Tesco to increase Vegan and Vegetarian range

To:  Tesco PLC

Whilst increasing it's Halal and Kosher range, Tesco has made a successful move to make money from some minorities who have alternate dietry requirements, these two groups only count for around 2.8%(1) and 0.5%(2) respectively, vegetarians count for around 6.5%(3) of the populations and Vegans around 0.5%(4).
While the statistics for Vegans may be small, it is not Vegans alone who consume dairy free products, it is estimated that around 5%(5) of the British adult population have trouble digesting lactose, a sugar found in milk.
We, the undersigned request that Tesco increases it's range of Vegan foods. Although it has a wide range of meat-free dishes, many of these contain dairy products or eggs, which are not consumable for Vegans and Hindu Vegetarians, constituting around 1%(6) of the population.
Supermarkets such as Sainsbury's, Asda and Whole Foods Market has become aware of the need for an increase in Vegetarian and Vegan foods in their stores, and this is evident: Asda sells own brand Vegetarian shaving gel and handwash, Sainsbury's marks some of it's products as Vegan and Whole Foods market sells a large variety of tofu, Vegan frozen food and even baby soya milk formula.

Vegetarians and Vegans of the UK would therefore appreciate an increase in products that are suitable for them in Tesco, such as Vegan cheeses, frozen foods, cosmetics, confectionary and so forth. This would also benefit many other communities which do not consume milk (lactose intolerance), and avoid animal products in cosmetics (Vegans, Vegetarians and some Muslim groups)
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All statistics are, of course, approximate.
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4385768.stm
2. http://www.operation-exodus.org/Operation-Exodus/world_jewish_population
3. TGI Annual Survey 2001, Survey of 25,000 adults http://www.vegsoc.org/info/statveg.html
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegan
5. http://www.nutrition.org.uk/upload/Lactose%20Intolerance.pdf
6. In 2001; http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=293

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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