Vegan

The Lock In Podcast

Tackling the misery months

07-Nov-2022 By Ed Bedington

With the tough trading months of January and February looming, the Lock In team discuss how operators can maximise the opportunities and create chances to boost trade with the help of a range of experts.

‘The Diggity Dog’ vegan hotdog wins national prize

21-Mar-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The Diggity Dog, Shepherd Neame’s recently launched vegan hotdog, has been named Best New Menu Item in the national Menu Innovation and Development Awards (MIDAS).

PETA UK urges M&B to reopen pub with ‘animal-friendly’ name

15-Feb-2022 By Rebecca Weller

PETA UK has urged operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) to reopen ‘England’s oldest pub’ under a new name and a completely vegan menu.

Whitbread share top tips for success with vegan dishes

17-Jan-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Chris Seaby, head of food and beverage development at Whitbread, who joined the pub restaurant and hotel operator last year after 26 years at retailer M&S, offers tips on plant-based food and shares insights on Whitbread’s Veganuary offer

Majority of licensees not looking to have completely vegan menu, snap poll finds

23-Nov-2021 By Rebecca Weller

The results from a recent poll conducted by The Morning Advertiser (MA) has revealed 60% of operators would not consider switching to an all plant-based menu.

Special report

Building a food offer: Take your pub menu to the next level

05-Jul-2021 By The Morning Advertiser

With the end of the Government's Covid-19 roadmap on the horizon and pub operators casting a cautious eye towards post-pandemic trade, The Morning Advertiser sinks its teeth into the future of pub grub and how operators can take their food offer...

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Downtime Development: Plant-based

02-Jun-2020 By Nestlé Professional

The pandemic has given the trend for plant-based eating a significant boost and as a result Nestlé Professional is offering chefs inspiration with a series of innovative plant-based recipes.

Reviews quoting ‘vegan’ rise 104% in a year

21-Jan-2020 By Alice Leader

New insight has revealed the public’s keenness to participate in Veganuary as the percentage of reviews citing the word ‘vegan’ rose by 104% between January 2019 and January 2020.

Greene King vegan sales up 265%

17-Jan-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Greene King has said it will be expanding its plant-based food offer after its total sales of vegan dishes saw a year-on-year increase of 265% in the past financial year.

Pubs must improve vegan game

21-Oct-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Consumers are not impressed with the vegan food offerings at pubs, according to new research, and the industry has been urged to up its game.

How to create a vegan-friendly Christmas menu

14-Oct-2019 By Fiona Griffiths

Catering specialists and pub operators explain how vegan offers this Christmas can be fruitful as more people eat less meat

The vegan wave: how has it affected the pub trade?

11-Oct-2019 By Alice Leader

The Economist predicted 2019 would be the year veganism went mainstream. And, with ever-growing, free-from options and a new wave of vegan hospitality, it looks like the forecasters are correct.

JDW launches new vegan dishes

26-Sep-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub behemoth JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has announced a selection of new vegan dishes have been added to its menu.

Brewery ‘inundated with requests’ for vegan, gluten-free lager

20-May-2019 By Emily Hawkins

An Isle of Wight brewery has launched a vegan, gluten-free lager after being overwhelmed by customer requests for such a product.

Fewer vegans than we thought, research claims

06-Feb-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

New research from Kantar UK has suggested the number of vegans in the UK is significantly lower than thought, with only 3% defining themselves as such.

‘Cut meat and dairy to save planet’, report claims

14-Jan-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

If Brits cut meat and dairy from their diets by turning vegan then up to 90m tonnes of carbon emissions could be eliminated from the 1bn of CO2 created in Britain every year.

In association with Meatless Farm Co

The importance of vegan and vegetarian food

11-Jan-2019 By Michelle Perrett

With the trend towards healthier living showing no signs of slowing, more publicans need to adjust their menus accordingly so as not to miss out on the potential opportunities that this presents their businesses.

Country pub blasted for ‘discriminating’ against hunt saboteurs and vegans

02-Jan-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

A Sussex pub has been lambasted after staff put up a sign that said due to a hunt taking place, it would not be welcoming saboteurs or vegans.

Greene King pubs to stock kombucha

23-Oct-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Greene King pubs in the capital are to begin selling the fermented drink kombucha, which is believed to have health benefits.

They said veganism wouldn’t catch on… they were wrong

20-Sep-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

They said it would eventually become a big part of our lives, although, for whatever reason, many didn’t believe it. But the fact is free-from food and drink, especially vegan and vegetarian, has ballooned in recent years, and the past 12 months has shown...