My weekend

Hiho. This weekend there was something called alternativmessen, which is a gathering or festival or something for like healers, palm readers, people who can tell the future, rystal sellers, and more. I helped out at NOAHs stand, trying to get more people to become member in this animal rights organization or to volunteer. I stood there Friday evening after work and Sunday morning together with some other really nice people. It was quite fun and meaningful, and many people were positive and interested in our organization, and we had some people signing up as members as well. :D

After i left the alternativmesse i went to the birthday party of my grandpa :p he's turning 81 this year :D there i met some family members and we had some nice chats. I was bit tired and unfocused though.  I brought a vegan chocolate cake (recipe from veganmisjonen), which was quite popular. We almost ate up everything, and i ate the most cuz it was the only vegan option for me. Later we also had fruit and chips that i snacked on :p

On Saturday i tried for the first time to make pulled jackfruit. It was kinda a disaster because I used too much extra hot chili pepper. I could basically feel the flames shoot out of my mouth :x i tried to tone down the spiciness by adding citrus, tahini, soy yoghurt and ketchup, but it was still waaaayyyyyy too spicy :x i think if i could taste anything else than SPICYYYYYY though that it actually would taste good, so i'm gonna try next time without chili xD

Now time to rest before a new week starts :p hope everyone else had a nice weekend too, and feel free to sign up as members to NOAH :D NOAH works for helping all animals, mostly in Norway. Big campaigns are fur farms, circus animals, animal police, and veganism, and we need as much support as possible to make great things happen! :D

Suggestion-letter to get vegan pizza in Lidl

Seems they have a vegan pizza in Lidl in Greece, let's spam Lidl in other countries so they can get it there too =) You can replace Belgium with other country name if you wish, and change the contents =)

I would definitely love to have this pizza available! I'll be fat, but it's so worth it @_@

It's only a time-limited offer during lent in Greece, but hopefully it's a success so they will have it year round :x

Here's the link to the Belgian Lidl costumer service: https://ssl.lidl.be/nl/2556.htm

Hello,

I've heard that they got vegan pizza in Lidls in Greece from the brand Kardis. You can see the pizza by checking this link: http://www.lidl.com.cy/en/tasty-fasting-pies.htm?action=showDetail&id=27035

Could it be possible to get this pizza to Belgium? Me and many other people would be extremely excited and grateful if we could get it here! There are extremely few (zero as far as I know) pizzas that are without milkproducts/cheese/vegan, so we always have to make pizzas from scratch at home, which is also delicious of course, but it would be supernice to just put a purchased frozen pizza in the oven for a change without the hazzle of making the dough and filling, and going around in special stores or order special ingredients online for the pizza, such as vegan cheese for instance.

If we can get this vegan pizza in Lidl in Belgium that would be our only option as far as I know for purchasing a ready made vegan pizza, and you would be the sole provider of pizzas for vegans and milk allergics. I'm sure this would a good business for you as people would always have to go to Lidl to purchase their pizza. It's also a very nice option for vegetarians, muslims and other people who wish to eat a vegetarian/halal pizza. This pizza has nice filling and looks very delicious, so I'm sure everyone would love it!

I really hope that you will consider this. Since they have this pizza in Lidl in Greece I assume it should be possible to get it to Lidl in Belgium too. If they don't have a dutch/french translation of ingredients, then a sticker over the greek ingredient list would be fine so you won't have to make a new packaging. I would forever love Lidl if you got this pizza here!

Finally, I have a little suggestion. Sometimes it can be hard to know if a product is vegan or not if some of the ingredients can be derived from animals, plants or synthetic, and then I tend not to buy it until i did research to find out if the ingredients, for instance glyserol, are vegetable- or animal derived. A little 'Suitable for vegans", "Not suitable for vegans" or a little "Vegan"-logo would make my life, and many other peoples lives, much easier! I love when brands use this kind of labelling on their products, since then I know immediately if it's vegan or not, instead of wondering if it's vegan, and having to mail the producers to find out.


With kind regards,

Sadly, here's the reply i got:

Dear,

First of all we would like to thank you for your mail and your interest in our products.
In all the countries where Lidl has branch-stores, they have their own selection usually tuned to the taste and traditions of thei pomulation. It is for that reason not possible to uniformize the selection for all the countries. Therefore we can not satisfy all our customers.
Otherwise, we will use your remark when the composition of the range will be reviewed. Thank you for your understanding en we hope to welcome you in one of our stores.

Kind Regards
Ilse Callebaut
Quality Assurance Team
www.lidl.be
service-quality@lidl.be