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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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spread happiness@p4leandp1nk
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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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pg often@pgofton
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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.

 

[GratsTheat783]

Did this thread always have an American flag?

 

[Drihten]

Did this thread always have an American flag?
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No, it was added after British IPs were blocked due to the Online Safety Act.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

Did this thread always have an American flag?
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No. Some tranny fag got pissed off and changed it because OFCOM outsmarted them and they did OFCOMs work for them.
But the jannies are totally not paid off and giving your data to the UK gov. Definately not. nudge, nudge, wink, wink, knowhatimeant, knowhatimean?

 

[Corette]

Did this thread always have an American flag?
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Big Brother says that this thread has always had an American flag.

 

[Oxyjen]

Big Brother says that this thread has always had an American flag.

59th state innit

 

[isalaide]

The Poles belong under a jackboot, either a Russian or a German one, and it is in the interest of all of Europe's security and stability to keep them there.

Stockport, Rochdale, Manchester, summer's coming... I'm going with the targeted event being one of the Oasis gigs at Heaton Park in July. Security for mass outdoor events is always fairly shitty, the Pakis do a lot of 'event security' work so someone's cousin has already seen the security plans and the setup for emergency gates etc, easiest way to get stuff into the gig is to work security innit. Eighty thousand people expected each night at Heaton Park. Secure the exits from the inside once Oasis are on stage. Set the bombs off whilst the gig's on, and it's got dark, people are crowding to the front, the panic and the stampede will kill hundreds alone even without the effect of the bombs. Gun the survivors down as they flee. It's a park, there's excellent line of sight everywhere, there will be practically no cover.

Major events are the places terrorists target now because they are soft targets. See the Ariana Grande outrage for the blueprint. Kids and teenagers and mothers, they had no chance against wild panic and fucking nail bombs. The Oasis gigs will be full of drunks and teenage kids. There should be no fucking brown faces working security at those. No brown owned firms running anything. We have to understand we are vulnerable when we congregate now and we need to be smart about screening for the risks. Private event security is THE risk for terrorism prevention.

 

[FedPostalService]

The Poles belong under a jackboot, either a Russian or a German one, and it is in the interest of all of Europe's security and stability to keep them there.

Stockport, Rochdale, Manchester, summer's coming... I'm going with the targeted event being one of the Oasis gigs at Heaton Park in July. Security for mass outdoor events is always fairly shitty, the Pakis do a lot of 'event security' work so someone's cousin has already seen the security plans and the setup for emergency gates etc, easiest way to get stuff into the gig is to work security innit. Eighty thousand people expected each night at Heaton Park. Secure the exits from the inside once Oasis are on stage. Set the bombs off whilst the gig's on, and it's got dark, people are crowding to the front, the panic and the stampede will kill hundreds alone even without the effect of the bombs. Gun the survivors down as they flee. It's a park, there's excellent line of sight everywhere, there will be practically no cover.

Major events are the places terrorists target now because they are soft targets. See the Ariana Grande outrage for the blueprint. Kids and teenagers and mothers, they had no chance against wild panic and fucking nail bombs. The Oasis gigs will be full of drunks and teenage kids. There should be no fucking brown faces working security at those. No brown owned firms running anything. We have to understand we are vulnerable when we congregate now and we need to be smart about screening for the risks. Private event security is THE risk for terrorism prevention.

I wonder what would have happen if a nu-Briton had Minecrafted an Ariana Grande concert now rather than 2017. I don't think any amount of nudge unit psyops would have been able to stop the fires if that happened. Bonus points if it's a boat monkey.

 

[Corette]

Stockport, Rochdale, Manchester, summer's coming... I'm going with the targeted event being one of the Oasis gigs at Heaton Park in July. Security for mass outdoor events is always fairly shitty, the Pakis do a lot of 'event security' work so someone's cousin has already seen the security plans and the setup for emergency gates etc, easiest way to get stuff into the gig is to work security innit. Eighty thousand people expected each night at Heaton Park. Secure the exits from the inside once Oasis are on stage. Set the bombs off whilst the gig's on, and it's got dark, people are crowding to the front, the panic and the stampede will kill hundreds alone even without the effect of the bombs. Gun the survivors down as they flee. It's a park, there's excellent line of sight everywhere, there will be practically no cover.

