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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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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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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.
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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.
 
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Hoplixe said:
I forgot entirely about Wales; I think it'll be the only place to survive because everyone just thinks they're west England, that's when anyone even thinks about them.
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That's because they're not stupid. You don't see Wales banging on about independence, having a vote, losing it, then crying for another one for eternity. Fuck Scotland.

Also, Scotland voted Remain and Wales voted Leave. I saw some interviews with scotch (yes scotch) people at the time and they straight up said they were voting remain just to do the opposite of what they thought England wanted. A nation of dour, complaining heroin addicts suckling off the teat of England and living on past glories from hundreds of years ago when one of them invented one thing, once.
 
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UK retailer Tesco accused of racism for burglar-proofing dark-skinned makeup / https://archive.ph/uSMeB​


By Ariel Zilber

August 8, 2022 11:13am
Updated

A British supermarket chain is under fire for locking up a makeup product for dark-skinned shoppers while the same line for lighter-skinned women was left without any security measures.


Natalie Westgate, a local mother of three, wandered into a Tesco location in West London last week and noticed the disparate security while browsing a shelf lined with Garnier SkinActive BB Cream products.


Westgate posted a photo showing the products that are traditionally marketed to minorities being encased in what appeared to be theft-proof containers.


Westgate tweeted: “@tesco can you please explain this? Do white people not steal then? Absolutely disgusting and not to mention racist!!!!”


Her tweet went viral and sparked widespread outrage.


Westgate then posted a reply from Tesco which read: “Thank you for taking the time for getting in touch.”

“I understand your [concern] and please let me reassure you that it is never our intention to offend anyone through the security tagging of our products.”


“Our stores may sometimes use security tags on items which have recently been subject to theft and the decision to do so changes from store to store.”
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The supermarket chain added: “As a multicultural employer we are proud to service our local communities and play a part in those communities.”


“We want to ensure that Tesco is a place where everyone feels welcome. We work hard to create an inclusive environment by training our colleagues working with our Race and Ethnicity network and Black Voices Advisory Group to help us identify areas we might need to improve.”


“Again, we would like to reassure you that the steps we take across our stores to box or tag certain items are for loss prevention reasons only and our colleagues will be happy to help customers who wish to buy these products.”

“I understand your [concern] and please let me reassure you that it is never our intention to offend anyone through the security tagging of our products.”

Westgate rejected Tesco’s claims, telling The Sun newspaper: “I’m just disgusted, it’s ok to try to say they are inclusive but only security boxing items for a certain demographic is just plain racist.”

A company spokesperson told The Sun: “We are deeply sorry that this has happened.”

“This was a case of human error in the store and these products should not have been security tagged.

“It’s really important to us that Tesco is a place where everyone feels welcome, and the tags have now been removed.”

The Sun is owned by News UK, a subsidiary of The Post’s corporate parent, News Corp.

British supermarkets as well as American retailers have struggled to cope with a sharp increase in the number of shoplifting incidents, particularly since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
 
Elwood P. Dowd said:
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UK retailer Tesco accused of racism for burglar-proofing dark-skinned makeup / https://archive.ph/uSMeB​


By Ariel Zilber

August 8, 2022 11:13am
Updated

A British supermarket chain is under fire for locking up a makeup product for dark-skinned shoppers while the same line for lighter-skinned women was left without any security measures.


Natalie Westgate, a local mother of three, wandered into a Tesco location in West London last week and noticed the disparate security while browsing a shelf lined with Garnier SkinActive BB Cream products.


Westgate posted a photo showing the products that are traditionally marketed to minorities being encased in what appeared to be theft-proof containers.


Westgate tweeted: “@tesco can you please explain this? Do white people not steal then? Absolutely disgusting and not to mention racist!!!!”


Her tweet went viral and sparked widespread outrage.


Westgate then posted a reply from Tesco which read: “Thank you for taking the time for getting in touch.”

“I understand your [concern] and please let me reassure you that it is never our intention to offend anyone through the security tagging of our products.”


“Our stores may sometimes use security tags on items which have recently been subject to theft and the decision to do so changes from store to store.”
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The supermarket chain added: “As a multicultural employer we are proud to service our local communities and play a part in those communities.”


