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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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Mergers and Acquisitions said:
As an American I tried Greggs for the first time when I was in Glasgow last month, and I can't see Brits' obsession with it as anything but stockholm syndrome. Yeah it's cheap, unlike everything else there. But why tf can they not keep the pastries hotter than barely above room temperature?? My "steak bake"? ice cold. My "sausage role"? who knows what sort of parasite I may have contracted from that apparently raw pink and mushy "meat" wrapped in that goysloppa mass produced dough.

Edit: I've been informed they avoid vat by claiming their food is not served hot. Please do not tell me a tax avoidance scheme is the reason for this.
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>Orders display food in fucking November
>complains it's not hot enough
>confusing 'Roll' with 'Role'

Doing wonders for your stereotype, yankee boy. Gonna complain that coffee didn't scald you enough next?
 
Made In Wales said:
Questions over CEO's sudden departure amid claims of 'alleged criminality' within the Welsh NHS:

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/questions-over-ceos-sudden-departure-32994189
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NHS Wales and NHS Scotland are regularly trotted out as being far superior to NHS England, both funded better and run better by their devolved governments. Given what I know about the competence of NHS Scotland (they destroyed a friend of mine, first by ignoring very obvious signs of meningitis, then fucking up an operation on her brain to mitigate the damage, and then ghosting her for almost a year in the hope she would die and let them avoid liability; she did, eventually, but they had to pay out a couple of million to provide 24 hour care and a new home in the meantime), I find the claims dubious at best, and it wouldn't surprise me if a huge scandal is about to burst out from both carbuncles.
 
After being in America for two weeks and engaging in general chit-chat, I am surprised by how many Americans are on top of what is going on here, and that they feel sorry for us.

I will say, you here Brits rip on American food quality, but honestly, after not being here for a year, it's really not that bad. One thing that makes me sad is that in the UK, the food quality, especially in vegetables, is starkly different now.

The removal of Jury trials is nothing more than a grab at power to create a Sharia court and try to control whatever civil unrest happens in the near future, because it is sooner rather than later.
 
Kier Starmer said:
After being in America for two weeks and engaging in general chit-chat, I am surprised by how many Americans are on top of what is going on here, and that they feel sorry for us.

I will say, you here Brits rip on American food quality, but honestly, after not being here for a year, it's really not that bad. One thing that makes me sad is that in the UK, the food quality, especially in vegetables, is starkly different now.

The removal of Jury trials is nothing more than a grab at power to create a Sharia court and try to control whatever civil unrest happens in the near future, because it is sooner rather than later.
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When I went to America with family, American food (if you know what to look for) is solid. The lower standards means you just have to keep a closer eye on what you're buying. The yanks could tell I was a Brit because I was outdrinking them easily, can confirm they're fairly aware of the dire state of the UK.

Went to Cali for reference, honestly people say it's a fucking expensive state but prices are comparable to here, and when you account for the way larger portion sizes (we'd only have 2 meals a day, portions are that much bigger in comparison) it honestly came out cheaper (again, if you knew where to look). Also alcohol prices seemed way, way cheaper. Weather was fantastic too, I gotta say.

Of all things though, the main sweets/chocolates of America are shit. Local stuff is good though. Had a nice salted caramel brownie there.
 
I'm retarded. Is that Tucker Carlson (whoops) above?
 
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Tom Nook's Gloryhole said:
Do you think a minimum wage job should carry legal responsibilities that could result in fines?
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Nobody ever gets the full fine, unless it's a repeat offense/actual malice the worse that usually happens is they have to do an "awareness course" or pay £90 or something utterly banal like that, only time they get fucked for the full 4k is if they're actively shifting pallets of white lightning to the nearest primary school.
So non issue really, it is hypothetically really nasty though and I think it would be really nice if the minions could have (un)qualified immunity.
SirCliveSinclairdabbing said:
it allows the employee to be cautious.
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This is theoretically a good thing, but what it actually enforces is audit bullshit with 24 years 11 months and 364 day year olds doing all the test purchases because the idea is to catch you out and fuck you over for... no particular reason really.
The ones actually selling to (real) kids are always paki shops anyway, strangely enough they never seem to get many visits though.
 
Made In Wales said:
A question for the group:

Why is 'Greggs the Bakers' factually incorrect?
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Because they don't actually make anything on site. It's all at different sites around UK,and then it's finished off in store.

Our lads at work hate going to their sites, apparently they absolutely reek.

Oh also they don't make bread on site. Greggs is goyslop.

@teriyakiburns : NHS dentistry in Scotland is infinitely Superior. They charge differently, it's a subsidised cost per thing, so filling, gum care, x rays, etc. emergency care and check ups are free at point of use. They scrapped the retarded banding system the English system is so beholden to.

Something like 95% of Scots are registered with an NHS dentist and over 85% have had a check up in last 12 months. It's almost as though making the framework for providing NHS dental care fiscally viable means dentists will provide care. Who knew eh??

I've nagged my MP about this but NHS England refuses to do anything about it. I got into a slap fight with them by arguing how poor dental care means poor health means more money spent but they refuse to listen. Then again why would they care? They can claim the cost of their private dental care back on expenses.
 
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1984 was not a cautionary sci-fi tale. It was just George Orwell's autobiography about what actually happened to him when he moved to Britain. He just changed some of the details around so he wouldn't get beaten.
 
Mergers and Acquisitions said:
As an American I tried Greggs for the first time when I was in Glasgow last month, and I can't see Brits' obsession with it as anything but stockholm syndrome. Yeah it's cheap, unlike everything else there. But why tf can they not keep the pastries hotter than barely above room temperature?? My "steak bake"? ice cold. My "sausage role"? who knows what sort of parasite I may have contracted from that apparently raw pink and mushy "meat" wrapped in that goysloppa mass produced dough.

Edit: I've been informed they avoid vat by claiming their food is not served hot. Please do not tell me a tax avoidance scheme is the reason for this.
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Get out of our thread, faggot.
 
All sausage rolls and pastries are shit eaten directly from Greggs, stick them in the microwave for 30-60 seconds and the pastry starts to melt a little and it becomes the most delicious thing you've ever eaten.

This works with every shop bought sausage roll. The special sausage rolls you can get in a 4 pack from M&S become godly after literally 30 seconds of being blasted by a microwave.
 
evrae said:
Went to Cali for reference, honestly people say it's a fucking expensive state but prices are comparable to here, and when you account for the way larger portion sizes (we'd only have 2 meals a day, portions are that much bigger in comparison) it honestly came out cheaper (again, if you knew where to look). Also alcohol prices seemed way, way cheaper. Weather was fantastic too, I gotta say.
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100% been to Cali, driving through the Valleys, and it is a stunning part of the world. I will say CA had some amazing restaurants too, and some great fusion culture. Even though I am mostly in the South, I fucking love Utah; it has great weather, and the people are great, even though Mormon as a Christian, they respect your denomination. My other half is just looking to buy the first home, and I am impressed with the value, it makes our propoerty look like shit in terms of value. You can buy a 2,200 sqf, 3 bed in a desirable area for $300,000.

It's fucked that the only people I care about over in the UK is friends, some family and if people in this thread are convicted.

Say faggot Lowe, you know you want to.
 
Hope Not Hate, the soros funded group run by the sex pest husband of the late Jo Cox. Has been threatening libel action against the spectator for the last year. After the spectator published allegations that their activists had been using fake passports.

The lawyers seem to have fucked up and inadvertently revealed how they really got the passport.

The spectator has published an ‘apology’ which is pretty funny, and worth a read.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/an-apology-to-hope-not-hate-and-harry-shukman/
 
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