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https://news.sky.com/story/row-over-new-greggs-vegan-sausage-rolls-heats-up-11597679 (https://archive.ph/5Ba6o)

A heated row has broken out over a move by Britain's largest bakery chain to launch a vegan sausage roll.

The pastry, which is filled with a meat substitute and encased in 96 pastry layers, is available in 950 Greggs stores across the country.

It was promised after 20,000 people signed a petition calling for the snack to be launched to accommodate plant-based diet eaters.


But the vegan sausage roll's launch has been greeted by a mixed reaction: Some consumers welcomed it, while others voiced their objections.

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#VEGANsausageroll thanks Greggs

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Cook and food poverty campaigner Jack Monroe declared she was "frantically googling to see what time my nearest opens tomorrow morning because I will be outside".

While TV writer Brydie Lee-Kennedy called herself "very pro the Greggs vegan sausage roll because anything that wrenches veganism back from the 'clean eating' wellness folk is a good thing".

One Twitter user wrote that finding vegan sausage rolls missing from a store in Corby had "ruined my morning".

Another said: "My son is allergic to dairy products which means I can't really go to Greggs when he's with me. Now I can. Thank you vegans."

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The hype got me like #Greggs #Veganuary

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TV presenter Piers Morgan led the charge of those outraged by the new roll.

"Nobody was waiting for a vegan bloody sausage, you PC-ravaged clowns," he wrote on Twitter.

Mr Morgan later complained at receiving "howling abuse from vegans", adding: "I get it, you're all hangry. I would be too if I only ate plants and gruel."

Another Twitter user said: "I really struggle to believe that 20,000 vegans are that desperate to eat in a Greggs."

"You don't paint a mustach (sic) on the Mona Lisa and you don't mess with the perfect sausage roll," one quipped.

Journalist Nooruddean Choudry suggested Greggs introduce a halal steak bake to "crank the fume levels right up to 11".

The bakery chain told concerned customers that "change is good" and that there would "always be a classic sausage roll".

It comes on the same day McDonald's launched its first vegetarian "Happy Meal", designed for children.

The new dish comes with a "veggie wrap", instead of the usual chicken or beef option.

It should be noted that Piers Morgan and Greggs share the same PR firm, so I'm thinking this is some serious faux outrage and South Park KKK gambiting here.

 

[CaptainAutism69]

I can imagine Farage looking into the KF situation and realising what a PR disaster it would be for him to associate with this website. We can all at least agree that Welshy is retarded.

I would have loved to see that conversation

' Hi Nigel! Nigel! Hi Nigel! Hi!!!...Nige?'
' It's me, Welshy...from the emails?, yea, well, there's this totalniggerdeath forum called Kiwifarms, wait Nige, hang on...well Josh, he's in trouble with Ofcom for making fun of Trannies, no not those, men pretending to be women...anyway, if you help him out, I'm pretty sure that Racewar1488 and pidgeonfucker will join Reform and vote for you next election. What do you think?
' Nigel?'
' Nige?'

 

[Kofi Drinka]

Tattoos, piercings or what? If anything I appreciate their need to outwardly signal that I should stay the fuck away from them.

She made pin head jealous with all the metal in her face. If I wasn't full "old man playing warhammer in his garage" mode at this point I'd be ashamed of my hobby. Fucking revolting whats become of it.

I knew geek retreats were bad and full of wokies but I was shocked at how bad it is.

 

[SirCliveSinclairdabbing]

@SirCliveSinclairdabbing What are the differences in organs between Europoors and the superior British DNA pools? Can you find matches for UK mutts? Can someone who's half welsh, half scottish take an English kidney?

Never said superior, we both know I’m on about mystery meat. Please dont try the “edge case means all cases are invalidated” approach.

 

[Duane Dibbley]

Yes. It explains having a family and friends.

If I wasn't full "old man playing warhammer in his garage"

You have friends and family that's why you bought pokemon cards and also play warhammer by yourself in your garage.

