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Update from The Economist.

Greggs, a cheap but cheerful purveyor of sandwiches and bakery food in Britain, reported an “exceptionally strong start” to 2019, which it attributed to the roll out of its vegan sausage roll. Derided by some (Piers Morgan pilloried Greggs for being “pc-ravaged clowns”) the company said the publicity had boosted sales of its other “iconic sausage rolls” and food. Some predict this will be the year of the vegan.


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Piers Morgan. Always wrong. Always dumb.

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Also coming to grocery stores next month. :)

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I tried the Impossible Whopper tonight and I thought it tasted exactly like a whopper. Granted, I don’t usually get whoppers but if I was ever craving one,I would not hesitate to order it again.
 
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I tried the Impossible Whopper tonight and I thought it tasted exactly like a whopper. Granted, I don’t usually get whoppers but if I was ever craving one,I would not hesitate to order it again.

They’re here?!

I thought they said the 8th was the intro date.

How’d you find it? Were they advertising?
 

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They’re here?!

I thought they said the 8th was the intro date.

How’d you find it? Were they advertising?
I read somewhere that they were going nationwide this week so I decided to see if my local one had it and they did. They had a sign out front by the drive thru.
 

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They’re here?!

I thought they said the 8th was the intro date.

How’d you find it? Were they advertising?


Do you know if they are cooked on the same grill as the regular Whoppers or if they doing anything to keep the meat remnants off of them?
 
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I read somewhere that they were going nationwide this week so I decided to see if my local one had it and they did. They had a sign out front by the drive thru.

Smart!
 
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Do you know if they are cooked on the same grill as the regular Whoppers or if they doing anything to keep the meat remnants off of them?

I think you can request a separate grill.
 

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Hey, did Mrs YB ever try the Beyond tacos at DT?


Never made it because there's not one close to where we live. We made our own tacos last night with it. We'll definitely do it again. Taste and texture is decent, I prefer it to regular hamburger. Of course that's not saying much because I detest the smell of hamberder and poultry. If the smell isn't right with something, I won't eat it.
 

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Never made it because there's not one close to where we live. We made our own tacos last night with it. We'll definitely do it again. Taste and texture is decent, I prefer it to regular hamburger. Of course that's not saying much because I detest the smell of hamberder and poultry. If the smell isn't right with something, I won't eat it.

Phrasing!
 

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I've had the Beyond tacos at Del Taco. I thought they were good. It's weird. I haven't had meat in thirty years (wow), so I can't really say if it tastes like meat or not, lol.

The Beyond burger to me seems too squishy or something.
 
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I had Impossible Whoppers for lunch. I meant to have one, but couldn’t resist a second.

They were delicious! Just like the Whoppers I remembered from many years ago.

Smart move by Burger King. [emoji39]
 

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I had Impossible Whoppers for lunch. I meant to have one, but couldn’t resist a second.

They were delicious! Just like the Whoppers I remembered from many years ago.

Smart move by Burger King. [emoji39]

Not sure if you saw this, but you might want to request it be cooked apart from the meat....


Vegans are wary of Burger King’s Impossible Whopper after controversy over cooking process
  • Burger King’s plant-based Impossible Whopper is launching nationwide Thursday.
  • Some vegans and vegetarians are saying on social media they will not eat the meat-free burger because it is cooked on the same grill as chicken and beef.
  • Customers can request that their Impossible Whopper is cooked separately.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/08/vegetarians-torn-over-trying-burger-kings-impossible-whopper.html
 
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Not sure if you saw this, but you might want to request it be cooked apart from the meat....


Vegans are wary of Burger King’s Impossible Whopper after controversy over cooking process
  • Burger King’s plant-based Impossible Whopper is launching nationwide Thursday.
  • Some vegans and vegetarians are saying on social media they will not eat the meat-free burger because it is cooked on the same grill as chicken and beef.
  • Customers can request that their Impossible Whopper is cooked separately.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/08/vegetarians-torn-over-trying-burger-kings-impossible-whopper.html

I saw some stories trying to make it into a big controversy.

For me, it doesn’t matter, but it does to some people.
 

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