# First Vegan and Cruelty-Free Convenience Market Opens in San Francisco

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2022/06/first-vegan-and-cruelty-free-convenience-market-opens-in-san-francisco/
- Published: 2022-06-09T11:43:13-04:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

San Francisco, CA, June 1, 2022 — Animal lovers and sustainability supporters can
rejoice and mark their maps. The very first 100% [vegan](https://greenlivingguy.com/2022/06/urban-originals-releases-vegan-and-recycled-handbags/),
cruelty-free convenience market, HANGRY PLANET, is now open in the San Francisco
Bay Area. [Hangry Planet](https://www.touchfreewash.com/) offers snacks, meals, 
organic desserts, and [more](https://greenlivingguy.com/2022/06/urban-originals-releases-vegan-and-recycled-handbags/).
The products can assure that every single product in the store is [sustainable](https://greenlivingguy.com/2022/05/6-effective-ways-to-build-a-sustainable-business/),
animal-product free, and cruelty-free.

![Hangry Planet](https://i0.wp.com/greenlivingguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/
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This offers a unique experience for mindful shoppers who can now market with no “
fine-print” ingredients. Moreover, no farming reading, and one can have a clear 
conscience. The [Hangry Planet](https://greenlivingguy.com/2022/06/acura-motorsports-new-electric-acura-arx-06-lmdh-prototype-to-race-in-the-imsa-weathertech-sportscar-championship/)
is the brainchild of actor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Bobak Bakhtiari. Bakhtiari
curated and designed every aspect of the market from its products to the customer
experience. Additionally, 10% of every sale goes to several different charities.
For example, those supporting both animal and human rights, schools, orphanages,
and impoverished communities globally via Moms Against Poverty.

Coming across an undercover investigation into [organic dairy farms](https://greenlivingguy.com/2024/01/growing-opportunity-in-organic-farming-amidst-market-volatility/)
by Animal Recovery Mission (ARM) and then reviewing the prolific global work of 
Animal Equality was like someone zapping me by a truth taser that left me sporadically
sobbing for weeks,” said Bakhtiari.

“What I learned of the systematic and fundamentally abusive practices on factory
farms, alongside severe environmental consequences, inspired me to transition Hangry
Planet to be North America’s first fully [plant-based](https://greenlivingguy.com/2011/10/veggie-grill-fed-artists-backstage-at-the-concert-held-at-the-hollywood-bowl-for-president-clinton/)
convenience store. It’s time for retail to robustly advocate for sustainability,
animal welfare, and healthy products that don’t come from abusing animals.

### Sharon Núñez, President and Co-Founder of Animal Equality, expressed her approval and joy at the marketplace embracing a new model.

“For 15 years, Animal Equality has exposed the cruelty that happens within the global
animal farming industry, using investigations to educate the public on the horrors
that take place behind closed doors. We are humbled to know our message is having
a fundamental impact within retail, inspiring Hangry Planet to trailblaze a new 
paradigm for plant-based convenience stores. Together, we will end the needless 
suffering of animals used in our food system.”

## Vegan and Cruelty-Free Food

The market’s offerings include a Laird’s Superfood machine featuring [vegan](https://greenlivingguy.com/2019/03/what-you-eat-affects-the-environment-forum-march-13-albany/)
hot cocoa and golden milk, a range of certified organic vegan pastries from Santa
Cruz based Black China Bakery & Kerri Kreations, including Oakland’s popular Donut
Farm, Grab & Go meals such as the Hangry Bliss Breakfast Sando( featuring Beyond
Meat, JUST Egg, and Follow Your Heart Cheese on a Gluten-free bagel), hand pies 
like the Beyond Meat-based mushroom-sausage scramble, Daiya burritos and Dr. Praeger’s
veggies burgers, vegan empanadas (by Netflix’s Selling Sunset star Emma Leigh Hernan),
Oatly’s soft serve,  Annie Chun’s noodle bowls, a range of vegan jerky, and an avalanche
of healthy plant-based snacks that champion their Feel Beautiful Not Junkie tagline.

Of course, no convenience store is complete without the “craving” snacks. And Hangry
Planet stocks candy bars from Go Max Go Foods. In addition to Plant-Based Bars, 
2Fer, Buccaneer, Cleo Cup, Jokerz, Mahalo, Major, Snap!, Thumbs up, and Twilight,
as well as prebiotic sodas and a wide variety of [plant-based](https://greenlivingguy.com/2022/02/12-reasons-plant-based-eating-is-so-good-for-the-environment/)
chips from every major brand.

Hangry Planet has already become a destination. Mindful patrons are driving hours
to shop and stock up at the unique market. However, Bobak Bakhtiari’S regional hot
spot is popular for its colorful and comical sculptures. Not to mention [live music and a VR Car](https://greenlivingguy.com/2009/06/nissan-electric-cars-coming-to-markets-soon/)
Wash, the world’s first cinematic all-immersive car wash experience.

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