All Meat alternatives articles
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Profiles
My food & drink job: Eluney Gonzalez, national account manager, Better Nature
’That initial conversation where you tell people about your products really is just the tip of the iceberg’
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Profiles
Beyond Meat’s Lee Crane on Watford FC, Oasis and jalapeños
‘From eco-friendly packaging to encouraging recycling and reducing single-use items, we need to minimise waste and protect the planet for future generations’
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News
This founder Andy Shovel launches new animal welfare charity ‘A Bit Weird’
The charity is aiming to disrupt how stories about animal suffering are told, with the current ‘grisly’ approach leaving consumers ‘unmoved’
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News
Allplants creditors owed £13m as administrators continue attempt to sell off assets
Allplants creditors are set to suffer a significant shortfall to the more than £13m owed when the vegan ready meals brand collapsed last year
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News
Lidl becomes first major retailer to adopt Vegetarian Society’s ‘Plant Based’ accreditation standard
The Vegetarian Society’s Plant Based trademark has been added to Lidl’s Vemondo Plant range, which it launched in October, tripling its plant-based offering in the process
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Range Preview
What’s new in stores for Veganuary 2025?
With brands like Beyond Meat, This, and Aldi introducing exciting options, can Veganuary 2025 fight back against the slump in plant-based launches in the UK?
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Comment & Opinion
As a plant-based brand, we’re leaving Veganuary behind
More people than ever want to cut down on their animal product intake but the idea of going vegan would put them off entirely, says Elin Roberts, co-founder & co-CEO at Better Nature
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Profiles
My Alternative CV: Veganuary’s Chelsea Harrop on McFly, Harry Styles and plant-based
Chelsea Harrop talks handling viral moments like Veganuary name-drops on Corrie to dreaming of a world where every popular sandwich has a vegan counterpart
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Range Preview
Vegan liquid egg and Frickles: Aldi Plant Menu for Veganuary 2025
Aldi is ramping up its plant-based offering for Veganuary, unveiling its biggest-ever Plant Menu range launch with over a dozen new options
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News
Aldi launches its biggest-ever plant-based range for Veganuary
The discounter is adding a raft of new additions to its Plant Menu range from 30 December
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News
Top Products Survey 2024: scratch cooking boom boosts fresh meat and fresh veg sales
The Grocer’s Top Products survey 2024 reveals how this year’s focus on home cooking has benefited a whole host of kitchen cupboard staples.
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Comment & Opinion
The Grocer and its journalists are not anti-vegan or anti-plant-based foods
It’s our job to report on the plant-based category’s downs, as well as ups
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Comment & Opinion
Allplants’ collapse is a sign of investment hype, not plant-based fatigue
When billions are funnelled into new markets, there will inevitably be more failures than successes, says Martin Holden-White, founder & CEO at Grubby
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News
Unilever explores sale of The Vegetarian Butcher as plant-based category slows
Analysts also speculated that Unilever could consider selling Colman’s, Marmite and Pot Noodle
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News
Allplants enters administration as 65 staff made redundant
Frozen ready meal challenger Allplants has officially entered administration today, with 65 staff losing their jobs and investors facing losses of almost £70m
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News
Allplants seeks a buyer to save plant-based brand from collapse
Plant-based ready meal maker Allplants is teetering on the edge of collapse and is working with insolvency advisors to explore all options for the brand’s survival
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Category Report
A new dawn for plant-based?
Cost of living struggles have hit plant-based sales, but the market is looking to recover with a more natural generation of products
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Events & Awards
The Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2024: Plant-based meat alternatives
Made of soya and fava bean protein, the product is designed to deliver a ‘hyper-realistic’ chicken imitation with a ‘meaty fibrous texture’
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News
Beyond Meat running out of cash despite return to growth
Investors are now hoping the business has turned a corner after sales grew 7.6% to $81m in the three months to September, and gross profit turned from a $7.3m loss to a $14.3m profit