“We want to ensure that Tesco is a place where everyone feels welcome. We work hard to create an inclusive environment by training our colleagues working with our Race and Ethnicity network and Black Voices Advisory Group to help us identify areas we might need to improve.”


“Again, we would like to reassure you that the steps we take across our stores to box or tag certain items are for loss prevention reasons only and our colleagues will be happy to help customers who wish to buy these products.”

“I understand your [concern] and please let me reassure you that it is never our intention to offend anyone through the security tagging of our products.”

Westgate rejected Tesco’s claims, telling The Sun newspaper: “I’m just disgusted, it’s ok to try to say they are inclusive but only security boxing items for a certain demographic is just plain racist.”

A company spokesperson told The Sun: “We are deeply sorry that this has happened.”

“This was a case of human error in the store and these products should not have been security tagged.

“It’s really important to us that Tesco is a place where everyone feels welcome, and the tags have now been removed.”

The Sun is owned by News UK, a subsidiary of The Post’s corporate parent, News Corp.

British supermarkets as well as American retailers have struggled to cope with a sharp increase in the number of shoplifting incidents, particularly since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
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I like to think the lady who took the photo and was having period-cramps making a scene was only in the aisle to steal the dark makeup, saw it was locked, and went for plan B (complain online).
 
Elwood P. Dowd said:
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UK retailer Tesco accused of racism for burglar-proofing dark-skinned makeup / https://archive.ph/uSMeB​


By Ariel Zilber

August 8, 2022 11:13am
Updated

A British supermarket chain is under fire for locking up a makeup product for dark-skinned shoppers while the same line for lighter-skinned women was left without any security measures.


Natalie Westgate, a local mother of three, wandered into a Tesco location in West London last week and noticed the disparate security while browsing a shelf lined with Garnier SkinActive BB Cream products.


Westgate posted a photo showing the products that are traditionally marketed to minorities being encased in what appeared to be theft-proof containers.


Westgate tweeted: “@tesco can you please explain this? Do white people not steal then? Absolutely disgusting and not to mention racist!!!!”


Her tweet went viral and sparked widespread outrage.


Westgate then posted a reply from Tesco which read: “Thank you for taking the time for getting in touch.”

“I understand your [concern] and please let me reassure you that it is never our intention to offend anyone through the security tagging of our products.”


“Our stores may sometimes use security tags on items which have recently been subject to theft and the decision to do so changes from store to store.”
View attachment 3577202

The supermarket chain added: “As a multicultural employer we are proud to service our local communities and play a part in those communities.”


“We want to ensure that Tesco is a place where everyone feels welcome. We work hard to create an inclusive environment by training our colleagues working with our Race and Ethnicity network and Black Voices Advisory Group to help us identify areas we might need to improve.”


“Again, we would like to reassure you that the steps we take across our stores to box or tag certain items are for loss prevention reasons only and our colleagues will be happy to help customers who wish to buy these products.”

“I understand your [concern] and please let me reassure you that it is never our intention to offend anyone through the security tagging of our products.”

Westgate rejected Tesco’s claims, telling The Sun newspaper: “I’m just disgusted, it’s ok to try to say they are inclusive but only security boxing items for a certain demographic is just plain racist.”

A company spokesperson told The Sun: “We are deeply sorry that this has happened.”

“This was a case of human error in the store and these products should not have been security tagged.

“It’s really important to us that Tesco is a place where everyone feels welcome, and the tags have now been removed.”

The Sun is owned by News UK, a subsidiary of The Post’s corporate parent, News Corp.

British supermarkets as well as American retailers have struggled to cope with a sharp increase in the number of shoplifting incidents, particularly since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
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This is another hilarious example of racist AI. They will never let a machine achieve consciousness because true consciousness can't be programmed around to believe lies.
 
Elwood P. Dowd said:
A British supermarket chain is under fire for locking up a makeup product for dark-skinned shoppers while the same line for lighter-skinned women was left without any security measures.
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Although this is a recent example, this has been happening, and people have been complaining about it, for a long time. Here's an "article" from 2020 compiling some whinging on Twitter on the same subject, along with a delusional woman who thinks this doesn't happen in the UK.
Presumably the shop owners have some records of which items are most frequently stolen. I'm glad that Tesco are saying that the reason for putting anti-theft measures on these items is because they've been stolen more often. Unfortunately I don't think it'll last and the people complaining about it won't learn.
 
