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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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FriendlyPrimarina said:
This was literally my first thought when I saw the slogan. Are people really that dense (rhetorical question)?
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They're not. I thought it near as damn immediately and I suspect a lot of others did too. I'm sure the police are saying it but because it's not outright stated critics will be leery of being accused of reading too much into it. This round of protests included though;

"Three Kill the Bill protestors unfurled a banner which read 'Kill Cops' and held aloft the incendiary message outside the Houses of Parliament - just 50 metres away from where PC Keith Palmer was stabbed to death in 2017."

When they start being more obvious with their desires the police who are pointing out the obvious intent of the Kill The Bill slogan finally start getting mentions in the news stories too. It's a lot harder for those supporting the protests to claim there's no intent to wish violence towards the police when the protestors not only have a banner stating that desire but choose to show it off where an officer got murdered by a terrorist.

I have serious problems with this bill. As with the earlier Bristol and Sarah Everard ones the majority of the protesting has been harmless and allowed to continue uninterrupted for several hours. The small core of true scum though need shoving into cells since all they're doing is justifying the fucking thing.

I'm starting to think they might decide to dust off the old handbook for dealing with football hooligans.
 
Morethanabitfoolish said:
They're not. I thought it near as damn immediately and I suspect a lot of others did too. I'm sure the police are saying it but because it's not outright stated critics will be leery of being accused of reading too much into it. This round of protests included though;

"Three Kill the Bill protestors unfurled a banner which read 'Kill Cops' and held aloft the incendiary message outside the Houses of Parliament - just 50 metres away from where PC Keith Palmer was stabbed to death in 2017."

When they start being more obvious with their desires the police who are pointing out the obvious intent of the Kill The Bill slogan finally start getting mentions in the news stories too. It's a lot harder for those supporting the protests to claim there's no intent to wish violence towards the police when the protestors not only have a banner stating that desire but choose to show it off where an officer got murdered by a terrorist.

I have serious problems with this bill. As with the earlier Bristol and Sarah Everard ones the majority of the protesting has been harmless and allowed to continue uninterrupted for several hours. The small core of true scum though need shoving into cells since all they're doing is justifying the fucking thing.

I'm starting to think they might decide to dust off the old handbook for dealing with football hooligans.
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Bolded Bit = That fucking gay shit always goes on in the UK. We seem hellbent on bringing something up to make it seem worse. I remember once they said Ian Huntley road a bike on a road that was used by local school children. Any shit to try to smear.
 
whogoesthere said:
Bolded Bit = That fucking gay shit always goes on in the UK. We seem hellbent on bringing something up to make it seem worse. I remember once they said Ian Huntley road a bike on a road that was used by local school children. Any shit to try to smear.
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I mean it is the Daily Mail.

Trig.Point said:
How hard is it for people to remember to drop and roll if they're on fire? Particularly as they're the ones actually throwing the petrol bombs.
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Generally speaking stop, drop and roll goes out of your head when you're on fire. Mostly you just think "fuck I'm on fucking fire!" Same with people who start struggling in water forget that floating is not that hard and instead panic and thrash.
 
Inquisitor_BadAss said:
Some bleeding heart has their opinion on the moron in question.
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I'm suspicious of the account since they're also slating the SNP because their branches have been applying for Covid financial support as businesses. Might be a shit stirrer rather than a bleeding heart..

www.thecourier.co.uk

Angus SNP branches made to hand back £20k Covid business support handout in payout blunder

Angus SNP branches have been told to pay back £20,000 of coronavirus help they should not have been given. Arbroath and Montrose branches each made
www.thecourier.co.uk www.thecourier.co.uk
 
Shining Wit said:

RIP Shitposter in Chief
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Can I get an F for the most based member of the Royal family?

Edit: Some of the man's best work.

"If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it."

“It looks as if it was put in by an Indian.” (pointing at an old-fashioned fusebox in a factory near Edinburgh in 1999)

“If you stay here much longer, you’ll all be slitty-eyed.” (to British students in China, during the 1986 state visit)

“Do you still throw spears at each other?” (in Australia in 2002, talking to a successful Indigenous Australian entrepreneur)

“You look like a suicide bomber.” (to a young female officer wearing a bullet-proof vest on Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, in 2002)

RIP based undead prince.
 
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Slimy Time said:
Can I get an F for the most based member of the Royal family?

Edit: Some of the man's best work.

"If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it."

“It looks as if it was put in by an Indian.” (pointing at an old-fashioned fusebox in a factory near Edinburgh in 1999)

“If you stay here much longer, you’ll all be slitty-eyed.” (to British students in China, during the 1986 state visit)

“Do you still throw spears at each other?” (in Australia in 2002, talking to a successful Indigenous Australian entrepreneur)

“You look like a suicide bomber.” (to a young female officer wearing a bullet-proof vest on Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, in 2002)

RIP based undead prince.
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May his work in shitposting be carried on by his daughter Anne...
 
May his spirit return to Mount Yasur, where he may shitpost for eternity.

Hope the Queen is ok though.
 
Slimy Time said:
Can I get an F for the most based member of the Royal family?

Edit: Some of the man's best work.

"If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it."

