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I am not a vegan but am interested in moving towards a plant based diet. I could easily be vegetarian but I love cheese, milk, yoghurt, etc.  
 
Vegans... is there vegan dairy? And where in Brandon could you get this? I have seen the “yves” sections in superstore, Walmart but is that all there is? I call them “yves” because that is the prominent brand offering vegetarian or vegan options.

I was at 2 farm kids today, and they a large selection of vegan cheese, non meat, and other vegan foods...safeway also has a good selection of vegan products...

You can easily buy from grocery store & regular isles just read labels & avoid animal products, and it doesn't cost as much as specialty stores

Okay so...  
At superstore in the ‘health food’/ organic isle you will find all sorts of dairy free options such as: yogurt, cheese, mayo, ice cream, cheese cake and more! Just take some time to really look at all of the products they have there! If you are wanting to try cheese please stay away from the daiya brand, it is awful! Spend the extra couple of dollars on the follow your heart brand!  
Another great place to find vegan foods is sobeys extra (not the west end one). Again all the vegan stuff is in the ‘health food section’ as you kind of come into the store. Here I have found vegan sour cream and cream cheese! If you are feeling like some junk food sobeys extra has a lot of vegan junk food in the coolers. I’ve tried the vegan chicken fingers and corn dogs from there and they are so good!  
 
Ps. Take some time to look around at the products that aren’t labeled as vegan! You’d be surprised at what is! Oreos, skinny pop white cheddar popcorn, Taco Bell cinnamon twists, sweet chilli Doritos.. they are all accidentally vegan!  
 
Feel free to PM me if you have any other questions or need advice :-)  
Good luck with your plant based journey!

There any certain names I need to watch out for when reading labels? I often wonder why I bother reading labels when I can’t understand 3/4 of what the stuff means.

SZ said "There any certain names I need to watch out for when reading labels? I often wonder why I bother reading labels when I can’t understand 3/4 of what the stuff means. "

I don't have a list for you - you can probably find that online.  
 
Anything with casein (sodium caseinate for example), lactose, etc. is animal-derived.  
 
Good luck. Don't beat yourself up if you accidentally eat something that has a bit of whey in it.