Your Vegan Weekly News Roundup – 25.9.20

Boots will give you £5 of free points when you recycle your beauty products

Credits: Adrian Brooks/Boots

This week, Boots launched an initiative to reduce the amount of beauty products going into landfills by offering £5 of free points whenever you bring five products in store for recycling. They don’t have to be products bought from Boots either, so any of your beauty products are fit to be brought in. They also track how many products you’ve recycled with them, so you can see the impact of recycling your old packaging first-hand. 

Asda creates ambient aisle for vegan products

Asda becomes the first supermarket in the UK to create aisles dedicated to vegan produce. This week, it is also launching over 100 new vegan products, from lentil and rice bowls to vegan snacks. It will be stocking vegan products like Vego and the much loved vegan Galaxy chocolate bars in the coming weeks, so keep your eyes peeled for it. 

Pieminster launches new meat-free pies 

Credits: Pieminster

Legendary pie-making chain Pieminister has announced the launch of two vegan pies to hit restaurants this weekend. It already consists of a vegan-friendly menu of vegetable-packed pies, but intends to expand it with two new meaty flavours: a vegan chicken and leek pie, as well as a vegan steak and ale pie. They will also be available to buy via Waitrose and Ocado online, so you can tuck in at home too. 

Sainsbury’s announce its 2020 vegan Christmas range

Credits: LiveKindly

Sainsbury’s have revealed its new vegan Christmas range complete with all the trimmings this week. Including sweet chilli cauliflower bites from the party food range, a vegan beef wellington and dauphinoise for Christmas dinner and a chocolate salted caramel star for dessert, the range has got all vegans covered this coming festive season. 

A new vegan grocery shop has opened in London — targeting meat eaters

Credits: Instagram

The Good Kind is a new vegan grocery shop based in Enfield that is tailored towards encouraging meat-eaters to eat more plants. Stocking the best plant-based alternatives, it is marketed as a one-stop-shop for anyone looking to incorporate more vegan products into their diet. With a section called ‘the transition zone’ for those who eat meat but are plant curious, The Good Kind stocks everything from Beyond Burgers to plant-based soaps.