While I appreciate the skill and artistry that goes into warhammer, your hobby has been an embarrasment since inception and the wokies invaded it 10+ years ago.

That said, I am an online MtG enjoyer and understand the pain of watching something you enjoy get ruined by wanks. Feels bad bro.

 

[Kofi Drinka]

Never said superior, we both know I’m on about mystery meat. Please dont try the “edge case means all cases are invalidated” approach.

We are superior and if you think other wise you've given into the propaganda. You should never let any one tell you that your people aren't the best in the world. We are and we always will be. Even Bret Hart would admit we're better than him.

It was a serious question though. Are there issues for UK countries mixing medically? Probably isn't but I want to know if there is. I know of wider racial issues.

You have friends and family that's why you bought pokemon cards and also play warhammer by yourself in your garage.

While I appreciate the skill and artistry that goes into warhammer, your hobby has been an embarrasment since inception and the wokies invaded it 10+ years ago.

That said, I am an online MtG enjoyer and understand the pain of watching something you enjoy get ruined by wanks. Feels bad bro.

Give it up Sambo. You're just angry my friends aren't part of a rape gang.

 

[The Ghost of Sergei Witte]

70% of voters not getting their way and already viewing Reform as Nazis will kick off worse than when the students had their spergout when the Lib Dems paired with the Tories so tried to burn down Conservative HQ. There might legitimately be an IRA level of terrorism that kicks off. Political assassinations on MPs, car bombings etc.

I think you severely overestimate just how radical, let alone competent the average member of the British electorate is.

 

[Idiotus Maximus]

That was some serious tl:dr, and the little of it I did read felt like a copypasta. But so long anyway you daffy Taff faggot.

 

[HairyBadger]

I think you severely overestimate just how radical, let alone competent the average member of the British electorate is.

The idiot left will have a go. Because, right side of history.

 

[The Ghost of Sergei Witte]

The idiot left will have a go. Because, right side of history.

I don't even think Establishment counter-gangs will be an issue. The MSM have in large part of this cycle painted Reform as the Government in waiting. Reform has become effectively normalised; it has practically nullified the idea of radical action.

 

[Vining]

This Rupert Lowe fellow seems like a promising guy.

 

[HairyBadger]

I don't even think Establishment counter-gangs will be an issue. The MSM have in large part of this cycle painted Reform as the Government in waiting. Reform has become effectively normalised; it has practically nullified the idea of radical action.

I like your optimism, but the reality is that Reform is painted Right Wing or Racist by all of the media, even the Telegraph.

The current left wing of the UK are so unhinged that they think darkness is racist, as is having an accent.

 

[Tom Nook's Gloryhole]

I think you severely overestimate just how radical, let alone competent the average member of the British electorate is.

On the contrary, I believe you're seriously underestimating how much a 'right wing' government could be considered just as much as a powder keg as a migrant stabbing twenty kids.

The police are overwhelmed, the courts are overwhelmed, the prisons are overcrowded, we could fit our entire army and navy in a League 1 football stadium, I do not believe for one second that somehow our counter terrorism officials are the only government arm that's under control of everything.

Palestine Action supporters (aka, the Waitrose ISIS) have just had their ban rendered unlawful so now you've got them who are similtaniously dangerous enough to damage UK infrastructure but also not be monitored (they will be but there's no way they ALL can be).

I mentioned the Student Protests/Conservative HQ being torched as that was only stopped by the police kettling students and basically mass arresting them like the Southport rioters. One day there will be too many people to kettle and it's a coin flip of whether they're going to be the far right protesting migrants or the far left protesting the far right. Either way, I would NOT want to be working for any Justice/Police/Army/Security Services if anything happens.

