Posted on 02/02/2022 2:30:00 PM PST by mylife
It was a very unhappy hour indeed when, at around 5:15pm on Monday, January 31, Sweet Ritual owner Amelia Raley announced on Facebook that effective immediately, Sweet Ritual would be suspending operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically citing supply chain issues and related inflation, low sales, and a partner exit.
“Although we did our best to adapt to these changing market conditions, we have unfortunately reached that point where we can no longer afford to operate and need to take a hiatus to regroup, refocus, and restructure so that we can bring back the best ice cream we can to our customers,” Raley wrote in the post. “Taking this time off allows us to best serve you for the coming year by making a plan for a post-pandemic world, and to take a well-deserved mental health break. We are confident that this is going to be a temporary suspension.”
This is not the first time Sweet Ritual has ceased operations due to the pandemic. On March 15, 2020, the beloved vegan scoop shop closed for nearly three months, pivoting to a curbside-only operation in early May of that year. The shop reopened for in-store service in February 2021, offering its popular shakes, soft serve, sundaes, and other vegan treats, albeit with a new pea-protein ice cream base.
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Pea protein absolutely destroys me. I tried pea protein powder for 3 weeks. I had terrible indigestion, bloating, and cramps. I stopped taking that protein powder, everything went back to normal.
The human body isn’t designed to digest plants!
Alas, it appear you may be right . This comment or apparently doesn’t care for it
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19915628
Vegan ice cream? Why? Let’s say you don’t want to kill animals. Don’t eat meat. If you don’t eat dairy the cows will be unemployed and either euthanized or left to fend for themselves. Clown world.
Hint: Whole Cream, egg yolks, sugar...
Vegan ice cream? Geeze....gimme a break! What next...vegan bacon?
Vegan Ice Cream Shop Sweet Ritual Suspends Operations Pandemic takes its toll on popular scoop shop
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Popular ice cream shop is not popular.
truth
it’s just retarded
Yes-!! After my heart ...!!
I am sure popular demand for fake food will spike after the pandemic. Or maybe not.
Maybe if they started selling ice cream?
There can be no such thing as “vegan ice cream”, it is an impossibility. Just like meat made from veggies and whatever chemicals they toss in.
The FDA should ban the use of the word “cream” in their name and products. Except the FDA is run by leftist kooks also.
Pea protein huh? Vegans must be massive farters.
Mmm, fake ice cream! Hard to keep enough on hand for folks who don’t want it.
But mostly it was the low sales.
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