Dambusters' Dog II said:
Presumably the shop owners have some records of which items are most frequently stolen.
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ofc they do. they constantly do inventory not only to see what needs re-ordering (if it's not done automatically via checkout these days), but also for analytics what sells, where to put it etc. discrepancies like that obvious to spot in the data.

still would've preferred to tesco just drop "because it gets stolen the most" and then just leave it at that for everyone else to make up the rest. like not a lot of whites would steal dark-skin makeup obviously...

Thomas Talus said:
It's astonishing how effectively the British political system seems to prevent the emergence of anything approaching a likeable and competent individual to vote for on the final ballot. You would think that one or two would slip through the cracks now and again, but the system is just that airtight.
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the problem with that is if there's no vent it's obvious what's gonna happen (shit getting worse and people more and more are ok with the extreme option to fix it). seriously I blame history TV for this shit never really pointing out why hitler got the votes and authority and why people were ok with it.
 
The Sunak campaign arranged an event with my local Conservative party to come talk to members and try and convince us to vote for him. I registered to go but it was cancelled like an hour before with the reason he couldn't make it. I asked one of the organisers why it was the case and apparently they got practically no responses to attend.

So either a) he and his team are bad at organising and he actually couldn't make it or b) no one wanted to bother with him. If a then he shouldn't be leader, if b then he won't be leader.
 
Elwood P. Dowd said:
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UK retailer Tesco accused of racism for burglar-proofing dark-skinned makeup / https://archive.ph/uSMeB​


By Ariel Zilber

August 8, 2022 11:13am
Updated

A British supermarket chain is under fire for locking up a makeup product for dark-skinned shoppers while the same line for lighter-skinned women was left without any security measures.


Natalie Westgate, a local mother of three, wandered into a Tesco location in West London last week and noticed the disparate security while browsing a shelf lined with Garnier SkinActive BB Cream products.


Westgate posted a photo showing the products that are traditionally marketed to minorities being encased in what appeared to be theft-proof containers.


Westgate tweeted: “@tesco can you please explain this? Do white people not steal then? Absolutely disgusting and not to mention racist!!!!”


Her tweet went viral and sparked widespread outrage.


Westgate then posted a reply from Tesco which read: “Thank you for taking the time for getting in touch.”

“I understand your [concern] and please let me reassure you that it is never our intention to offend anyone through the security tagging of our products.”


“Our stores may sometimes use security tags on items which have recently been subject to theft and the decision to do so changes from store to store.”
View attachment 3577202

The supermarket chain added: “As a multicultural employer we are proud to service our local communities and play a part in those communities.”


“We want to ensure that Tesco is a place where everyone feels welcome. We work hard to create an inclusive environment by training our colleagues working with our Race and Ethnicity network and Black Voices Advisory Group to help us identify areas we might need to improve.”


“Again, we would like to reassure you that the steps we take across our stores to box or tag certain items are for loss prevention reasons only and our colleagues will be happy to help customers who wish to buy these products.”

“I understand your [concern] and please let me reassure you that it is never our intention to offend anyone through the security tagging of our products.”

Westgate rejected Tesco’s claims, telling The Sun newspaper: “I’m just disgusted, it’s ok to try to say they are inclusive but only security boxing items for a certain demographic is just plain racist.”

A company spokesperson told The Sun: “We are deeply sorry that this has happened.”

“This was a case of human error in the store and these products should not have been security tagged.

“It’s really important to us that Tesco is a place where everyone feels welcome, and the tags have now been removed.”

The Sun is owned by News UK, a subsidiary of The Post’s corporate parent, News Corp.

British supermarkets as well as American retailers have struggled to cope with a sharp increase in the number of shoplifting incidents, particularly since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Bitch ain't even black, so what's her problem?
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Ah, of course. Attention seeking.
 
