tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13082567153639847142011-12-02T16:11:34.935-05:00Do you like asking, "what's vegan?" No you don't.Erinnoreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308256715363984714.post-69440823981050599152010-11-08T14:32:00.004-05:002010-11-08T14:39:23.703-05:00

Compassion Over Killing has launched a campaign to encourage Subway to offer vegan meat analogues, such as Tofurkey's deli slices. Go to their We Love Subway page to voice your support! This is a rare opportunity for vegans to be heard as one massive voice, pushing for change in a very competitive market.If you're worried about giving up your email address for potential spamming, go get yourself

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Menus change, and hopefully attitudes are too. Even Gardenburger is making more of their formerly vegetarian offerings vegan. I'm frustrated to find that much of the work I'm doing here may become obsolete. I'm glad to find much of the work I'm doing here may become obsolete - because people have listened and adjusted or added items to their menus to accommodate vegans.Accuracy of information is

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***I have re-opened the case P.F. Chang's due to information found elsewhere. Immediately below is the original post (from August 9, 2007) which is subsequently followed by the update. ***I was told in a past correspondence that everything on P.F. Chang's menu marked vegetarian is also vegan, as long as one doesn't exclude regularly refined white sugar (which is processed with bone char). My

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Thank goodness Friday is only one day of the week. At least they didn't try confusion tactics.Hello,I would like to visit your restaurant. Since your website does not provide ingredients lists and you do not give "ingredient statements," can you tell me what menu items are vegan (no animal products)? Thank you for taking the time to determine this, your help is greatly appreciated.Best,ErinNote,

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It seems there exists restaurants who have indeed "figured it out." Hello,I haven't yet, but I would like to visit your restaurant. Can you tell me what menu items are vegan (no animal products) or could be ordered that way? Thank you for taking the time to determine this, your help is greatly appreciated.Best,ErinOn the Border reply:September 12, 2007Dear Ms. Thompson, Thank you very much for

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(in progress)Hello,I would like to visit your restaurant. Can you tell me what menu items are vegan (no animal products)? While I appreciate very much that ingredients are listed on your site, some may or may not be of animal origin (L-cysteine, enzymes, sodium stearoyl lactylate), so I'm hoping you might be able to clarify. Thank you for taking the time to determine this, your help is greatly

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(in progress)Hello, Can you tell me what menu items are vegan (no animal products)? From your website's allergen chart I cannot determine what products have no animal ingredients in them. Your help is greatly appreciated. Best,ErinThe response I received was a link to their nutritional data, which does not include ingredient info and therefore is useless in answering my question:August 31,

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Chipotle's website features the coolest Flash animation description of its menu components. Many items are labeled vegetarian, and they even note that their cheese has rennet from a vegetarian source. However, we still need to know what vegetarian items are also vegan.Hello,I would like to visit your restaurant. Can you tell me what menu items marked vegetarian are also vegan (no animal products,

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(in progress)Far too often, I'm asked to drive somewhere and essentially interview a manager on the spot just to give these people my money and my recommendation. Why must the consumer do all the footwork in order to patronize a restaurant?Hello,I would like to visit your restaurant. Can you tell me what menu items are vegan (no animal products)? I cannot determine this from the information on

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Short and sweet, what a delight. Hello,I would like to visit your restaurant. Can you tell me what menu items are vegan (no animal products)? Thank you for taking the time to determine this, your help is greatly appreciated.Best,ErinFazoli's reply:Thank you for your interest in the Fazoli's menu. Although we are limited in vegan options, we do offer a few. The list of these options includes:

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Amazing Broccoli Cheese Soup Hello, Can you tell me what menu items are vegan (no animal products)? From your website's nutritional area I can only determine if certain things are or are not present in your foods, but without seeing an ingredient list I cannot determine what products have no animal ingredients in them. Your help is greatly appreciated. Best,ErinResponse #1 from Quizno's:Hi Erin,

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Arby's took seven days to respond, and did not offer any vegan suggestions, but rather directed me to their online ingredient information. The verdict:Apple Turnover is veganCherry Turnover is veganArby's Sauce is veganHomestyle Fries have no animal ingredients but may be fried in oil shared with animal productsPotato Cake may or may not be vegan (Disodium Dihydrogen Pyrophosphate)Raspberry

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I wrote to Bravo! Cucina Italiana and after seven days and no response, wrote again with the same message. Hello,I would like to visit your restaurant. Can you tell me what menu items are vegan (no animal products)? Thank you for taking the time to determine this, your help is greatly appreciated.Best,ErinThe same day I received a nice response from Lisa:Erin,Has anyone contacted you?Lisa

