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Croydon Subway goes halal
7:20am Saturday 14th February 2009
Due to customer demand, a subway store in Thornton Heath will be completely halal from Monday.
The popular sandwich chain will serve a range of certified halal meats which are prepared in accordance with halal guidelines from Monday 16.
Rachel Shaw, who holds the franchise for the fast food outlet, said: “I am really pleased to have converted the Thornton Heath Subway outlet into halal.
“It now offers customers halal Subs that are fresh, made-to-order and just the way they like them.
"I decided to convert due to popular demand from our customers.
“Subway aims to be at the heart of the community, and we are happy to offer subs that everyone can enjoy.
"It was our objective to ensure the taste of the halal products matches the taste of the Subway stores gold standard meats.”
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croyman, croydon says...
12:36pm Sat 14 Feb 09
tramlinker, croydon says...
3:13pm Sat 14 Feb 09
croyman wrote:No I haven't!What can one say!
But you just have! LOL
croyman, croydon says...
4:25pm Sat 14 Feb 09
Charlotte L, Croydon says...
9:28pm Sat 14 Feb 09
tramlinker, croydon says...
5:24am Sun 15 Feb 09
croyman wrote:My lips are sealed!
If somebody decides not to comment, they don't post anything. Otherwise, anybody deciding not to comment would leave a comment like yours on every article they decide not to comment on, get it?
tramlinker, croydon says...
5:55am Sun 15 Feb 09
ttt, old coulsdon says...
10:03am Sun 15 Feb 09
ANNE GILES, SELSDON says...
9:27pm Sun 15 Feb 09
ttt wrote:It's barbaric.
Hang up an animal, slit its throat wait for horrific death. You have a choice. Customers who oppose should not use any Subway store or other outlet selling same or at least complain, e.g. Tesco Purley, fast food chicken takeaway Coulsdon...... The RSPCA opposes slaughter in this way unless animal is stunned first. What happens to the rest of the halal slaughtered animal - you are probably eating it unknowingly?
tramlinker, croydon says...
4:55am Mon 16 Feb 09
ANNE GILES wrote:Methinks that we are in accord.All animal slaughter is barbaric,primitive and a reflection on us as supposedly human(e) beings.
ttt wrote: Hang up an animal, slit its throat wait for horrific death. You have a choice. Customers who oppose should not use any Subway store or other outlet selling same or at least complain, e.g. Tesco Purley, fast food chicken takeaway Coulsdon...... The RSPCA opposes slaughter in this way unless animal is stunned first. What happens to the rest of the halal slaughtered animal - you are probably eating it unknowingly?It's barbaric.
croyman, croydon says...
8:13am Mon 16 Feb 09
tramlinker, croydon says...
12:01pm Mon 16 Feb 09
croyman wrote:Maybe the animals that you know squire,but most animals are indeed vegetarian and the strongest animals are vegetarian.Think about that.If you are able to.
You're a vegetarian then. Although I don't like slaughtering animals, I eat meat and enjoy it. Unfortunately that's life and animals do eat other animals. Lions rip their prey to pieces for example.
croyman, croydon says...
4:19pm Mon 16 Feb 09
tramlinker, croydon says...
5:38pm Mon 16 Feb 09
croyman wrote:Not at all.I just felt the need to make the point that the statement that "animals eat other animals" is not entirely correct.On the contrary,animals (including human non-vegetarians) that eat other animals whether prey or carrion are on a much lesser scale in all meaning than their vegetarian counter-parts.
So what would you say to the animals that aren't vegetarian? Would you ban them?
croyman, croydon says...
10:23am Tue 17 Feb 09
Womble, Wimbledon says...
11:01am Tue 17 Feb 09
Charlotte L wrote:Absilutely - BARBARIC & no where near the RSPCA minimum standard for animals to be slaughtered.
Halal slaughter is barbaric & should be outlawed. This 'nation of animal lovers' should not be going down the road of Islamification. I don't expect everyone to become a vegetarian like me, but atleast with regular slaughter - the animals are stunned first. I purchased something from Subway once, it was poor value for money & I've never returned.
We were once known as a national of Animal lovers - We are now know as a nation of pushovers! Wake up UK.
croyman, croydon says...
11:19am Tue 17 Feb 09
croyman, croydon says...
11:21am Tue 17 Feb 09
tramlinker, croydon says...
11:26am Tue 17 Feb 09
croyman wrote:Some of the cows seen in and around Croydon agreed are not very strong.But take the ox,the elephant,the horse etc etc.The lion and other carnivores are only 'strong' when hunting,once they have eaten,they spend lots of time sleeping.Mind you,that can be said for the Croydon breed of cows with the addition of 'around'.But take no offence Croyman,not all of us can be on a higher scale.