Major events are the places terrorists target now because they are soft targets. See the Ariana Grande outrage for the blueprint. Kids and teenagers and mothers, they had no chance against wild panic and fucking nail bombs. The Oasis gigs will be full of drunks and teenage kids. There should be no fucking brown faces working security at those. No brown owned firms running anything. We have to understand we are vulnerable when we congregate now and we need to be smart about screening for the risks. Private event security is THE risk for terrorism prevention.

Don't look back in anger.

 

[SirCliveSinclairdabbing]

are Iranian nationals.

If one of them ran an offy in Liverpool I may never stop laughing at him.

 

[Overdrive]

I wonder what would have happen if a nu-Briton had Minecrafted an Ariana Grande concert now rather than 2017. I don't think any amount of nudge unit psyops would have been able to stop the fires if that happened. Bonus points if it's a boat monkey.

I don't want to PL too much but I still have a relative walking around with fragments of that bomb in them. We've definitely not forgotten about that night and the scum that carried it out. My blood boils every time I think about it and how much worse it could have been had the kids been there at the time with them.

 

[Otterly]

It is understood that military personnel assisted in the Rochdale raid.

Is that something that happens routinely?

 

[FedPostalService]

I don't want to PL too much but I still have a relative walking around with fragments of that bomb in them. We've definitely not forgotten about that night and the scum that carried it out. My blood boils every time I think about it and how much worse it could have been had the kids been there at the time with them.

I am very sorry to hear that. I hope my post wasn't too dickish.

The reaction to it made my stomach crawl. We should have turned Syria into glass. Corbyn said, in the middle of campaigning for a fucking election, that we needed to pause and reflect on why we deserved to have young girls blown up at a concert and I have to stop myself from fed posting just thinking about it.

 

[Tom Nook's Gloryhole]

Haven't been on here in a while but man I'm enjoying the general feeling post local elections.

Absolutely wild how the Southport stabbing incident was the straw that broke the camels back. Yes Labour have been trash so far and whatnot but that incident was a genuine eye opener over so many different things: How the police responded to different communities, how the sentencing was radically different from normal sentencing, how we have allowed enclaves of communities to essentially go off the grid to intelligence agencies and fundamentally, what our leaders thought of white British nationals.

One of the biggest takeaways I noticed from chatting to people in the pub is how the general consensus is "We've proven that we can't protest it without being called Nazis, time to shut up and vote. You can't vote if you're in prison". It's why opinion polls are unable to grasp the situation, everybody knows that if you're asked your political opinion it could be held against you so of course you say you're voting Labour and then go to the polls and pick the most right wing party you can find.

 

[FedPostalService]

Haven't been on here in a while but man I'm enjoying the general feeling post local elections.

Absolutely wild how the Southport stabbing incident was the straw that broke the camels back. Yes Labour have been trash so far and whatnot but that incident was a genuine eye opener over so many different things: How the police responded to different communities, how the sentencing was radically different from normal sentencing, how we have allowed enclaves of communities to essentially go off the grid to intelligence agencies and fundamentally, what our leaders thought of white British nationals.

One of the biggest takeaways I noticed from chatting to people in the pub is how the general consensus is "We've proven that we can't protest it without being called Nazis, time to shut up and vote. You can't vote if you're in prison". It's why opinion polls are unable to grasp the situation, everybody knows that if you're asked your political opinion it could be held against you so of course you say you're voting Labour and then go to the polls and pick the most right wing party you can find.

We just need Scotland to wake up. They're really busy trying to be the Poundland version of Ireland so no doubt they'll go full accelerate sound. If Scotland starts Reform then the establishment will know the game is truly up.

Weirdly Reform could be on course for to take the Welsh parliament, but even the Welsh don't care about Wales.

