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| Feb 14, 2025 | The Plant-Based Renaissance: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities in the Vegan Sector | The plant-based food industry stands at a crossroads. Once a burgeoning sector, it now faces a myriad of challenges. Yet, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, there is potential for a renaissance. This transformation hinges on innovation, ... |
| Feb 14, 2025 | Heather Mills On Plant-Based: Sector Will Boom Again, Because It Has To | 4 Mins Read British vegan entrepreneur Heather Mills, founder of legacy brand VBites, on what’s going wrong for the plant-based industry – and how it can move forward.
Having spent decades in the vegan food sector and collaborating with a s... |
| Feb 13, 2025 | Allplants: Deliciously Ella Founders Rescue Vegan Ready-Meal Brand in Anti-UPF Push | 5 Mins Read Months after securing an exit for Deliciously Ella, founders Ella and Matthew Mills have acquired vegan ready-meal leader Allplants out of administration under their revamped Plants brand.
Less than three months after it entered... |
| Nov 22, 2024 | The Fork in the Road: Allplants and the UK’s Food Waste Crisis | In the ever-evolving landscape of food, two stories emerge: one of a struggling vegan meal brand and another of a united front against food waste. Allplants, a pioneer in plant-based ready meals, finds itself at a crossroads. Meanwhile, UK ... |
| Nov 22, 2024 | Vegan Ready Meal Leader Allplants Seeks Buyer to Rescue Business After Mounting Losses | 4 Mins Read British plant-based ready meal maker Allplants has moved to appoint administrators after recording continued losses, though one potential buyer is lined up.
Allplant, the UK’s largest vegan ready meal brand, has filed a notice o... |
| Oct 23, 2024 | As Losses Swell, Quorn Shakes Up C-Suite with Ex-Heineken Exec As New CEO | 5 Mins Read David Flochel, former managing director of Heineken UK, will take over as CEO of Quorn Foods following a period of continued sales pressures on the business.
The UK’s largest meat-free business is hoping to turn the page on a tu... |
| Aug 27, 2024 | Mycorena Acquired by Fellow Mycoprotein Producer Naplasol A Month After Filing for Bankruptcy | 4 Mins Read Swedish mycoprotein startup Mycorena has been acquired by Naplasol, a fellow biomass fermentation player, just over a month after it filed for bankruptcy.
Naplasol, a biomass fermentation subsidiary of Belgian animal protein pro... |
| Aug 14, 2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Hi Chloe, Cards Against Humanity & Vegan Airports | 5 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Chloe Coscarelli’s comeback to the restaurant world, vegan hi... |
| Jul 10, 2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Crownless Pineapples, Spent Coffee Cookies & A Brat Summer | 6 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Aldi’s zero-waste pineapples, a Charli XCX-inspired marketing... |
| Jul 8, 2024 | Heather Mills Acquires Alternative Stores to Create a Central Hub of ‘Hero’ Plant-Based Products in the UK | Heather Mills, owner and founder of VBites who was recently recognised as ‘Vegan Woman of the Year‘ at the 2024 Vegan Women’s Summit in Los Angeles, announces the acquisition of the award-winning online plant-based store Alternative Stores.... |
| Jun 26, 2024 | European Vegan Summit 2024: Will the Food of the Future Be Vegan? | Green REV Institute, the first vegan think-tank in Poland, with the support of Vegan Grants and in collaboration with leading European and global NGOs, announces that the third edition of the European Vegan Summit 2024 is to take place onli... |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Heather Mills Causes a Stir with Impromptu Vegan Protest at Bonn Climate Conference | Vegan activist and founder of VBites, Heather Mills, recently named Woman of the Year at this year’s Vegan Women Summit, previously announced she was to appear at the Bonn Climate Conference to call for a global Plant Based Treaty and hand ... |
| Jun 5, 2024 | “Woman of the Year” Heather Mills to Call for Plant Based Treaty at Bonn Climate Conference | Vegan entrepreneur and charity campaigner Heather Mills is set to appear at the Bonn Climate Conference in Germany this week to call for a global Plant Based Treaty. Advocates for the treaty will set up a food truck at the entrance to the c... |
| May 24, 2024 | Business Guru Scott Galloway on the Four Things Plant-Based Meat Businesses Should Do | 7 Mins Read Speaking on his Prof G Pod, marketing expert and professor Scott Galloway laid out the steps plant-based meat brands need to take to secure their future.
Scott Galloway is a man known for being right when it comes to the busines... |
| May 16, 2024 | Empowering Women in Veganism: Inside the Vegan Women Summit 2024 | The Vegan Women Summit 2024 took place at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California, on May 9 and 10, drawing nearly 1,000 attendees from six continents. With over 100 speakers and brands, the summit celebrated the contributio... |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Heather Mills Saves VBites From Administration, Purchasing Assets for £1M | Heather Mills has saved VBites from administration after purchasing the company’s assets “at great personal cost”, in a deal reported by administrator Interpath Advisory to be worth £1 million.
