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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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I agree, I hope everyone stays warm and safe.

I am in t'Cun'treeesyde, and we have been forecast for snow tonight and into tomorrow so there is a very high chance that I might need to be sleeping at my workplace tonight, as when I'm due to finish, is when the snow will be at it's heaviest.

I don't mind, though. I've got everything I need here to sleep warm and cosy, and to cook and brew up without electricity if the power buggers off.

Oh and Fck Starmer, Praise Be to Greggs etc.
 
Overly Serious said:
Starmer is serving his masters with this. There's no supportable case how it serves the British people. Building up our army might be good for other nationalistic reasons, but Starmer just wants bodies to throw into Ukraine in the hope that Russians will drone strike them and give more reason to escalate. Something Russia clearly doesn't want.
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The decline of the Army is still needs to be reversed though. The idea that we should focus solely on defence is laughable, we do actually need to be pro-active for UK interests abroad. As much as people soy jack about Ukraine it's unlikely to actually kick off big time for the UK there.

The real problem is Africa at the moment. Russia, China and Iran are all making moves on the continent and that could cause large problems for the West. The amount of resources that come out of Africa to fuel western industry is staggering, a large amount of rare earth metals used in tech these days is mined there.

The UK's being slowly making moves there as well through stuff like BATUK. The next decent scrap will be a proxy war with Russia ect in Africa.

Just remember everything ultimately revolves around trade because trade is what keeps the economy going.
 
UselessRubberKeyboard said:
Welsh football legend and manager Terry Yorath has died.

(No archive yet as the site is awol)



Sad to see. He was a good man, very deeply wounded by the Bradford fire that haunted him for the rest of his life. His son died at age 15 from a previously undiagnosed heart issue, while playing football in the back garden. If you’ve ever seen interviews with Terry Yorath on the later anniversaries of the Bradford fire, his horror at what he witnessed was so raw, even after 30+ years and more.

RIP to a great man.
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Very sad news, lovely guy and he will be missed.
 
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Weight loss jabs affecting Greggs, boss says​

A man eating a Greggs pasty

ByFaarea Masud
Business reporter

The boss of Greggs said there was "no doubt" hugely popular appetite suppressing drugs have led to people looking for "smaller portions", affecting the company's bottom line.

People are also looking for "protein and fibre", and generally healthier options, Roisin Currie said, adding the bakery has been introducing products to tap into that market.

Greggs has previously said peoples' dietary changes led it to move away from its usual fare of hearty and high-fat pasties, cakes and pastries.

Currie's comments come as the firm reported lacklustre profits and a muted forecast for the coming year.
Currie said there was a "broader health trend" emerging with people demanding more protein.

The bakery chain said in July it would target customers on weight loss drugs by rolling out smaller portions and protein-rich products, after which it launched its egg-pot alongside its popular "eggs at Greggs" ad campaign.

Currie said the firm had "to make sure that we've got some of the snack products that customers are looking for if they are on any of the GLP-1 drugs".

Several firms have said customers appetites are changing as a result of weight loss drugs.

Tesco said on Thursday a trend towards healthier eating had contributed to growth in its fresh produce sales.

Chief executive Ken Murphy said the group was watching customer habits "very closely" alongside the rise in weight loss medication and said the supermarket had a range of "GLP-1 friendly" products.

"Clearly our strongest source of growth this year has been in fresh food, and that is, by far and away, the best thing people can eat," he said.

"We also have a ... range of high protein products across a number of different categories that also work very well in that context. So I think we're well set to respond to any trends in healthier eating."

Consumer analyst Clive Black, from Shore Capital, said the slight dip in the volume of groceries sold over Christmas compared with the year before was "perhaps the clearest indication of the impact of glucagon-peptide (GLP) drugs upon the nation's eating habits?"

The effects of "shrinkflation" are also to blame for smaller portions, as firms make smaller portions of a product but keep the price the same in order to fit squeezed customer budgets.

Recently, a ban came in to force across the UK banning adverts for junk foods before 9pm, which the government said was to help stem rising rates of obesity.
 
Chicken of the woods said:
Weight loss jabs affecting Greggs, boss says
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On the plus side for Greggs it won't really matter unless they keep getting the jab forever: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c050ljnrv2qo

Slimmers who come off weight-loss injections such as Mounjaro or Wegovy can regain their lost pounds four times faster than those who stop conventional dieting and exercising, new research suggests.

