Heather Mills vows to trump McDonald’s with vegan food

[doglady]

I live about a mile from this restaurant.  She might actually have closed it for winter, since it is right on the beach and our beach is virtually empty in winter.  A lot of the businesses do close until the beach tourists start to return. 

That's what I meant by wrong location, a seasonal restaurant.

RC is there a McDonalds or similar place in Brighton?  and if so did that close for the winter season?

[Hamster Apocalypse]

Ah you are right it is in a seasonal location. For somereason I thought it was in London.
 
If Brighton has that many other vegan/veggie eateries then I am sure there are ones that are not overpriced and are better quality. It sounds like she opened a vegan Planet Hollywood, marginal food that costs too much.

[RC]

I live about a mile from this restaurant.  She might actually have closed it for winter, since it is right on the beach and our beach is virtually empty in winter.  A lot of the businesses do close until the beach tourists start to return. 

That's what I meant by wrong location, a seasonal restaurant.

RC is there a McDonalds or similar place in Brighton?  and if so did that close for the winter season?

Yes there are two MacDonald's places in the centre, and one at the marina, none of which close for winter, they just get less busy.  There is also a KFC, which also does not close.  This is not even counting the small businesses that run a similar way. 


In all fairness to the vegans though, there are local vegetarian fast food places that do stay open all year, but they are in the main shopping area, and they are more within an ordinary persons price range.  Come to think of it, since we have two large universities (that is "colleges"), I should think a lot of the vegans are students, and they are not about to eat at V-Bites prices.

[doglady]

Thanks RC.

On another note, why don't you head off to New Members board and tell us about yourself?  You just kinda jumped in the deepend, how about introducing yourself?

[RC]

Ah you are right it is in a seasonal location. For somereason I thought it was in London.

You might have heard it referred to as "London's beach", because it is where a lot of Londoners come for a trip to the seaside, but it isn't actually in London. 


If you spot Gatwick Airport on a map, we are almost straight south of it, on the Channel coast.

[RC]

Thanks RC.

On another note, why don't you head off to New Members board and tell us about yourself?  You just kinda jumped in the deepend, how about introducing yourself?

Sorry about that, I couldn't think of what to say about myself earlier, that is why I just joined in.  I'll go post something now.

[Hamster Apocalypse]

Ah you are right it is in a seasonal location. For somereason I thought it was in London.

You might have heard it referred to as "London's beach", because it is where a lot of Londoners come for a trip to the seaside, but it isn't actually in London. 


If you spot Gatwick Airport on a map, we are almost straight south of it, on the Channel coast.

Thanks! Yea I think I just read too fast, which I do a lot lol.
 
I looked it up on wikipedia and it looks pretty nice.

[buddy-christ]

If there's a vegan restaurant that's going to come even remotely close to competing with McDonald's it's Loving Hut. They're spreading like wildfire all over the globe and are VERY cheap. Native Foods is also opening new locations all the time and our local vegan diner (Green) is opening it's second location in a couple months.

[Rayndrop]

If her restaurant actually started to become a thread, McDonalds would certainly establish a vegan dish themselves and use mass advertising to get it to appeal to vegans. They are well above 'vBits'. They also boasts thousands of profession cheifs.  Many vegans in my reality eat at McDonalds, usually picking fries or salads.

I'm guessing McDonalds itself isn't too concerned. I'd actually try a vegan meal at a McDonalds if they had provided one. We have very little restaurants that cater to vegans here, but almost every restaurant (aside from McDonalds) seems to provide a vegetarian option.

[buddy-christ]

Many vegans in my reality eat at McDonalds, usually picking fries or salads.

I'm going to have to go ahead and disagree. It is widely known in the vegan community that the fries contain beef fat (not vegan). And none of their dressings (to the best of my knowledge) are vegan.

I know that I and several other vegans don't eat at McDonald's not only because they don't have anything that we would want to eat, but because of how we feel about the corporation.

[Angry Dog]

Many vegans in my reality eat at McDonalds, usually picking fries or salads.

I'm going to have to go ahead and disagree. It is widely known in the vegan community that the fries contain beef fat (not vegan). And none of their dressings (to the best of my knowledge) are vegan.

Mc Donald's has not used beef tallow for the fries since at least the year 1995 after criticism from Hindus and vegetarians. Furthermore, she was addressing the vegans that she is aware of, so while you're welcome to have an opinion, try not to supersede it over people you are not personally aware of

[Nice Guy Cody]

  “In 10 years there will be more VBites restaurants than McDonald’s,” Ms. Mills said. “It’s the future.” 
  Among the items found on the eatery’s meatless menu are $8 “Beef  Soya Burgers,” $12 pizzas made with soy “cheese,” and $11 Greek salads.   Not exactly McDonald’s Extra Value Meal prices. And with only one   partially open restaurant in her portfolio, Ms. Mills has a long way to   go before she can even begin to compete with Ronald. 

Paying more for less; a cornerstone of the veg/organic movement.

[Winsor]

  “In 10 years there will be more VBites restaurants than McDonald’s,” Ms. Mills said. “It’s the future.” 
  Among the items found on the eatery’s meatless menu are $8 “Beef  Soya Burgers,” $12 pizzas made with soy “cheese,” and $11 Greek salads.   Not exactly McDonald’s Extra Value Meal prices. And with only one   partially open restaurant in her portfolio, Ms. Mills has a long way to   go before she can even begin to compete with Ronald. 

Paying more for less; a cornerstone of the veg/organic movement.

And that is what doomed the Rainforest Cafe at the mall that was near me. High price for little food.

[buddy-christ]

French Fries:
Potatoes, vegetable oil (canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, natural beef flavor [wheat and milk derivatives]*, citric acid [preservative]), dextrose, sodium acid
pyrophosphate (maintain color), salt. Prepared in vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with TBHQ and citric acid added to
preserve freshness). Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent.
CONTAINS: WHEAT AND MILK *(Natural beef flavor contains hydrolyzed wheat and hydrolyzed milk as starting ingredients).

Source: http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/nutritionexchange/ingredientslist.pdf

[Angry Dog]

Source?