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https://news.sky.com/story/row-over-new-greggs-vegan-sausage-rolls-heats-up-11597679

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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#VEGANsausageroll thanks Greggs

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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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The hype got me like #Greggs #Veganuary


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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.

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.

 

[FedPostalService]

Not to derail again because this is technically for news, but another good bakery in my region is Simmons, everything is handmade and fresh then delivered in the early mornings to all the bakeries.

But can you get kicked out of there for being racist?

 

[Roast Chicken]

I'll DM anyone who asks my dinner tomorrow if they like/dare, we'll see who is developmentally disabled then.

They don't want you to know this but those eggs in your mum's cabinet? You can take them home, I took 6 just yesterday,
If I were a gyppo I'd be dine and dashing wouldn't I get your racialism on straight.

You are part of the reason why we no longer have a high-trust society.

On the "Br'sh people don't know good food" topic I can vouch that great Yorkshire puddings are real; my mum makes ones that grow massive in the oven and are excellent for mopping up gravy.

 

[-Jack-]

But can you get kicked out of there for being racist?

Idk, my area is pretty white, so maybe if it’s white on white crime

 

[Midwit]

Bins being picked up every two weeks is a fucking joke

Especially after they split recycling into cardboard and other so all the glass, metal and plastic gets picked up every 4 weeks so if you miss it you'll get months worth of shite filling the fucker.

 

[Eekum Bokum]

Bins being picked up every two weeks is a fucking joke, and if the situation does not change by the new year, I will begin fly tipping my waste in paki communities.

it's every 3 weeks in my area here in bumfuck Wales. It's gotten to the point that some locals have started their own rubbish pickup business.

 

[Mound Dweller]

it's every 3 weeks in my area here in bumfuck Wales. It's gotten to the point that some locals have started their own rubbish pickup business.

My borough have been "testing" 3/4 weeklies but being sneaky about it by alternating the dates for regular/recycling waste and just hoping nobody notices.
Meanwhile Baron Hanafi and his pet mayor de la cunt were whizzing around reopening libraries that nobody ever has or will use because they convinced the County to fund it, can't find the cash to fix the bridges though.

 

[BrownPawsTypedThis]

https://thepienews.com/a-view-from-abuja-the-global-refugee-crisis-and-higher-education/

 

[Just a boring name]

Huel - I think Dave Gorman did a thing on his TV programme calling Huel "Hipster Gruel"

Bakeries - In the olden days (1990's) There was a small chain of Bakeries called Parker Bradburn whose pies and pasties were much better than Greggs. I remember I used to think their Chicken pies were a bit expensive at £1, when Greggs were something like 75p, but the taste was much better and the pastry nice and flaky.

Yorkshire Pudding/Toad In The Hole - All I can think of are the photos online of where people thought it would be a convenient idea to make individual Toad In The Hole in Yorkshire Pudding tins and when bringing them out of the oven they had a dozen of what looked like very proud cock & balls.

Lucy Letby - Something Fucky is going on, I think. Private Eye magazine have been doing lots of in depth reporting and dissecting of the case for awhile now.

General - I think you are all very good eggs and I am happy that I share a rapidly-going-to-shite Island with you.

 

[AnOminous]

But can you get kicked out of there for being racist?

Only white people care about racism.

Everyone else just grifts on it, knowing they can get a handout from YT for it.

 

[InteracialBowelSyndrome]

They used evidence that the expert had withdrawn months before the trial, yet still went ahead with it. How is this miscarriage of justice allowed?
Even if LL killed some kids, something really fucking fishy happened in that hospital.

Probably gonna come out that she was shagging some higher-up and he was protecting her.

 

[CaptainAutism69]

Here's the Private Eye stuff

https://www.private-eye.co.uk/special-reports/lucy-letby

It looks like totally fuckery. Either she is a murderer and we should have proof without a doubt, or she's innocent and been banged up for no good reason.
I'm leaning towards the latter

 

[tehpope]

https://preservetube.com/watch?v=LqLNuldqwKM

 

[FedPostalService]

I think I know the next massive scandal, guys: prescription painkillers.

I know a couple of people who are in “constant pain” and it seems they’re using this to mask what is becoming crippling pain killer addiction. Rather than find the source of this mystery pain they just keep getting repeat prescriptions from their GP to keep them quiet.