I didn't say 'all' animals eat other animals. I'm merely trying to point out that eating meat is a way of survival for some species. We are all on a food chain, but I don't understand your scaling system. How is a cow for example stronger than a lion?
croyman, croydon says...
11:35am Tue 17 Feb 09
tramlinker, croydon says...
11:38am Tue 17 Feb 09
croyman wrote:I can see that you are a gent.Take care and be well.
No offence taken, I can see you're 'high'.
sergei34, Tooting says...
11:39am Tue 17 Feb 09
tramlinker, croydon says...
11:46am Tue 17 Feb 09
sergei34 wrote:In my opinion,ALL slaughter of animals for food should be banned EVERYWHERE in the world.That includes,fish,frogs and fowl.And dogs for example which I understand are eaten by Far Eastern peoples.Spaniel and chips anyone?
Religious slaughter rituals do not usually allow electrical pre-stunning of animals. Do those commentators who state above that halal slaughter should be outlawed, feel the same way about the preparation of kosher meat? Would their suggested prohibitions include imports of meat produced across large swathes of the world, the entire Middle East and the state of Israel?
tramlinker, croydon says...
11:54am Tue 17 Feb 09
ohdearyme, Hinchley Wood says...
1:24pm Tue 17 Feb 09
croyman, croydon says...
1:57pm Tue 17 Feb 09
croyman, croydon says...
1:59pm Tue 17 Feb 09
tramlinker, croydon says...
2:36pm Tue 17 Feb 09
croyman wrote:Never mind.I like Lincolnshire vegetarian sausages with lots of winter vegetables with vegetarian Bisto gravy.
I love chicken terriyake or pastrami with ghurkins. Yum!
tramlinker, croydon says...
2:39pm Tue 17 Feb 09
croyman, croydon says...
3:41pm Tue 17 Feb 09
ANNE GILES, SELSDON says...
6:36pm Tue 17 Feb 09
tramlinker, croydon says...
5:13am Wed 18 Feb 09
ANNE GILES wrote:Do you eat the salmons eyes or do you remove them first?
You are making me hungry. I am just about two cook two salmon steaks, with sweet potato and vegetables, followed by some nice cherries.
croyman, croydon says...
9:32am Wed 18 Feb 09
n.gregory, south says...
11:08am Thu 19 Feb 09
ANNE GILES wrote:two or to ? lol
You are making me hungry. I am just about two cook two salmon steaks, with sweet potato and vegetables, followed by some nice cherries.
ANNE GILES, SELSDON says...
1:46pm Fri 20 Feb 09
ANNE GILES, SELSDON says...
1:53pm Fri 20 Feb 09
zalib, says...
6:50pm Wed 4 Mar 09
Womble wrote:It is pity that people here are either too biased about or ignorant of 'halal'. Those who feel halal barbaric should know that it feels lesser pain when an artery is cut than breaking a bone and in 'halal' no bone is broken till the animal dies.Only artery and wind pipe are cut. Moreover, no major nerve which could transmit pain to brain is cut. This ensures spinal cord intact and since medulla oblongata which controls vital organs like heart,etc. still has connection with these, the heart keeps beating ensuring proper drainage of blood (harmful for consumption) from its body. Now, since no bone is broken or major nerve cut, so least pain unlike other methods in which the animal suffers both pain due to bone breakage and heart attack due to sudden loss of connection with medulla oblongata.
Charlotte L wrote:Absilutely - BARBARIC & no where near the RSPCA minimum standard for animals to be slaughtered.
Halal slaughter is barbaric & should be outlawed. This 'nation of animal lovers' should not be going down the road of Islamification. I don't expect everyone to become a vegetarian like me, but atleast with regular slaughter - the animals are stunned first. I purchased something from Subway once, it was poor value for money & I've never returned.
We were once known as a national of Animal lovers - We are now know as a nation of pushovers! Wake up UK.
Animal lovers/vegetarians should read a few scientific books and know that even plants live and feel emotions as well as pain. Aren't they cruel consuming them? This is same as murder of a person who has a few senses less say a deaf and a dumb man. Now, I won't expect them asking the judge to award lesser punishment to the murderer because of this.
They should also know that human body by nature has been made to eat both veg and non-veg and this helps in maintaining ecological balance. Please read about how Sahara desert was formed and what it was before.
Further if these animal lovers are so sympathetic towards life then they should not only stop eating but also BREATHING since each time you INHALE thousands of bacteria(mostly harmless) enter your lungs and GET KILLED THERE!!!!
THINK ABOUT THIS AND FEEL FREE TO ASK ME IF YOU HAVE FURTHER CONFUSIONS at zalibsaeed@ymail.com
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tramlinker, croydon says...
8:59am Sat 14 Feb 09