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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.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

I pronounce "garage" like a Brit.

gahr-arge or garrij?

 

[Geoff Capes Vapes Apes]

gahr-arge or garrij?

Don't you know, all British people speak with the exact same accent and vocabulary?

 

[FedPostalService]

Don't you know, all British people speak with the exact same accent and vocabulary?

Actually, Labour voters say “المرآب”

 

[teriyakiburns]

What about fer-ma-sees?

Middle English, so it's been around for a long time.

The general rule is this: if it's a shop primarily dedicated to medical things with a pharmacy inside it, people call it a chemist. If it's purely a place for dispensing prescription medicine, whether on its own or inside something else, it's called a pharmacy. Some chemists call themselves pharmacies because a big word sounds posher than a small word, but you'll never see the pharmacy in a hospital or attached to a GP's office called the chemist.

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

gahr-arge or garrij?

Garrij, as it would rhyme with carriage.

Don't you know, all British people speak with the exact same accent and vocabulary?

I apologize for not explaining the subtle differences between Welsh, Scottish, Brummie, Cornish, Londoner, and Geordie accents. I'll never make this mistake again - I promise!

 

[Miriam Margoyles]

gahr-arge or garrij?

Car hole.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

Car hole.

I can see you're neither a Frenchman nor "oo-la-de-da"

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

I also say "innit" a lot, call foolish people muppets, call snitches a "grass," use the verb "nicked" for theft, and often say "I can't suss it out." After the popularity of Among Us, I stopped saying "suss" as much for obvious reasons.

Also, as a thread tax, I guess Keir Starmer's brother died?

 

[FedPostalService]

Also, as a thread tax, I guess Keir Starmer's brother died?

One thing we all missed is Two Tier Kier spent his entire career calling his brother a hopeless retard for brownie points and I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone point out how horrific that is.

 

[isalaide]

One thing we all missed is Two Tier Kier spent his entire career calling his brother a hopeless retard for brownie points and I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone point out how horrific that is.

But he was a retard. He was brain damaged at birth. He wasn't even allowed to sit any fucking exams at school.

 

[FedPostalService]

But he was a retard. He was brain damaged at birth. He wasn't even allowed to sit any fucking exams at school.

I wouldn’t shout it out for sympathy points

 

[Hubelublub]

I also say "innit" a lot, call foolish people muppets, call snitches a "grass," use the verb "nicked" for theft, and often say "I can't suss it out." After the popularity of Among Us, I stopped saying "suss" as much for obvious reasons.

Also, as a thread tax, I guess Keir Starmer's brother died?

You also won't stop talking about yourself, like any of us give a shit. Which is about as American as you can get.

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

You also won't stop talking about yourself like any of us give a shit, which is about as American as you can get.

I do my best work when I'm being worshipped as a god.

 

[Hubelublub]

I do my best work when I'm being worshipped as a god.

Well, send out the call when that happens.

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

Well, send out the call when that happens.

Enough about you, let's talk about me.

 

[BrightonAndHoveAlbion]

I wouldn’t shout it out for sympathy points

I believe his father was also a salt of the earth, working class toolmaker or something.

 

[Hubelublub]

Enough about you, let's talk about me.

No. One thread without you Yank faggots shitting things up. We can shit things up on our own.

Americans, the moids of nation-states.

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

No. One thread without you Yank faggots shitting things up. We can shit things up on our own.

Americans, the moids of nation-states.

You guys come into the US Politics General all the time. This isn't a De-Yankified Zone. At least, not yet.

 

[Miriam Margoyles]

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