“It looks as if it was put in by an Indian.” (pointing at an old-fashioned fusebox in a factory near Edinburgh in 1999)

“If you stay here much longer, you’ll all be slitty-eyed.” (to British students in China, during the 1986 state visit)

“Do you still throw spears at each other?” (in Australia in 2002, talking to a successful Indigenous Australian entrepreneur)

“You look like a suicide bomber.” (to a young female officer wearing a bullet-proof vest on Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, in 2002)

RIP based undead prince.
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"He told the President of Nigeria, while he was dressed in traditional robes, on a visit in 2003: You look like you're ready for bed."
"He told a 13-year-old boy, Andrew Adams "you're too fat to be an astronaut" on a school visit in 2001."
"To a woman solicitor, 1987: I thought it was against the law for a woman to solicit.”
"On Ethiopian art, 1965: “It looks like the kind of thing my daughter would bring back from school art lessons.”

RIP sweet Prince of shitposting IRL.
 
Inquisitor_BadAss said:
Over 30 million people have had the Vaccine as of yesterday and by the time June/July roles around they say all adults should have had it. These fuckers are desperate to keep the panic going.
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My attitude these days is "If you're worried about Covid, then you stay home and stop trying to spoil things for the rest of us".

Everyone who is vulnerable has now had the shot, so don't give me none of that "killing grandma" crap.
 
Chaos Theorist said:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6eH3RTV-LzYWhy did they open all of the pubs then? Just leave the non-essential shops open so people can buy clothes and stationery
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The pubs were never the problem. They spent a ton of money installing perspex screens, enforced table service policy brilliantly, and suggested takeaway orders (which should have been allowed to continue!)

It doesn't matter the disease, if it's spread by coughs and/or sneezes, the schools are always the petri dishes.
 
Clem Fandango said:
Everyone who is vulnerable has now had the shot, so don't give me none of that "killing grandma" crap.
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My granny's gonna outlive her scalp and skull cancer, having made it past 90 with both of her hips and one and a half of her knees still natural. She's more likely to kill COVID than get killed by it.
 
CWCissey said:
This should be in the British news thread as it's peak Britain really.
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M&S begins legal action against Aldi over Colin the Caterpillar cake​

Marks & Spencer has begun legal action against Aldi, arguing the supermarket's Cuthbert the Caterpillar cake infringes its Colin the Caterpillar trademark.
M&S claims that their similarity leads consumers to believe they are of the same standard and "rides on the coat-tails" of M&S's reputation.
It lodged an intellectual property claim with the High Court this week.
M&S wants Aldi to remove the product from sale and agree not to sell anything similar in the future.
The retailer has three trademarks relating to Colin, which it believes means Colin has acquired and retains an enhanced distinctive character and reputation.
The product was launched around 30 years ago. Colin's appearance has been substantially unchanged since around 2004, except for adaptations for events such as Halloween and Christmas, and related products such as Connie the Caterpillar.
A spokesman said: "Because we know the M&S brand is special to our customers and they expect only the very best from us, love and care goes into every M&S product on our shelves.
"So we want to protect Colin, Connie and our reputation for freshness, quality, innovation and value."
Colin is central to M&S's partnership with cancer charity Macmillan, and the retailer has created a Colin product for the annual World's Biggest Coffee Morning fundraising event.
The cake is a sponge with milk chocolate and buttercream, topped with chocolate sweets and a smiling white chocolate face.
M&S was the first retailer to sell a caterpillar cake, but many supermarkets have since created their own similar products.
Other cakes include Waitrose's Cecil, Sainsbury's Wiggles, Tesco's Curly, and Asda's Clyde the Caterpillar.
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theshep said:

M&S begins legal action against Aldi over Colin the Caterpillar cake​

Marks & Spencer has begun legal action against Aldi, arguing the supermarket's Cuthbert the Caterpillar cake infringes its Colin the Caterpillar trademark.
M&S claims that their similarity leads consumers to believe they are of the same standard and "rides on the coat-tails" of M&S's reputation.
It lodged an intellectual property claim with the High Court this week.
M&S wants Aldi to remove the product from sale and agree not to sell anything similar in the future.
The retailer has three trademarks relating to Colin, which it believes means Colin has acquired and retains an enhanced distinctive character and reputation.
The product was launched around 30 years ago. Colin's appearance has been substantially unchanged since around 2004, except for adaptations for events such as Halloween and Christmas, and related products such as Connie the Caterpillar.
A spokesman said: "Because we know the M&S brand is special to our customers and they expect only the very best from us, love and care goes into every M&S product on our shelves.
"So we want to protect Colin, Connie and our reputation for freshness, quality, innovation and value."
Colin is central to M&S's partnership with cancer charity Macmillan, and the retailer has created a Colin product for the annual World's Biggest Coffee Morning fundraising event.
The cake is a sponge with milk chocolate and buttercream, topped with chocolate sweets and a smiling white chocolate face.
M&S was the first retailer to sell a caterpillar cake, but many supermarkets have since created their own similar products.
Other cakes include Waitrose's Cecil, Sainsbury's Wiggles, Tesco's Curly, and Asda's Clyde the Caterpillar.
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Thats...pretty blatant.
 
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