Archive for the ‘Grocery Stores’ Category

Got Any Veg-Friendly Restaurant Tips?

It’s time to revamp our popular veg dining guide. Got any tips on good restaurants? Finding tasty vegan food at restaurants is rarely a problem, especially in Worcester. These days nearly every restaurant has good veg options on their menu. Last Spring VegWorcester printed a large number of veg dining guides and distributed them to [...]

August 30, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: 2009 Vegetarian Dining Guide, Grocery Stores, Restaurants & Businesses, Veg Advocacy, Vegetarian Dining Guide 2008  No Comments

Vegan Ice Cream Giveaway this Saturday [Feed-in]

Tomorrow is going to be a sunny summer day, so come join VegWorcester in Elm Park for some free vegan ice cream. This Saturday, June 19 at noon in Elm Park, VegWorcester is giving away free samples of So Delicious soy ice cream and Coconut Bliss ice cream in Elm Park. Why are we giving [...]

June 18, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Events, Grocery Stores, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach  No Comments

Price Chopper in Worcester Offers Vegan Cookies

Apparently Price Chopper now offers vegan cookies. Do you know what the story is? I plan to call the manager on Monday to see if I can find out if this is a company-wide thing, or just at the Price Chopper near Webster Square. In any case, you should stop by and give them a [...]

November 15, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Grocery Stores, Misc, More Veg Options  No Comments

Artichoke Coop Ups the Veegs [More Vegan Yummies]

Good news! The Artichoke Food Coop (800 Main Street, Worcester) has now restocked their vegan yummies. Back in July I announced on the VegWorcester blog that the Artichoke had begun stocking vegan cheese and marshmallows. Well, they sold out pretty quickly and have now refined their ordering a little bit. In addition to the standard [...]

September 17, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Artichoke Food Cooperative, Grocery Stores, More Veg Options  One Comment

Best Asian Markets in Worcester?

There is a new Soy de Worcester in this week’s edition of Worcester Magazine! Soy de Worcester is WoMag’s monthly column about local veg dining and culture. The current article is a look at our city’s Asian markets: A Taste of Asia. It has four recommendations, each with a short description. Here’s the list: Binh [...]

July 25, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Grocery Stores, Misc  No Comments

Get your vegan cheese and marshmallows at the Artichoke Food Coop

The Artichoke Food Coop is now offering Teese and Dandies from Chicago Soy Dairy–the best vegan cheese and marshmallows available. The Artichoke is not only the first place in Worcester to offer these goodies. It is not only the first place in Central Massachusetts. The Artichoke is the first place in the entire state of [...]

July 9, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Artichoke Food Cooperative, Grocery Stores, More Veg Options  3 Comments

Big Y Features New Veg Sandwiches + Wraps

Big Y on May Street in Worcester is now featuring some vegan wraps and sandwiches in their deli section. Here are some recon photos taken by a VegWorcester field agent: A couple weeks ago, I heard a rumor about them, but when I stopped by the Big Y I didn’t actually find them myself. I [...]

June 24, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Grocery Stores, More Veg Options, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

Are you getting your food from one of Worcester’s farmers markets?

Worcester’s farmers markets Here’s what I love about Worcester: It has a lot of interesting things, but you have to do a little looking to find them. Did you know that Worcester has 6 or more weekly farmers markets? Each one offers fresh, organic produce and yummy baked goods. And you can’t beat the prices [...]

June 5, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Artichoke Food Cooperative, Barely Legal Treats, Events, Grocery Stores  3 Comments

Mailed Out the Spring ’08 Veg Dining Guide

Yesterday we sent out copies of the Spring 2008 Veg Dining Guide to the 20 or so businesses that were listed in the guide. Just making sure they know that people are noticing all their great veg options! Thanks for all the help, Cody. Comment below if you want to order copies of the guide [...]

April 18, 2008  Tags:   Posted in: Grocery Stores, Restaurants & Businesses, Veg Advocacy, Vegetarian Dining Guide 2008  No Comments

Super 88 Asian Market a No-Go

The Telegram & Gazette is reporting that the Super 88 that was planned for downtown Worcester is “no-go” on Go/No-Go test. That’s too bad! The Super 88s in Boston are neat Asian markets with tons of mock meats and weird veg things. You can even get vegetarian duck in a can: But lucky for you, [...]

April 13, 2008  Tags: ,   Posted in: Grocery Stores, More Veg Options, News, Restaurants & Businesses  3 Comments