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The first fully vegan supermarket chain just went bankrupt [Veganz, Germany]
TheLocal.de ^ | 16 January 2017 17:20 CET+01:00

Posted on 01/16/2017 5:18:25 PM PST by Olog-hai

The first entirely vegan supermarket chain has filed for bankruptcy due to a lack of demand, according to reports on Monday.

The chain Veganz, which shuns animal products, will close at least four of its nine of its branches after announcing its bankruptcy in December, Lebensmittelzeitung reported.

Jan Bredack, the founder of the chain, told the paper: “The model of the vegan supermarket outstripped itself, because of the growing supply of vegan produce.” …

(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.de ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Local News
KEYWORDS: bankrupt; bankruptcy; germany; supermarket; vegan; veganism; veganz
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1 posted on 01/16/2017 5:18:26 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Well, this is capitalism at work. The market will let us know, if there is enough demand for a vegan only store.


2 posted on 01/16/2017 5:21:36 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Olog-hai

If only they had sold bacon...


3 posted on 01/16/2017 5:23:05 PM PST by rdl6989
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To: rdl6989

Well, maybe vegan bacon....


4 posted on 01/16/2017 5:32:14 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Olog-hai

They went pork-belly up.


5 posted on 01/16/2017 5:32:20 PM PST by XEHRpa
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6 posted on 01/16/2017 5:32:45 PM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?............)
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7 posted on 01/16/2017 5:35:40 PM PST by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: Olog-hai

What was that?? Ve-glans out of business?


8 posted on 01/16/2017 5:37:32 PM PST by XEHRpa
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To: Olog-hai

Considering the Germans were some of the smartest people on the planet, they sure got self neutered in the last 100 years.


9 posted on 01/16/2017 5:38:11 PM PST by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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To: Olog-hai

I always see products like this on the clearance rack in normal grocery stores.


10 posted on 01/16/2017 5:38:25 PM PST by Trillian
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To: Olog-hai

Surprised the elites at the EU didn’t prop up this enterprise with taxpayer dollars.


11 posted on 01/16/2017 5:42:13 PM PST by Kenny500c
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12 posted on 01/16/2017 5:42:53 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Olog-hai

How on earth is produce NOT vegan produce?


13 posted on 01/16/2017 5:46:02 PM PST by tbw2
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To: Olog-hai

next time they want to do it they can just flush the money down the toilet and get it over with immediately.


14 posted on 01/16/2017 5:47:05 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

aka “vacon.”


15 posted on 01/16/2017 5:48:19 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: caver

i tell ya we should have either been harder on the japanese or easier on the germans, because the way we treated the racist atrocities of both sure the hell was unequal. what they did in korea and china should have earned them the same as the germans.


16 posted on 01/16/2017 5:51:01 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Olog-hai
...Lebensmittelzeitung reported.

Great name!

17 posted on 01/16/2017 5:51:59 PM PST by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: CodeToad


18 posted on 01/16/2017 5:53:34 PM PST by Chode (may the RATS all die of dehydration from crying)
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To: Chode

My three favorite food groups are bacon, beer, and bread.


19 posted on 01/16/2017 5:59:07 PM PST by Labyrinthos
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To: Red Badger

We’ve been warned for years NOT TO EAT highly processed foods. How highly processed is vegan fake bacon?


20 posted on 01/16/2017 6:16:46 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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