Mills acquired the 30-year-old plant-based foo... |
| Nov 28, 2023 | Pfeifer & Langen Acquires Majority Stake in Rügenwalder Mühle Ahead of Future Plant-Based Growth | Rügenwalder Mühle, the German family company which famously began as an animal-based sausage producer and went on to become the German market leader for plant-based meat products, has sold a majority stake to the holding company Pfeifer &am... |
| Mar 10, 2021 | Heather Mills Says Future For VBites Involves Sustainable Micro Factories in Multiple Countries | ©VBites
After recently expanding into the Middle Eastern market, UK plant-based producer VBites is aiming to launch micro-factories across the world to enable sustainable regional production. The vegan brand is owned and operated by entrepr... |
| Mar 10, 2021 | Heather Mills Says Future For VBites Involves Sustainable Micro Factories in Multiple Countries | After recently expanding into the Middle Eastern market, UK plant-based producer VBites is aiming to launch micro-factories across the world to enable sustainable regional production. The vegan brand is owned and operated by entrepreneur an... |
| Feb 16, 2021 | “The Last Visitor I Expected to Visit My Factory Was Boris Johnson” – UK PM Visits Heather Mills’ VBites Plant | UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has paid a visit to the VBites factory in North East England, one of Europe’s largest plant-based factories. The politician met with founder and owner Heather Mills at the facility, much to the surprise of th... |
| Jan 21, 2021 | Heather Mills’ VBites to Debut in the Middle East | Heather Mills ©TWPR press release
Following a spate of recent vegan news in the region, UK based plantbased food producer owned by Heather Mills, V Bites, announces expansion into the Middle East for the first time, as reported today by The... |
| Jan 21, 2021 | Heather Mills’ V Bites to Debut in the Middle East | Heather Mills ©TWPR press release
Following a spate of recent vegan news in the region, UK based plantbased food producer owned by Heather Mills, V Bites, announces expansion into the Middle East for the first time, as reported today by The... |
| Jan 21, 2021 | Heather Mills’ VBites to Debut in the Middle East | Following a spate of recent vegan news in the region, UK based plantbased food producer owned by Heather Mills, V Bites, announces expansion into the Middle East for the first time, as reported today by The Grocer. Mills first discussed her... |
| Mar 27, 2020 | Applewood’s Phenomenally Popular Vegan Smoked Cheese Soon Available in Slices | Applewood cheese is now introducing its popular vegan variety in slices to the UK market. Following the huge success of its vegan smoked cheese block, which sold out within hours in the UK upon its launch, the brand aims to meet the growing... |
| Sep 30, 2019 | Heather Mills Launches Vegan Omega 3 – Fishless Omega 3 Market to Reach US$1.3 Billion | Heather Mills’ plantbased company VBites has launched a vegan Omega 3 supplement, called V-mega 3. The global fish-free omega-3 ingredients market in 2019 is foreseen to turn over a revenue of worth US$ 590 million, according to a recent re... |
| Apr 17, 2019 | Heather Mills Invests in One Planet Pizza | One Planet Pizza – the UK’s first and award-winning, frozen vegan pizza company, plans significant upscaling after becoming the fourth company to take investment from Heather Mills’s Vbites venture.
One Planet Pizza has been making their cl... |
| Apr 5, 2019 | VBites Purchases Procter & Gamble Factory to Create “Plant-Based Silicone Valley” | Image: VBites
Heather Mills’ VBites announce the acquisition of a 385,000 sq ft factory in the north of England and will be creating a “Plant-Based Silicone Valley”, according to the company.
VBites Founder Heather Mills , who also invested... |
| Apr 5, 2019 | VBites Purchases Procter & Gamble Factory to Create “Plant-Based Silicone Valley” | Heather Mills’ VBites announce the acquisition of a 385,000 sq ft factory in the north of England and will be creating a “Plant-Based Silicone Valley”, according to the company.
VBites Founder Heather Mills , who also invested in LoveSeitan... |
| Mar 28, 2019 | VBites Expands in UK: ‘We are Ahead of the Game on Quality, Texture and Manufacturing’ | ©VBites
The award-winning VBites Group, the self-proclaimed world leading manufacturer of vegan meat substitutes, has announced further expansion. VBites, owned by vegan celebrity and activist Heather Mills, started in 1993 and is now prepa... |
| Mar 28, 2019 | VBites Expands in UK: ‘We are Ahead of the Game on Quality, Texture and Manufacturing’ | The award-winning VBites Group, the self-proclaimed world leading manufacturer of vegan meat substitutes, has announced further expansion. VBites, owned by vegan celebrity and activist Heather Mills, started in 1993 and is now preparing to ... |
| Feb 4, 2019 | Heather Mills’ VBites Launches Range of Vegan Cheese | VBites Foods, the UK vegan food manufacturers owned by Heather Mills, has announced the launch of a new line of vegan cheeses with flavours including Red & White Cheddar, Hard Italian, Edam, Blue-Style, Pepperjack and Mozzarella, which ... |
| Sep 10, 2018 | Heather Mills Invests in LoveSeitan | Vegan investor Heather Mills has just announced a third addition to her direct-investment portfolio VBites Ventures. Her latest deal is with UK brand LoveSeitan.
LoveSeitan produce and sell seitan (a wheat protein) in different flavours suc... |
| Jun 5, 2018 | Heather Mills to Create Hundreds of Jobs in the Vegan Industry | Heather Mills, the vegan activist and ex-wife of Paul McCartney, wants to create new jobs in her hometown at her vegan company VBites. To this end, the company has acquired an empty factory in the English county of Durham, which is now bein... |