 

[The Ghost of Sergei Witte]

as we'll have to get both the consent of Parliament and also fend off the bent Judges who will be keen to shoot down any legislation

I know this Lolcow has retired, but just seeing the quote pop up, I have to ask, what country does he think he's in? We don't have checks and balances, we are not America, we do not have a constitution, speaking as if we're America niggles me like you wouldn't believe, even MPs do this. Parliament, for the record is: SOVEREIGN and it is the Sovereign who makes the exceptions.

I like your optimism, but the reality is that Reform is painted Right Wing or Racist by all of the media, even the Telegraph.

They can say they're emblematic of the Third Reich and say they're using Fash-wave aesthetics, but the material truth is that they are the same Tories who betrayed everyone, if/when they get in, all I expect is Nigelwave being even worse than Boriswave.

 

[HairyBadger]

I know this Lolcow has retired, but just seeing the quote pop up, I have to ask, what country does he think he's in? We don't have checks and balances, we are not America, we do not have a constitution, speaking as if we're America niggles me like you wouldn't believe, even MPs do this. Parliament, for the record is: SOVEREIGN and it is the Sovereign who makes the exceptions.

They can say they're emblematic of the Third Reich and say they're using Fash-wave aesthetics, but the material truth is that they are the same Tories who betrayed everyone, if/when they get in, all I expect is Nigelwave being even worse than Boriswave.

For a start, we dont have a mechanic for "checks and balances"

 

[The Ghost of Sergei Witte]

The police are overwhelmed, the courts are overwhelmed, the prisons are overcrowded, we could fit our entire army and navy in a League 1 football stadium, I do not believe for one second that somehow our counter terrorism officials are the only government arm that's under control of everything.

Palestine Action supporters (aka, the Waitrose ISIS) have just had their ban rendered unlawful so now you've got them who are simultaneously dangerous enough to damage UK infrastructure but also not be monitored (they will be but there's no way they ALL can be).

All you've really mentioned are performative failures by the Security State. I hate to say the meme but the UK Government does have a literal "Fix everything button" at their disposal and simply refuse to press it. If they want Palestine Action marked as terrorists, they can pass the legislation for it, they could pass a literal "Build The Prisons Act of 2026", they have the tools, but choose not to use any of them, on purpose I believe.

 

[HairyBadger]

For a start, we dont have a mechanic for "checks and balances"

The legal cases are different in England and. Scotland and handled differently.

But as a forum legal expert you knew that.

 

[HairyBadger]

All you've really mentioned are performative failures by the Security State. I hate to say the meme but the UK Government does have a literal "Fix everything button" at their disposal and simply refuse to press it. If they want Palestine Action marked as terrorists, they can pass the legislation for it, they could pass a literal "Build The Prisons Act of 2025", they have the tools, but choose not to use any of them, on purpose I believe.

The UK was told to build more prisons 30 years ago, but Politicians said no.

 

[The Ghost of Sergei Witte]

The UK was told to build more prisons 30 years ago, but Politicians said no.

Yeah and I'm saying, they could pass Law tomorrow and have them built in a year, but they actively choose not to. El Salvador's CECOT was built in less than a year for the record. Legislatively, it's not hard to say "These building regulations and red tape do not apply to this project, due nature of the works and the importance to National security" or whatever pretence, as they did with Notre Dame in France. I'm surprised that HS2 didn't have that kind of legislation attached to it, but this country is addicted to decline and performative failure.

 

[HairyBadger]

Yeah and I'm saying, they could pass Law tomorrow and have them built in a year, but they actively choose not to. El Salvador's CECOT was built in less than a year for the record. Legislatively, it's not hard to say "These building regulations and red tape do not apply to this project, due nature of the works and the importance to National security" or whatever pretence, as they did with Notre Dame in France. I'm surprised that HS2 didn't have that kind of legislation attached to it, but this country is addicted to decline and performative failure.

HS2 is a retarded folly.

However I agree with you multiple prisons can and should be built.

However, no serving politician wants to say we have increased the prison population.

 

[Tom Nook's Gloryhole]

However, no serving politician wants to say we have increased the prison population.

That's why we should simply hang them instead.