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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.

 

[Otterly]

but go dragged into an alley by some foreigner.

One day, not only the rapists themselves but the people who did this to our country will face the people they’ve harmed and our fury will be visible from space. I’m so sorry.

 

[BongoMongo]

New legislation passes into force on April 6th about keeping monkeys as pets.

I hope Lammy and Abbots tard wranglers are aware of this.

 

[teriyakiburns]

Fun fact: they don’t use tanning salons as much as they used to for money laundering as the police could spot them easily by the businesses having really low energy bills.

They could fix that by doubling up on growing weed.

I worry I'd make a good criminal, sometimes...

 

[SirCliveSinclairdabbing]

I wish I could get hold of even a quarter of the amount it looks like they've spent on their shops.

I've done it all myself with no loans or grants from anyone, but, where is everyone else getting their money from?!

Buy an A1 printer.

Congratulations you now run a “gallery” the white persons money laundering shop.

 

[Otterly]

New legislation passes into force on April 6th about keeping monkeys as pets.

Wow, really tackling the issues that affect us all.

 

[The Green Man]

Phone Repair shops too. An Afgani fuck opened a repair shop in my town, Charged insane prices for basic repairs then suddenly fucked off. Dissolved the company on company house, Probably was deported but I always thought Money Laundering.

 

[Mound Dweller]

I know they're technically indian

They're both dirty fucking foreigners so it doesn't really matter, but think of it as the difference between a virus and a bacteria
Travellers are potato faced celtoid ireniggas through and through (the endogamy will do that), a remnant of a time when itinerant lifestyles didn't necessarily mean you were thieving scum, of which the only surviving strain is of the thieving scum variety of course.
We do have actual poojeet Roma Gyspsies as well but they're genetically and culturally distinct, mixing up the two is a great way to wind them up because they don't like to mix and of course really fucking hate each other, this doesn't stop the potato flavoured ones from stealing culturally appropriating the curry scented trappings though, which is extremely fucking funny IMO.

I've done it all myself with no loans or grants from anyone, but, where is everyone else getting their money from?!

It's not their money lol, younger people in general and brown "people" especially struggle with the concept of APR, it's shockingly easy to spend a lot of money you don't actually have. If you don't care about or understand future consequences you too can max out a dozen or so lines of credit, if you're of muslamic morality you might even max out a few other people's credit lines too, not that it'll matter since when the bailiffs do eventually come knocking it's all in your mother's brother's sister's mother (all the same person btw) name regardless.

 

[Otterly]

They could fix that by doubling up on growing weed.

I worry I'd make a good criminal, sometimes...

Surprisingly good idea tbh.

 

[Smyrna]

As anticipated, Braverman has defected to Reform.

 

[They were once men]

As anticipated, Braverman has defected to Reform.

If anything this just shows you how our politicians are spineless cowards who will jump ship if they think they'll be better off somewhere else. That's not a defence of the tories I just think that they don't actually stand for anything and are career opportunists.

 

[FedPostalService]

Our Nigel will have to do the needful, saar.

I used to think the Great Replacement Theory was schizo posting but I’m watching out establishment replace themselves.

Reform and Nigel are utterly retarded.

 

[A-Logato]

At this point Reforms way past being just controlled opposition or a release valve. If they do win when ever they win the next election then it is going to be disastrous.

 

[Tony Martin's Force Ghost]

Imagine being called Reform UK and being nothing but brownoids, and white men with mummy issues or fags.

I am just tired.

 

[Chunky Salsa]

Reform is immune to the "Secret Hitler" plan of based infiltration. But not the "Open Sewer Line" tactic of filling itself up with 3rd worldist browns to tongue Nigels balls. Fascinating.

 

[FedPostalService]

I huffed so much copium, lads. I thought things might change. Instead we’ve got yet another neoliberal party who may deport the boat monkeys but will legally import millions of cousin fuckers and rapey Mohammed enjoyers.

I’m beyond tired. I don’t think the people realise the anger that will be unleashed when Reform fail.

When we form the right wing death squads I’m taking my helicopter to Wales first.

 

[Clem Fandango]

I feel like I'm watching a close friend drink themselves to death, and there's nothing I can do about it.

 

[UselessRubberKeyboard]

Imagine being called Reform UK and being nothing but brownoids, and white men with mummy issues or fags.

I am just tired.

Well that’s any opposition to the established power gone.

Do these numpties not read history? You know what happens when you don’t give people safe ways to express their displeasure with how things are run (and wank tv won’t cut it). Considering the police took three days to respond to the riots that took place before the 2012 Olympics - in full glare of the world’s media - things don’t look too good for the restoration of sanity if the angry yoof suddenly decide to kick off. The only thing that got the poliss moving was roaming gangs of angry middle-aged white men forming vigilante gangs to challenge the rioters. There’s bound to be some sick bastard with an ulterior motive who’s nooooticed this.

As everyone else stayed behind closed doors or ran away when the last load of riots happened, there won’t be much at all to stop this kicking off, but plenty of people who stand to lose their livelihoods and homes because the govt and police are too chicken to deal with the actual issues. I suspect most people kept out of the way during the last riots because they were scared, but if people get angry enough to override that fear, the whole thing we call civil society could crumble remarkably fast.

We ain’t got that ‘just queue up quietly and everyone will get their fair shares’ mentality nowadays, either.

The government could not be stupider. Maybe the money isn’t there, but it’d certainly help if they didn’t keep sending untold billions to other countries because poor or wartorn bloo bloo bloo. Reform showing that they’re just another finger on the political power hand that’s holding us under won’t go down well at all.

 

[Mound Dweller]

I'm not even mad because I think we all saw it coming.... Oh well, unironic acceleration still works fine for me.
Niggel might still get my vooote but he'll never have my soul.

right wing death squads

*Yeomanry

 

[teriyakiburns]

Rupert Lowe is probably pouring himself a brandy right now.

There's a popular and growing movement that any half-way decent party could ride all the way to number 10, but instead we get Nigel Farage. He can't help but cuck. He doesn't want to lead, he just wants to be seen as a leader.

I will now quote myself and feel smug about it.

I warned people about Farage. I know I keep smashing this bell, but even while I'm considering a vote for reform, I am fully aware that he's likely going to crash and burn the party - and any hope of actual political reform - well before that vote has to be cast. He's doing everything he can to destroy any potential competition beforehand.

I just want him to be PM so I can watch him have a nervous breakdown when he realises he's stuck there.

 

[diroama]

I quite like Braverman but she is part of the problem, not the solution.