never eaten vegan Quorn but seeing as news of their brand almost broke my blog last time, I figured you would all want to know about this development.
The Quorn Facebook page states these are available in Sainsbury’s right now.
Both of these soups feature the vegan Quorn pieces. This is a perfect example of how huge corporations are responding to vegan demands. If it makes money for them, they will do it.
What do you think?
Vegan relish
Here’s a super quick blog post to let you know about a supermarket find that has me grinning.
How terrific do these look?!
All three bottles were spotted in my local Waitrose and all were on special offer.
Which one would you start with?
New vegan grocery store for London
I very rarely get to bring you news this huge, so hold on tight to your green smoothies.
London, you have a brand new 100% vegan grocery store called GreenBay opening on Saturday August 13, 2016.
Yes, this is BIG news.
GreenBay Supermarket is the brainchild of Paula and Anderson, two people committed to bringing fabulous plant-based food to the masses at reasonable prices.
Paula and Anderson are keen to make their store a haven for people looking for plant-based shopping and believe me when I say this corner store on North End Road (yes, just a few doors along from 222 Veggie Vegan) is absolutely rammed solid with everything you would need, want and expect to find in a supermarket.
You need to get along this weekend for their grand opening at 228 North End Road (just a 7 minute walk from West Kensington Underground on the District Line) and help these compassionate business people celebrate the opening of this wonderful retail outlet.
As a special thank you to anyone who comes along on grand opening day, GreenBay has teamed up with Follow Your Heart for some very special offers.
VeganEgg will be available as a buy one get one free offer while the Vegan Gourmet cheese shreds will be for sale at 30% off. Stock up!
GreenBay really has everything you would expect to find in a non-vegan grocery store.
Chocolate, plant milks, cheeses, bread, fresh fruit, vegetables, ice cream, personal care products, toilet roll, dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, soup, flour, baking ingredients, beer, wine, vodka, pet food….. I could go on and on and on.
Follow GreenBay Supermarket on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Visit the shop for its grand opening this weekend.
Now look at some cheeky photos I snapped inside.
Please note: not featured is the fresh fruit, vegetables and bread because it is getting delivered fresh for Saturday morning!
Also, this just in: Watch the live broadcast I did from inside the shop tonight. It is excellent!
Garlic bread and dough balls
Here’s a super quick blog post that might just have you making a rapid dash to your nearest Tesco.
You can now buy not only frozen vegan garlic bread from the UK supermarket chain, but also frozen vegan garlic dough balls.
I picked up a pack of each last night in a London Tesco Extra.
Looking forward to trying them!
Have you tried these vegan and gluten free products yet? Feedback below!
Milk protest
Have you seen the signs in Tesco supermarkets suggesting their milk helps care for dairy cows?
The signs are part of a broader campaign in which the supermarket giant is telling shoppers that their cow milk products are fairly sourced, making them the right choice for anyone looking to improve outcomes for farmers and cows.
People who understand the cruelty connected to the dairy industry are not too happy about these signs.
All over the UK, consumer activists are removing the signs from dairy cases and positioning them in front of plant-derived milk products such as almond, soya and rice. Vegans are attempting to subvert the advertising campaign and use the signs to get people thinking about the cruelty of dairy.
Below is a photo I took in Tesco Roundhay, Leeds yesterday. It shows that one of the signs has been moved to a shelf holding almond milk.
It would appear this peaceful action of relocating the signs is gaining momentum, with many shoppers sharing their own experiences on social media of moving signs themselves or having seen evidence that others have done so.
In addition, The Vegan Society has asked Tesco to remove all signs from all store is this open letter.