Mintel Vegetarian Foods Report 2000
1999 retail sales of vegetarian foods worth £399 million, including £233 for ready meals.
10% of those polled ate no red meat.

Taylor Nelson Sofres Data January 1999
1998 meat free market valued at £361.3 million.

Mintel Health Food Retailing Report 1998
Total Health Food sales - £2,162 billion
Total Vegetarian Foods sales - £455 million
Vegetarian Ready Meals sales - £182 million
Total Natural Foods (ingredients) sales - £220 million
Total Vitamin & Mineral Supplement - £360 million
Sales through Health Food Stores - £328 million

MLC/Taylor Nelson report July 1998
18% of "English" ready meals sold are vegetarian, 26% of "Italian" ready meals sold are vegetarian.

Mintel Vegetarian Foods Report March 1998
1997 retail sales of vegetarian foods worth £328 million. Including £178 million for ready meals.

Mintel Vegetarian Catering Report January 1998
1997 sales of vegetarian specific dishes at catering outlets were worth £846 million.

Leatherhead Food Research Association - The UK Food and Drinks Report March 1997
1996 Frozen Vegetarian Foods market worth £131 million.

Taylor Nelson AGB Superpanel November 1996
Total market for frozen vegetarian products over previous 12 months worth £126 million, a 32% rise on the previous 12 month period.

Market Assessment Publications Vegetarian Food Report 1996
1996 UK Vegetarian Ready Meals Market estimated at £170 million.

Leatherhead Food Research Association - The UK Vegetarian Foods Report, November 1995
UK vegetarian food market was worth an estimated £369.7 million in 1994, a 26% increase over 1992.
1994 meat alternative ingredients (quorn, tofu and textured vegetable protein) market worth £15.8 million.

Mintel Vegetarian and Organic Foods Report October 1995
Sales of vegetarian-specific food were valued at £349 million in 1994 and are expected to grow to £398 million during 1995.
This represents a growth of 79% between 1990 and 1994.
Sector forcast for 1999 (at 1995 prices) is £603 million.

Ross Young's Market Report March 1995
Frozen meat free products turnover is over £100 million pa and growing 4% annually.
Linda McCartney brand takes 25% of sales and Birds Eye Vegetable Cuisine 22%.

Mintel Report on Vegetarian & Organic Food
Retail sales of "vegetarian food" were worth £11.2 billion in 1992.
Retail sales of meat alternatives were worth £25.5 million in 1992, up from £6.6 million in 1988. (Quorn = £15 million, textured vegetable protein= £6.5 million, Tofu = £4 million).

Leatherhead Food RA March 1993
Vegetarian food market worth £7 billion in 1992.
Sales of specialist vegetarian products such as ready meals, burgers and grills, Quorn and Soya products amounted to an estimated £308 million in 1992.

Cauldron Foods March 1993
Tofu market worth £3 million pa.

Whitbread Beefeater Restaurant commissioned omnibus Survey Feb 1993
A survey of 1,335 demographically representative adults in Britain.
25% wanted a better vegetarian choice when eating out in restaurants.

Mintel 1992
Retail sales of "Meat Alternatives" reached £25.5 million.

NOP November 1992
Survey of 1007 over 15 yr olds.
Vegetarian Frozen Ready Meals were favourite type with 10% of sample.

CARAT October 1992
Percentage of shoppers with a mainly vegetarian diet league table of supermarkets:
1) Sainsburys, 2) Safeway, 3) Gateway, 4) Tesco, 5) Asda.

Dalepak September 1992
Vegetarian Burger & Grills market = £48 million.
Showing a year on year growth of 60%.
Frozen Ready Meals market = £20 million.

Supermarketing Magazine April 1992
Total Frozen Vegetarian Market - £72 million.

Heinz 1991
15% of home meals are vegetarian.

Mintel 1991
Vegetarian products in the Ready Meals Market.
1988 = 4% of market, 1989 = 8% of market.

Mintel September 1991
Sales of tofu, textured vegetable protein and Quorn stand at £25 million pa, a 279% increase since the 1988 figure of £6.6 million.

MSI May 1991
The Vegetarian Food Market is worth £335 million.

Labour Research Department March 1991
Survey of 218 Workplace Restaurants (>100,000 workers).
61% provide vegetarian meals.