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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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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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Looks like Kier’s brother had information that would lead to the arrest of Hilary Clinton.

CryptoHermit said:
General Atomics got an American defense contract to develop new ekranoplanes. They're planes that deliberately fly close to the ground and water to take advantage of the "ground-effect" where the oppositional forces force the craft to float. I'd love to see these things come into vogue since they supposedly use less fuel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground-effect_vehicle
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As a fellow aeroplane autist I’ve made an thread for it like a big boy:


I can’t wait until a tranny mod thread bans me in it
 
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I didn't spend 8 years getting my driving license in this scam of a country just to not use it. Driving is cooler, less expensive, quicker and easier, and fuck the environment I think we live in a simulation anyway. plus you can make back up plans and change where you're driving at any second.

Bus wanker!
 
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BrightonAndHoveAlbion said:
I am much more willing to sit as part of traffic in my comfortable car than take any journey by bus. The only buses I ever take these days are for when I want to avoid drink driving and there are no taxis or they are prohibitively expensive.
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I will say, in the favour of our local bus service, the drivers are, to a one, all very friendly and kind., And it is always cheaper than getting a taxi.

@K!w!Fartz 8 years getting your license? Bitch please. 8 years? Nearly a decade? You should not be behind the wheel of fucking anything except a Little Tykes red plastic car, bitch. Like seriously,that long? You're a fucking hazard to fucking all. If you take that long, fucking quit while you're ahead and get the goddamn fucking bus, it's safer for all concerned. If you fail three times, accept Gods will and get the goddamn bus.
 
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BongoMongo said:
I will say, in the favour of our local bus service, the drivers are, to a one, all very friendly and kind., And it is always cheaper than getting a taxi.

@K!w!Fartz 8 years getting your license? Bitch please. 8 years? Nearly a decade? You should not be behind the wheel of fucking anything except a Little Tykes red plastic car, bitch.
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it didnt take me 8 years to learn. more like 1 month. I lived in the UK originally and was this close 👌 to getting my license but then moved to the isle of man and had to start all over again because its got different laws. So I get a job, save up money for lessons which are £45 per hour on average here https://www.gov.im/categories/trave...arning-to-drive/approved-driving-instructors/ then pass my theory again only 1 point off for both the quiz and hazard perception and then the covid lockdowns happen for 2 years just as I'm about to take my practical test. when after 2 years of covid, everyone wants to get back to learning how to drive, so all the teachers are charging more than I can afford, so I wait for years. Eventually quit job and go to college for two years to become an engineer too busy to learn to drive while taking care mentally ill adults and their pets/baby to learn to drive. Come out of college with good grades and then learn quickly and pass.
The police here will absolutely stop you here if you drive in your car on your own as a learner and make an example out of you, so practicing on my own was out of the picture.
It's not that I'm retarded. It's literally been a case of circumstance. Driving is easy. If I could travel back in time i would tell myself to fly to Georgia and pass there because they're apparently very relaxed and you can pass in a couple of weeks for like £200.
life is unfair
 
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K!w!Fartz said:
it didnt take me 8 years to learn. more like 1 month. I lived in the UK originally and was this close 👌 to getting my license but then moved to the isle of man and had to start all over again because its got different laws. So I get a job, save up money for lessons which are £45 per hour on average here https://www.gov.im/categories/trave...arning-to-drive/approved-driving-instructors/ then pass my theory again only 1 point off for both the quiz and hazard perception and then the covid lockdowns happen for 2 years just as I'm about to take my practical test. when after 2 years of child, everyone wants to get back to learning how to drive, so all the teachers are charging more than I can afford, so I wait for years. Eventually quit job and go to college for two years to become an engineer too busy to learn to drive while taking care mentally ill adults and their pets/baby to learn to drive. Come out of college with good grades and then learn quickly and pass.
The police here will absolutely stop you here if you drive in your car on your own as a learner and make an example out of you, so practicing on my own was out of the picture.
It's not that I'm retarded. It's literally been a case of circumstance. Driving is easy. If I could travel back in time i would tell myself to fly to Georgia and pass there because they're apparently very relaxed and you can pass in a couple of weeks for like £200.
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"life is unfair". On this, I 10,000% agree with you. It absolutely sucks a fucking cock, and it sounds like you have had a truly shitty time of it, for which I am extremely sorry, frendo.
 
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"life is unfair". On this, I 10,000% agree with you. It absolutely sucks a fucking cock, and it sounds like you have had a truly shitty time of it, for which I am extremely sorry, frendo.
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I should be reimbursed for the money I spent by the government because it's in the thousands, and I learned about it when I was 17 with my dad in England.
I went through multiple cars in the process too because my original one (mini) broke down during coivd from not being used and it was cheaper to buy a second hand one on facebook.
Meanwhile, I'm sneered at my Muslims who call me evil conqueror and privileged while I'm paying for their benefits after working hours at a shitty supermarket.
I absolutely could never be loyal to Britain as a Brit until it goes entirely far right, and gives me my money back. but that;ll never happen so when we're drafted into a forever war abroad ill switch sides just out of spite even if the other country is worse to live in like Russia
 
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It was much easier learning to drive the way I did it - just drive without a licence until you either get caught or get the hang of it and then do a test after a couple of top up lessons.
 
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