I have a no painkiller rule in general. If I’m in actual proper pain my body is telling me to ease up on my workouts; I’ve injured myself badly before ignoring pain.

Anyhow, I’d got pretty bad DOMS recently after increasing my workouts out intensity and mentioned it in work. Immediately a few people offered me pretty serious pain killers.

I’m used to there being at least one fat chick constantly on horse strength pain killers, as you need to have one in the corner of every office by law it seems, it it was men this time offering me it.

It’s starting to frighten me a bit as it’s a weird addiction. People seem high functioning on it for years then suddenly fall right into a horrific junky abyss.

Anyone else notice this recently or am I just very unfortunate with the people who I work with and know?

 

[Chunky Salsa]

It’s starting to frighten me a bit as it’s a weird addiction. People seem high functioning on it for years then suddenly fall right into a horrific junky abyss.

I assume it's because they build a tolerance for the stuff over time; and there comes a point where the quacks literally cannot up your meds without putting you on a drip, so they start fiending like mad. Personally I've not seen it much, but that doesn't mean much. We may have an american style opioid epidemic coming down the line for us. Strongest I've tried was Tramadol once, for a recovery of a stomach surgery - work accident - and I had one pill, lost five hours of my day and never took another after that. Awful stuff.

 

[Geoff Capes Vapes Apes]

Honestly if you aren't taking codeine to deal with the hangovers the very act of existing in modern Britain forces upon you, you're missing out

 

[FedPostalService]

I assume it's because they build a tolerance for the stuff over time; and there comes a point where the quacks literally cannot up your meds without putting you on a drip, so they start fiending like mad. Personally I've not seen it much, but that doesn't mean much. We may have an american style opioid epidemic coming down the line for us. Strongest I've tried was Tramadol once, for a recovery of a stomach surgery - work accident - and I had one pill, lost five hours of my day and never took another after that. Awful stuff.

Yes, they build up a massive tolerance and wonder why they get sick when they stop taking it. They ascribe the sickness to pain and blame their injury, and don’t question why that goes away when they’re necking a ton of pills.

Most of them don’t realise they’re really fucking up their livers with it, so god only knows what it will do to them later in life.

Look out for mystery migraine people. Also otherwise fit looking back pain people.

Me and my mates when we were young would take tramadol on a weekend to veg out and game when we were skint; that must fuck someone right up if they’re it all day.

 

[teriyakiburns]

It’s starting to frighten me a bit as it’s a weird addiction. People seem high functioning on it for years then suddenly fall right into a horrific junky abyss.

A fair few years back, I visited my GP (back when you could actually visit) about a persistent pain that I won't go into detail about. He talked to me for five minutes and then prescribed me a month's worth of 60mg codeine, when what I really wanted was a referral to a specialist to find out what was causing the problem. I can easily see how people would suddenly discover they have chronic, untouchable pain if they can go visit their GP every two weeks for another hit.

 

[Long and sneaky]

Look out for mystery migraine people.

I really do get migraines that a small amount of ibuprofen and codeine stops. Doctor prescribed some sort of medication (not painkillers, don't remember what it was) for it ages ago but we found an easy way to prevent them so we decided to just go with that instead of pursuing medication. I just have a half box of OTC painkillers around just in case, but I only end up ever using them for rare severe pain.
It's pretty concerning when I hear about people who have just been taking painkillers for ages especially if they don't need them any more, and they have no idea how dangerous they can be. Then they end up needing help with withdrawals when someone finally notices and puts a stop to it.
Do some doctors really just not bother to figure out why controlled substances are being prescribed and if they're still needed?

 

[Coolio55]

Completely irrelevant to the current discussion (I too have had the inevitable "take paracetamol to fix problem" crap from GPs) but I read the speech that Charles I reportedly gave before losing his head and felt the presence of our good CWC in the words spoken.
Lots of bizarre turns of phrase and going back and forth. A line about being "exchanged from a Temporal to an eternal Crown" which reminds me of the Fraggle Rock incident.

 

[A-Logato]

Two men charged with assaulting police after Manchester Airport incident

It only took 2-3+ months? But they've finally been charged! Another victory for the UK legal system. So any bets on what the sentence they will get will actually be? My money is on 6 months suspended sentence with 100 hours of community service.

Edit: 5 months