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Sales figures from Waitrose & Partners show customers embraced Dry January and Veganuary last month – and are continuing to stick to these popular New Year’s resolutions. Sales of no and low alcohol wines, beers and spirits have seen a 102% uplift in the first week in February compared with …

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This January, Waitrose & Partners will add over 30 new own-label vegan products, doubling the range from last year to over 120 products in total. The supermarket chain says the new range includes a number of ‘first-to-market innovations’ such as vegan no egg fried rice, comprising cooked rice with tofu, …

Waitrose & Partners claims to have introduced the first seitan burger to the UK. Although made from wheat, seitan becomes similar to the look and texture of meat when cooked, making it a popular meat substitute. It is also called wheat gluten. As demand for vegan dishes continues to rise, …

With millions of people in the UK following a vegetarian diet, and increasing numbers turning vegan, the vocabulary used to describe all things plant is also expanding. To celebrate National Vegetarian Week, which ran from May 13 to May 19, the Collins English Dictionary revealed some of its latest additions: …

Vegan food company Fry Family Food Co. has launched a petition to get the term barveque (BVQ) added to the Oxford English Dictionary, as a plant-based alternative to a typical, and often meat-based, British BBQ. The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word barbecue (BBQ) as a ‘meal or gathering at …

From this month, flexitarians (who eat both meat and plant-based alternatives) will be able to find both next to each other in a new fixture in the meat aisle at larger Tesco stores. The supermarket chain said the move comes as more and more Brits reduce their meat consumption, either …

Demand for the vegetarian/vegan version of haggis is rocketing at Tesco. The supermarket chain said that thanks to the vegan food boom, sales of its non-meat version of the Scottish delicacy have soared by 120% in the last year. The demand – at Tesco’s Scottish stores – is so strong …

Total sales excluding fuel were up 7.5% at Waitrose & Partners last week (to Saturday January 5) compared with the same week last year, with trading boosted by the additional day of sales in the run-up to New Year’s Eve. The supermarket chain’s IT director Mike Sackman said: “Customers were …

As the number of consumers adopting a vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian diet continues to grow, Waitrose & Partners has reported that sales of vegan and vegetarian products are up 85% compared with last year. To celebrate this trend, the supermarket chain is expanding its offering with the launch of an …