Elwood P. Dowd said:
View attachment 3577179

UK retailer Tesco accused of racism for burglar-proofing dark-skinned makeup / https://archive.ph/uSMeB​


By Ariel Zilber

August 8, 2022 11:13am
Updated

A British supermarket chain is under fire for locking up a makeup product for dark-skinned shoppers while the same line for lighter-skinned women was left without any security measures.


Natalie Westgate, a local mother of three, wandered into a Tesco location in West London last week and noticed the disparate security while browsing a shelf lined with Garnier SkinActive BB Cream products.


Westgate posted a photo showing the products that are traditionally marketed to minorities being encased in what appeared to be theft-proof containers.


Westgate tweeted: “@tesco can you please explain this? Do white people not steal then? Absolutely disgusting and not to mention racist!!!!”


Her tweet went viral and sparked widespread outrage.


Westgate then posted a reply from Tesco which read: “Thank you for taking the time for getting in touch.”

“I understand your [concern] and please let me reassure you that it is never our intention to offend anyone through the security tagging of our products.”


“Our stores may sometimes use security tags on items which have recently been subject to theft and the decision to do so changes from store to store.”
View attachment 3577202

The supermarket chain added: “As a multicultural employer we are proud to service our local communities and play a part in those communities.”


“We want to ensure that Tesco is a place where everyone feels welcome. We work hard to create an inclusive environment by training our colleagues working with our Race and Ethnicity network and Black Voices Advisory Group to help us identify areas we might need to improve.”


“Again, we would like to reassure you that the steps we take across our stores to box or tag certain items are for loss prevention reasons only and our colleagues will be happy to help customers who wish to buy these products.”

“I understand your [concern] and please let me reassure you that it is never our intention to offend anyone through the security tagging of our products.”

Westgate rejected Tesco’s claims, telling The Sun newspaper: “I’m just disgusted, it’s ok to try to say they are inclusive but only security boxing items for a certain demographic is just plain racist.”

A company spokesperson told The Sun: “We are deeply sorry that this has happened.”

“This was a case of human error in the store and these products should not have been security tagged.

“It’s really important to us that Tesco is a place where everyone feels welcome, and the tags have now been removed.”

The Sun is owned by News UK, a subsidiary of The Post’s corporate parent, News Corp.

British supermarkets as well as American retailers have struggled to cope with a sharp increase in the number of shoplifting incidents, particularly since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Its like the pictures of stores where everything is boxed with security tags, EXCEPT the sunscreen for white people.
 
Coccxys said:
The Sunak campaign arranged an event with my local Conservative party to come talk to members and try and convince us to vote for him. I registered to go but it was cancelled like an hour before with the reason he couldn't make it. I asked one of the organisers why it was the case and apparently they got practically no responses to attend.

So either a) he and his team are bad at organising and he actually couldn't make it or b) no one wanted to bother with him. If a then he shouldn't be leader, if b then he won't be leader.
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Awww, darn. If this is how the wind is blowing, guess I can't make the quintessential British national dish of chicken tikka masala in celebration of Dishi Rishi's ascension.

What the hell am I going to cook when Truss becomes PM?
 
gamer2014 said:
People are saying that energy cap will be £4266 a year by January 2023.Hi

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/oth...dd-to-your-bills/ar-AA10tUNj?fromMaestro=true

How many people will starve/Minecraft themselves because of this?
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Not enough to matter, which is never.

naaaaiiiiillllll!!! said:
Awww, darn. If this is how the wind is blowing, guess I can't make the quintessential British national dish of chicken tikka masala in celebration of Dishi Rishi's ascension.

What the hell am I going to cook when Truss becomes PM?
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A can of dog food.
 
naaaaiiiiillllll!!! said:
Awww, darn. If this is how the wind is blowing, guess I can't make the quintessential British national dish of chicken tikka masala in celebration of Dishi Rishi's ascension.

What the hell am I going to cook when Truss becomes PM?
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Old trout?

Racist Trash said:
I dunno man I've only seen and increase of like £20 a month, it still stings but it isn't too bad thank fuck.
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Can't really say owt here as it's summer so I've not been using the gas as much but my leccy bill seems to have only gone up marginally.
 
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