Lidl plans to phase out meat

[Matt Crooke]

https://original.newsbreak.com/@ede...meat-products-and-move-to-plant-based-options

 

[Swarfmonkey]

The supermarkets will sell whatever makes them £££, so when the "plant based" stuff stays on the shelves they'll quietly reverse their policy. As to the rest, Der Spiegel can't be trusted as a reliable source after getting caught out making stories up a couple of years ago and the big boss of Siemens is desperately trying to divert attention from the companies massive carbon emissions.

 

[Courier]

Read on between the lines - “When availability of real meat is in doubt then the plant based alternative may be stocked”…

Except that for 98% of the food consuming population plant based is never going to be an acceptable alternative…

 

[M-J-G]

A dramatic headline for a non story

 

[Yale]

The less beef is eaten the higher emissions will be.

This is what big business is trying to hide.

 

[thorpe]

off topic a bit , but all food is plant based , some plants get turned into food by animals!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

The supermarkets will sell whatever makes them £££, so when the "plant based" stuff stays on the shelves they'll quietly reverse their policy. As to the rest, Der Spiegel can't be trusted as a reliable source after getting caught out making stories up a couple of years ago and the big boss of Siemens is desperately trying to divert attention from the companies massive carbon emissions.

They make a lot more money out of selling junk food then ,that applies equally if not more to none vegan food
Biscuits, Chocolate, Crisps, Fizy Drinks Ready meals, procesd foods
I posted somewhere else that the NHS spends close to 8 Billions combating the effects of obesity

 

[topground]

If you have ever shopped at Lidl in Hartcliffe you will know this ain’t going to happen.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

The snobs confession
I walked into Lidl one night I was on foot and it was handy
Got my hand basket half full of stuff I did not recognise until I approach the fresh chicken, I had my heart set on a Sourdough Chicken Sallad Sandwich, the chicken looked like something a dog at eaten and coughed up , that was enough to cause an about turn dump my basket and walk another mile to a Waitrose Store
I've never thought myself a snob but if the cap fits I suppose I must wear it

 

[Cowabunga]

off topic a bit , but all food is plant based , some plants get turned into food by animals!

Furthermore all food is carbon-based. Without carbon and carbon-dioxide there would be no life as we know it on Earth. CO2 levels in the atmosphere are actually so low as to be dangerously near the level where plants cease to grow.

 

[Hilly]

The snobs confession
I walked into Lidl one night I was on foot and it was handy
Got my hand basket half full of stuff I did not recognise until I approach the fresh chicken, I had my heart set on a Sourdough Chicken Sallad Sandwich, the chicken looked like something a dog at eaten and coughed up , that was enough to cause an about turn dump my basket and walk another mile to a Waitrose Store
I've never thought myself a snob but if the cap fits I suppose I must wear it

First mistake
Was to think about eating chicken.

 

[Red Fred]

We have a new Lidls and I call in on the way back from the sheep as it stays open til 10. I honestly can't see them going vegan any time soon and if they do, they'll go bust as I'll stop buying the tool shed stuff from the centre aisle.

 

[PSQ]

Veg based alternatives may be carbon neutral, but in reality they probably aren't.

Even the likes of Quorn creates a lot of CO2 as a byproduct. Why Monde Nissin foods fail to mention this is obvious, but it's a fact that fungi respire and produce CO2 as it reproduces. The same Fusarium Venenatum fungus which is produced in giant heated stainless steel vats by bubbling gas through a nutrient rich soup, before heat-treatment to remove excess levels of ribonucleic acid. Originally formulated by ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) the process was designed to produce high protein livestock feed, but now Monde Nissin have built a multi million pound business by convincing consumers that by eating a highly processed fungus mixed with Palm Oil that they are 'saving the planet'.

And what Lidl fail to mention is that 'alternative meats' and the ultra processed foods in which they are found just happen to usually be high profit margin (but nutritionally very poor), so are consumers "Saving the planet one meal at a time" or are they being played like a deck of cards by the marketing managers are Lidl?

 

[7610 super q]

The snobs confession
I walked into Lidl one night I was on foot and it was handy
Got my hand basket half full of stuff I did not recognise until I approach the fresh chicken, I had my heart set on a Sourdough Chicken Sallad Sandwich, the chicken looked like something a dog at eaten and coughed up , that was enough to cause an about turn dump my basket and walk another mile to a Waitrose Store
I've never thought myself a snob but if the cap fits I suppose I must wear it

You are what you eat. Most sensible folks buy the best quality they can afford, even if that means giving up drinking, smoking, and trips to Benidorm.
The dwindling population of sensible folks will always want to eat meat rather than factory processed gloop.

 

[David.]

Clickbait story.
I bet barely used cars are being "Almost given away" in other "News".

 

[Derrick Hughes]

First mistake
Was to think about eating chicken.

It's a job to find a good free range one
But I have cut back a lot after someone called it blotting paper protein
And to much can be bad for your kidneys and it uses a lot of energy to break it down
Like the man said ,safer to eat nothin

 

[yoki]

The snobs confession
I walked into Lidl one night I was on foot and it was handy
Got my hand basket half full of stuff I did not recognise until I approach the fresh chicken, I had my heart set on a Sourdough Chicken Sallad Sandwich, the chicken looked like something a dog at eaten and coughed up , that was enough to cause an about turn dump my basket and walk another mile to a Waitrose Store
I've never thought myself a snob but if the cap fits I suppose I must wear it

Maybe their business model is different over here (NI) but you'll generally get better quality in a Lidl than the big supermarkets.

Links to local suppliers at a personal level is also a big thing with them here.

They've certainly shaken off the council estate customer image a long time ago.

 

[Hilly]

It's a job to find a good free range one
But I have cut back a lot after someone called it blotting paper protein
And to much can be bad for your kidneys and it uses a lot of energy to break it down
Like the man said ,safer to eat nothin

I saw a documentey few years ago on chicken processing,,, bah , i try to avoid it as much as poss now, food is your fuel you wont beat a nice bit of beef lamb pork .

 

[beardface]

They'll increase the plant based offering to further increase the margin on the real deal, whilst still paying the producer not much above COP more like.

 

[Timbo]

The supermarkets will sell whatever makes them £££, so when the "plant based" stuff stays on the shelves they'll quietly reverse their policy. As to the rest, Der Spiegel can't be trusted as a reliable source after getting caught out making stories up a couple of years ago and the big boss of Siemens is desperately trying to divert attention from the companies massive carbon emissions.

My local Aldi recently put up a plant based shelf of various - from my weekly observations - it aint selling.