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Veganuary (and beyond?) 2024

Costa have emailed to say they've teamed up with Bosh! to offer plant based savouries and cakes in their stores. For me, this is an improvement as when they partnered with M&S Food (last year?) they removed a lot of their vegan options.
Be careful when browsing the assorted array of cakes though - their labelling is a bit confusing. VEGGIE and VEGAN in tiny writing on the same leaf motif look very similar (or at least to me they do!)
 
Alix said:
Costa have emailed to say they've teamed up with Bosh! to offer plant based savouries and cakes in their stores. For me, this is an improvement as when they partnered with M&S Food (last year?) they removed a lot of their vegan options.
Be careful when browsing the assorted array of cakes though - their labelling is a bit confusing. VEGGIE and VEGAN in tiny writing on the same leaf motif look very similar (or at least to me they do!)
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Don’t Costa still charge extra for soya milk though (in contrast to Caffè Nero, Starbucks, and Pret who don’t charge for it)?
 
Shaggy_Dog_ said:
Don’t Costa still charge extra for soya milk though (in contrast to Caffè Nero, Starbucks, and Pret who don’t charge for it)?
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I don’t think they charge for soya, but they do charge for coconut/almond etc
 
Now I'm not slating one side against the other.

But I did find it ironic that Burns Night, (where the traditional dish is Haggis which is about as opposite to veganism as possible) occurs during Veganuary
 
rob666 said:
But there is no real meat in haggis though, and they tend to be grown as wild haggis these days, left to run wild in the fields until the week before Burns night.
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Can confirm, I had a pet haggis for a while after a holiday in Scotland. Furry with beady orange eyes… must’ve run off one day as I don’t have him any more
 

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...and to think the tartan army kill them, defluff the poor buggers and roast 'em at 200c for an hour.
No accounting for taste.
 
Resurrecting this as after my recent road trip I have news for fellow vegans.

WMSP - you can’t get a non dairy frothy coffee, but you can get tea with soya milk. Cake supply seemed non existent, but the spicy vegan “chicken” pizza was lush.

Flamingoland - you can get a frothy coffee, but the Costa did not have any vegan cake. The coach house does a couple of vegan options, I went for a burger at lunch time (I really wanted the curry but it was evenings only) and it was fine.

Drayton - you can get frothy coffee from Sodor, beware the cake. It’s pre packaged but the staff mistakenly sold me something with butter in, easily swapped when I double checked the ingredients and realised. We had lunch from the chicken place by the wave - a burger, but it was tasty. Unfortunately they didn’t mark which box was vegan and which was real chicken, and they looked quite similar, which led to the chimp snaffling a bite of each “just to check”

Didn’t spot any vegan magnums anywhere on this trip, however it was a bit chilly and drizzly so I didn’t look too hard.
 
MattyH said:
Now I'm not slating one side against the other.

But I did find it ironic that Burns Night, (where the traditional dish is Haggis which is about as opposite to veganism as possible) occurs during Veganuary
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I point blank refused to try haggis during my years living in Scotland, but have tried many a taste vegan alternative. Saying that, the last one I had was absolutely rank and I've yet to try again.
 
So it is a bang on reproduction of the real thing then.

Only bloodsport I like apart from political collapses on the right wing...
Shooting haggis in the wild.
 
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Very helpful reporting @Alix . Vegan options seem to have taken a step backward recently , including at theme parks, so it’s nice to know what options are available :)
 
Alix said:
you can’t get a non dairy frothy coffee, but you can get tea with soya milk.
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I assume this is because the frothy coffee is from a machine fed with cows milk rather than a barista steaming it in a jug. Therefore they can't swap out the machine to do non-dairy milk, but they can add a splash to tea or americano. Used to be the same at Greggs stores but I think some can now steam the soya milk rather than just offer sachets with americano/tea.
 
I have no interest in removing meat from my diet altogether- however I have now started to eat vegi only on the days I work away. Usually 2/3 days a week.

Part of this is financial, as I have to fund food and claim on expenses. A good steak is costly! Part of it is environmental. None of it is health - have to be honest.

What I have found though is that the game has changed somewhat. Vegan only options are now tasty - whereas before they weren’t cooked well, no flavour etc.

And - here is the best part - I’m loosing weight without doing anything!

Very pleased and I’ll keep up my new found habit.
 
I'd struggle with going vegan, but I do have vegetarian meals from time to time. For example, we had a nice veggie lasagne the other week, though Mum did have to put a tin of baked beans in it instead of something else, as that's all she had in. :p When it comes to supermarket meal deals, I often struggle with them, as they frequently have salad and/or mayo in them, which are both things I can't eat (yay, autism). So I usually end up going for one of the pasta options. I have similar issues here, but one of my favourites is Tesco's pasta thingy with feta cheese and semi-dried tomatoes. It's veggie-friendly and it tastes good. Win-win!
 
Genuine question from a non-vegan who occasionally eats vegan food just because it's nice to try things. Has anyone ever found any vegan cheese that isn't awful? Every one I've ever tried has been vile. One of the meals at work is a vegan lasagne and it's like someone has covered it in white snot.
 
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