 

[-Jack-]

Do we think the local election votes would reflect future national election votes? The local election turnout this year was remarkably lower than previous years; in many counties and councils that won with reform, it was below 29%. Though I'm not a politics nerd so I'm chatting shite.

 

[Crunkle]

counties and councils that won with reform, it was below 29%.

The total % Reform won in some places wasn't important, the swing% was the important part. 30% swings are immense

 

[Overdrive]

I hope my post wasn't too dickish.

Not at all, just a difficult one for me to joke about tho as it raises a lot of anger.

We should have turned Syria into glass.

The Didsbury mosque and the muzzie "community" around it too. I had to continue passing through the area on the way to work for a few years after and I knew that not only was it likely a lot of the locals there supported what happened but likely knew about it beforehand. I was hoping that if the riots had turned full race war last year that the area would be one of the first inside the city to be burnt down, but unfortunately we didn't get that far.

 

[FedPostalService]

Do we think the local election votes would reflect future national election votes? The local election turnout this year was remarkably lower than previous years; in many counties and councils that won with reform, it was below 29%. Though I'm not a politics nerd so I'm chatting shite.

Labour didn't take these council elections seriously as they were counting on their regular zombies to shamble out and vote for them because voting Labour and hating Tories is their entire personality. The didn't realise robbing the elderly and making "if you want a coloured for a neighbour vote Labour" official party policy might loss those people too,

I'm wishing Liverpool and Manchester had been part of the elections as if Reform make gains in those councils Labour will have to realise they are fucked.

 

[teriyakiburns]

On an entirely different note:

The Stockport Pyramid's grand transformation from corporate office into lavish restaurant in 50 brilliant pictures



It was a £15m project to transform a big blue corporate pyramid into an extravagant restaurant and banqueting hall that many may have doubted would ever become a reality.

When Royal Nawaab bosses first announced they had bought the Stockport Pyramid, situated within the M60, owner Mahboob Hussain said there were people who thought they were joking.

Built in the late 1980s as part of a 'Valley of the Kings' project, which had aimed to see five pyramids erected along the River Mersey, plans were squashed before developers went bankrupt in 1992. As the only one ever built as part of the plans, it became home to the Co-operative Bank for 26 years.

But when they announced plans to up sticks to the city centre, the pyramid was left collecting dust and filled with hundreds of outdated computers. Then, last November, the award-winning restaurant chain received the green light to transform the pyramid into a huge dining and events space with room for 1,500 diners.

And, despite the naysayers, it has now been a running success in the couple of weeks it has been open as part of a ‘soft launch’ phase - attracting close to 10,000 diners to its ground-floor restaurant boasting hundreds of dishes in a buffet-style setting.

"I always used to pass the Stockport Pyramid on my way to Levenshulme," Mr Mahboob told the Manchester Evening News. "I always thought of it as such an iconic building but I never thought that, one day, I would be in here and actually be running a restaurant here.

"When we first got it, there were people who criticised me and said I was being silly to turn the pyramid into a restaurant. They couldn't see that it would be a success, but I always believed in it and I knew I would bring it back to life.

"When people walk in, the first thing they say is 'wow' and they can't believe what we have done with it. In fact, I don't even really see it as a restaurant - it's an attraction, it's an experience. I'm very pleased with the response we have got, People have really been enjoying themselves. It feels like we are doing something really special for the Stockport and Greater Manchester area."

Inching closer to its full opening, bosses have also teased the look of its banqueting and events suites - with one completed and two more on the way.

With the restaurant and the Royal Suite now taking bookings, we’ve looked at the humble journey of the Stockport Pyramid as it's gone from Valley of the Kings to the Valley of the Nawaab - including a few unseen images from the 80s and now.

 

[Overdrive]

"if you want a coloured for a neighbour vote Labour"

Wasn't until some years ago I found out the actual phrase was "if you want a nigger for a neighbour vote Labour" , and not only that, but it worked and was one of the few seats Labour didn't win the that election