If you visited Raystede’s website during lockdown your spirits might have been lifted. On their cafe page, because the cafe wasn’t open, they shared recipes, and every single one of them was vegan. Some of us may have dared to hope that the covid crisis (caused by animal slaughter) had helped them finally come into the light.

This campaign purposely refrained from contacting them during this time in the hope that, if we let them breathe, they might make the right decision on their own. After all, as long as the cafe was closed they weren’t having any animals killed. And because they were sharing only vegan recipes they might have inspired their supporters to give plant-based a go. The fact that they did that was a very good sign. And they had six months to prepare a new and exciting, exclusively cruelty-free, menu.

Imagine our disappointment when we found they had reopened and gone back to business as usual.

So, here we go again. We don’t stop ’til you stop Raystede.

Here is @Raystede founder’s quote #8 to share:

“It is somewhat the act of the ostrich to be willing to do, by proxy, what one has not the courage to do oneself in the slaughterhouse. … The slaughterhouse is an unpopular subject for discussion, and the more fond the meat-eater is of his steak and two vegetables, the less he seems to like discussing the market and the slaughterhouse.”

From Mercy On Us [1967] by Miss M Raymonde-Hawkins MBE

Thank you for continuing to phone, write to and email Raystede regarding your anger and disappointment that they still have cows, pigs and fish killed for money. And please sign this petition and share as wide as you can on social media.

If you need to get in touch with the campaign you can do so via our website.

For the animals.

Ed