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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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Amanda Holden breaks leg in two places in holiday accident on inflatable assault course

TV favourite Amanda Holden broke her leg in two places in a holiday accident on an inflatable assault course. The Britain’s Got Talent judge, 48, tripped while tackling a Total Wipeout-style challe…
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Yes, she broke her shin in two places playing on a bounce castle surrounded by water.

I'm sure this is ompletely unrelated:
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Amanda Holden: 'The Best Thing You Can Do for Animals Is to Just Leave Them off Your Plate'

The Britain's Got Talent judge promotes vegetarian eating in a new PETA ad!
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Hmm, no company logo. (((Who))) did this? (Could be a parody like the "I won't confront the state" signs, the london gov't would be all over themselves trying to place their logo as visibly as possible)

In all seriousness, London is a prototype for the megacities. Had the displeasure of going there recently and saw like 2 white people outside of the convention area. Some subhuman was pretending to have a limp and scrounging for money at an intersection.
 
Coolio55 said:
Hmm, no company logo. (((Who))) did this? (Could be a parody like the "I won't confront the state" signs, the london gov't would be all over themselves trying to place their logo as visibly as possible)

In all seriousness, London is a prototype for the megacities. Had the displeasure of going there recently and saw like 2 white people outside of the convention area. Some subhuman was pretending to have a limp and scrounging for money at an intersection.
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Used to go for the MCM expo back when tickets were less then £30 for the weekend but London is probably one of the worst places I’ve ever been and I’ve had to change flights in Atlanta.

I’ve got no plans of ever going back there even if my locals cons are crappy as anything.
 
CWCissey said:
No it isn't.

He ran over a Trick or Treater. That's a Hallowe'en thing.
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They say it's a trick or treater, but that strikes me as the opinion of someone who hasn't grasped how people normally dress around there. Remember, this is the city that still thinks an afro and a shell suit is classy evening wear.
 
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