Heather Mills Thinks VBites Vegan Restaurant Will be Bigger Than McDonalds in a Decade
Heather Mills hasn't been in the headlines as much in the past year and a half as she was during her and Paul McCartney's divorce hearings. We can assure you that she is as crazy now as she was then. Having come out of the marriage to the former Beatle millions of pounds richer, Mills decided to open up a vegan restaurant - VBites. She now thinks that it will be bigger than McDonalds in ten years.
Mills, 42, opened the vegan restaurant in Hove, Sussex, in 2009. It is currently closed for the winter, but she admits that she is set to make a "big announcement next year about VBites."
Speaking with reporters in England, Mills said:
"In 10 years there will be more VBites restaurants than McDonald's. It's the future. We've been using the time when the cafe has closed for brainstorming. VBites has been phenomenally successful this year. Everyone loves the food, even carnivores. Plans for it to become a franchise are very much on."
It might be a success, but bigger than McDonalds? That's a crazy woman talking. McDonalds would start up their own vegan line if Mills venture even came close to showing up on their radar.
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Reports out of England were that Vbites had no customers. Two food reviewers went and gave it bad reviews. They also noticed there were no customers. How do you open a chain when you can't even keep one small place open? I do nto think McDonald's needs to worry. The woman is insane. She also claims to be the force behind the Beatles/iTunes deal. I think that explains her mental state.
Just to say: I don't know anything about V Bites or it's recent business, but I'm a long term vegan, and I see Heather Mills as a well meaning, but troubled lady right now. I wish her all the best for the future, but please don't think she speaks for the vegan community at large. She doesn't.
All the luck to you, Heather! What a wonderfully constructive way to spend your new wealth. Most women would be spending it all on houses, cars, clothes, purses, and makeup. No wonder you get ridiculed--you make the rest of the elites (US, UK, etc.) look like the trash that they are.
Thanks Heather for having the courage to lead others into this business. Just to fix the publisher's last comment in the article above, what kind of vegan would eat McDonald's vegan line of food if they ever come out to compete with a real vegan restaurant? As long as they don't give up on their violent side of business, no vegans would be eating their new line of vegan foods anyway. Would any vegans give a cent to them to support their cow burger business? I don't think so because vegans are deep thinkers, not the shallow types.
One thing for certain is that in 10 years time there'll be more vegans and that would definitely work in favour with any vegan business. As the older generation gradually die out from heart disease and cancers from the meaty diet, McDonald's customers will shrink in numbers while the younger generation will be smarter than their parents and be more likely to adopt a vegan diet. All these changes will help but perhaps 10 years might be too soon to expect such big results. But you never know how fast the world will change towards veganism, and I hope Heather will prove the pessimists and carnivores wrong.
She is definitely right - like it or not, vegan is the future. The question is not whether it will happen but how soon will this become mainstream.