Data published in the British Medical Journal, external suggests overweight people shed large amounts when using jabs - about a fifth of their body weight - but once they quit they regain 0.8 kg every month, on average.

That means they return to their pre-treatment weight in a year and a half.
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Overly Serious said:
Russia's military leans more towards defensive
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Russian military doctrine for the last 200 years has been, "meh, have you just tried throwing more bodies at it?"

Post-Stalin this REALLY hasn't worked as there are a lot less bodies. The Internet loves to believe "RUSSIA STRONK" but they've been stuck fighting a nation of farmers and camgirls since 2014 (for anyone who was actually paying attention to the region), lost most their special forces in the actual invasion, almost fell victim to a military coup led by mercenaries (that there secret police had to quash as the retards didn't secure their own families first), and are left with an army of high functioning alcoholics who threaten world war but shit out and just send strongly worded letters to the UN when called out.

Russia are a third world nation who happen to have nukes.

Can people please stop simping for them? Once they try to recover economically and demographically from getting their arse handed to them for so long by Ukraine, Russia is going to get, even if they take the territory they want, BLACKED.
 
FedPostalService said:
Russia are a third world nation who happen to have nukes.
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Come now, don't do Biafra dirty like that, they have a much healthier birth/death ratio!
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Rusgolia will continue to be simped for by the useful idiots and wannabe dissidents for so long as they remain the designated Bad Guys ™️, it's just a psychological thing, you see the same shit with conervatards and Israel/leftoids and Palestine/certain sorts of (((academics))) and chyna, pure sports team bullshit.
Thank god niggel loves his Swiss bank account more than vodka flavoured cum or we'd be in even more trouble.
 
It's snowing hard here now, it's really coming down. I salted our garden path (and the neighbors, he's recovering from a menisectomy, I'm such a heartless awful racist. I even took the time to show his kid, who's like 8/9 how to do it properly. Blokes a widower and he's woes enough without going arse over tit).

I've opened a bottle of port, stuck another log on fire and the dog is lying next to it, dropping weapons grade farts. The smell aside, it's nice to find small joys like this.
 
BongoMongo said:
stuck another log on fire
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Boo. I wanted the fire on tonight and my husband won’t let me. I think I need a new one.
Stay warm and cosy, kiwis, looks like a fair amount of snow forecast for some places.
Might use up the last of the mincemeat and make some mince pies tomorrow. It’s still technically Christmas, right?
 
Otterly said:
Boo. I wanted the fire on tonight and my husband won’t let me. I think I need a new one.
Stay warm and cosy, kiwis, looks like a fair amount of snow forecast for some places.
Might use up the last of the mincemeat and make some mince pies tomorrow. It’s still technically Christmas, right?
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I do hope you mean a new fire,not a new husband??

And absolutely. Food waste is shameful. I've made some right cracking dishes previously with whatever is in fridge that have become go-tos for me.
 
Honestly it's just fucking cold. Snow is beautiful and all but holy fucking shit I feel like my feet are going to get stuck to the tiled floor like a tongue to a lamppost. A few years ago I mentioned to a few people that I really needed some extra blankets around the end of the year, as a result I think I ended up with six blankets in total from family. That and I have a dog and a wife and if I'm paying for the dumb bitch's food she can at least provide me with the waste body heat from it, dog can do the same if she wants. She likes sitting under my desk near the radiator, she does not want to accept that she is no longer a puppy and takes up almost all of the space down there and can't even get in and out without me having to move out of the way.

The biggest problem with the snow is I couldn't even take a good photo of it at night, I could see incredibly clearly but nope can't take a photo of it. How will I show everyone in my family what the weather is like? They need to know, it is incredibly unique and I absolutely need to show this very personal and interesting experience to everyone I know.
 
I have decided to diversify my skillset and am doing morning classes to become an electrician. Which means I am up tomorrow for a 6am 1 hour practical demo, then work at 8, and it is fucking freezing. Should be a fun time to drive through the snoooowwww.
 
Otterly said:
I mean what I said …. I wanted the fire lit
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I got a sack of coal in before the cold snap and though I normally just use wood if I want the fire lit for an evening, I am tempted to break out the coal as it really warms the place and I love the glow. Something very British about coal.
 
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