Failure to provide good service to vegetarians and vegans could be
costing the food service industry £1.8b, according to a new study by the
Vegetarian Society.
The survey results, released today at the
start of National Vegetarian Week (21-27 May), found that vegetarians
accounted for nearly £2.5b-worth of food eaten outside of the home each
year, in restaurants, cafés and workplace canteens, but that
three-quarters of them were unhappy with what was on offer.
The
Big Veggie Survey (2011) showed that lack of choice when eating out was
the biggest difficulty veggies faced in relation to their chosen diet,
with 75% of vegetarians indicating that it was a problem.
Asked
to further indicate what the most important issues were when eating out,
respondents to the survey listed "knowing staff understand what it
means not to eat meat and that a meal is truly vegetarian".
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