Does any one watch hells kitchen? what are your views on Marco Pierre White refusing to serve vegetarians?!
Does any one watch hells kitchen? what are your views on Marco Pierre White refusing to serve vegetarians?
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Do you go to your local hardware store and tell them they are crippling our water reserves because they don't stock low flush toilets?
Do you go to your local hairdresser and tell them they are destroying the ozone layer with all the hairspray they use?
Do you go to your local taxi firm and insist they switch all their vehicles to biodiesel because the high levels of emissions they produce are creating a polluted atmosphere?
Marco Pierre White is a business owner. He can run his business into the ground not serving vegetarians for all it matters. Why on earth would someone start a business doing something they love, and then have to change it to conform to other people's views? If he's popular and successful, there's absolutely no reason! Sorry Michael H, guessing that about 8-10% of the population are already veggie, a 4% increase in vegetarianism per year would have us all veggies within 20 years. I don't see that happening.
If you want to make MPW change, then you need to get legislation passed that bans restauranteurs from having a menu that does not include a meat free dish. But the UK is not a communist country, free trade exists. You can pressure all you want, but it's only going to alienate people more. I often choose the veggie dish on the menu because I like them, and I love veggie restaurants. Try a more positive approach, like opening more restaurants that suit your needs, and attract people to them, rather than trying to force your views on other independant parties, which only gets you laughed at and ridiculed.