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Help, please...Hello,I would like to visit your restaurant. Can you tell me what menu items are vegan (no animal products)? Thank you for taking the time to research this.Best,ErinNoodles and Co. reply:Dear Erin,Thank you for your inquiry. At Noodles [and] Company, we are always happy to accommodate special requests. Because some of our guests follow a vegan diet differently than others, we do

Erinnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308256715363984714.post-75868197637115703992007-08-14T11:05:00.000-04:002007-08-14T12:11:20.476-04:00

B+ for awareness and friendliness, and for posting ingredients on the website. Points deducted for not offering any suggestions and making me do all the footwork. I'm running into many ingredients that may or may not be vegan, and I'm seeing that determining if these are from an animal source can be quite a challenge. Hello,I would like to visit your restaurant. Can you tell me what menu items

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I received a friendly and personal reply from the General Manager, Mike Mariano, of the downtown Indianapolis location (the website requires you choose a location to email). I was encouraged to hear that my request for vegan fare was not unfamiliar to him.Hello,I would like to visit your restaurant. Can you tell me what menu items are vegan (no animal products)? Thank you for taking the time to

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For notes, see entries for Maggiano's and Chili's.Hello,I would like to visit your restaurant. Can you tell me what menu items are vegan (no animal products)? Thank you for taking the time to research this.Best,ErinRomano's Macaroni Grill response:Dear Ms. xxx, Thank you very much for taking the time to send us an email and for your interest in Macaroni Grill. Since there is no single vegetarian

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After querying Chili's, Maggiano's Little Italy, and Romano's Macaroni Grill at the same time and receiving responses from the same email address, I determined with a little research these restaurants are all owned by Brinker International Inc., along with On the Border. Like the response for Chili's and Macaroni Grill, a dietitian was consulted to answer my question. Brinker HQ, you thrill me

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I was impressed to find a dietitian was consulted to answer my question - presumably a benefit of having the budget of a national chain, but nonetheless a great example for other less-helpful national chains. Their answer is comprehensive and demonstrates a knowledge of the issues associated with dining out vegan. Hello,I would like to visit your restaurant. Can you tell me what menu items are

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Qdoba posts full ingredient information on their website, but the path to find it is anything but intuitive. Still, it is provided, showing that there's really no basis keeping ingredients secret, let alone pretending the company itself doesn't even know its products' ingredients. Hello,I would like to visit your restaurant. Can you tell me what menu items are vegan (no animal products)? Thank

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Creativity counts?Hello,I would like to visit your restaurant. Can you tell me what menu items are vegan (no animal products)? Thank you for taking the time to research this.Best,ErinAu bon Pain response:Dear Erin,We currently do not call any of our items “vegan.” Having said that, you could look through the nutritional information and creatively find some options, if you eat honey, you could

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***1/12/11 UPDATEaVeganJourney commented:"I need to update Buca as I just called them. Their menu has changed. The best they can do is spagetti with marina sauce or bruchetta WITHOUT the Romano or cheese. The other items are no longer on the menu. Thanks for all you hard work putting this list together. I'm sharing your information. "****Too good to be true?Hello, I would like to visit your

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(determination in progress)Kudos to Subway for providing full ingredient lists. However, one needs to know if the enzymes listed in the ingredients for their bread are of animal origin. Common knowledge about the 'Net is that they are NOT of animal origin, but I followed up with Michelle to find out for the record.Hello,I would like to visit your restaurant. Can you tell me what menu items are

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Thank you Carrabba's.Comments:Hello,I would like to visit your restaurant. Can you tell me what menu items are vegan (no animal products)? Thank you for taking the time to research this.Best,ErinCarrabba's response:Dear Erin,Thanks for taking the time to contact us. Tagliarini Picchi Pacchiu(using dry pasta instead of fresh) is the only dish that would beconsidered vegan. You could also request

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Panera Bread scores big for providing full ingredient lists on their website.Comments: Hello,I would like to visit your restaurant. Can you tell me what menu itemsare vegan (no animal products)? Thank you for taking the time toresearch this.Best,ErinPanera Bread responseDear Erin,Thank you for contacting Panera Bread. You can find nutritional profiles and complete ingredients for our current menu

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A basic search of the Internet reveals the bread may not be vegan at Jimmy John's. One blogger reports difficulty in getting a straight answer, but finds eventually that the bread is not vegan. My effort met with the same frustration and even greater resistance. Jimmy John's has thus made themselves the poster child of restaurants who make being vegan difficult. Shame on you, Jimmy John's.First

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