<story><title>Vegan takeaway orders quadruple over past two years</title><url>https://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Article/2019/08/28/Vegan-takeaway-orders-quadruple-over-past-two-years</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>strict9</author><text>After 15 years of not eating meat, the past 1-2 years have been a golden era of vegetarian options in the grocery store, restaurants, and fast food.&lt;p&gt;Based on anecdotes and my social circles, the number of people completely avoiding meat hasn&amp;#x27;t changed. But omnivores adopting a semi-veg lifestyle has increased.&lt;p&gt;If I had to pick one thing, I&amp;#x27;d say environmental concerns are the main reason my omnivore friends and colleagues are eating less meat.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Iv</author><text>For me that&amp;#x27;s a mix of ethical and environmental concerns.&lt;p&gt;I agree that there is a point in the belief that it is unethical to kill animals. That&amp;#x27;s not the most unethical thing that is happening in the world, there are a lot of things to argue about, but in general, I agree that in an ideal world, we should not do that.&lt;p&gt;The environmental concerns, I only buy half-heartedly. I don&amp;#x27;t really believe that land-owners will transform their pastures or soy cultures into rain forest instead of another profitable exploitation, I&amp;#x27;d rather have states force responsible production and norms.&lt;p&gt;It is just not practical for me to go full-veg, where I live I would need to cook one hour a day for it, and I am a lousy cook, I have neither the inclination or the motivation for it.&lt;p&gt;But I reduced my consumption more and more. It was surprising to see how my taste changed. I used to be a huge meat eater and now I find eating even a small steak a bit nauseating. I almost eat no beef anymore, little pork but mostly chicken and fish, and even these I eat little.</text></comment>
<story><title>Vegan takeaway orders quadruple over past two years</title><url>https://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Article/2019/08/28/Vegan-takeaway-orders-quadruple-over-past-two-years</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>strict9</author><text>After 15 years of not eating meat, the past 1-2 years have been a golden era of vegetarian options in the grocery store, restaurants, and fast food.&lt;p&gt;Based on anecdotes and my social circles, the number of people completely avoiding meat hasn&amp;#x27;t changed. But omnivores adopting a semi-veg lifestyle has increased.&lt;p&gt;If I had to pick one thing, I&amp;#x27;d say environmental concerns are the main reason my omnivore friends and colleagues are eating less meat.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>schnevets</author><text>To me, it&amp;#x27;s less about new products and more about people&amp;#x27;s tastes. People are eating very different things now because of new popularity in some cuisines (Indian, Thai, and Mexican come to mind) and the popularity of &amp;quot;superfoods&amp;quot; (Avocado, Acai berry... ever notice there are never any animal-based superfoods?).</text></comment>