Supermarket Under Fire Over "Gay Sandwich"
4 May 2019, 14:58 | Updated: 4 May 2019, 15:00
Marks & Spencer have revealed their take on an inclusive sandwich by adding in guacamole to help spell out the acronym LGBT - Lettuce, Guacamole, Bacon and Tomato.
The supermarket are facing accusations of exploiting LGBT community after introducing the "gay sandwich" to help celebrate Pride.
The sandwich, sold in a rainbow-coloured box, similar to the pride flag, is bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich with added guacamole, marketed as an LGBT.
An M&S spokesman said: "M&S Food is celebrating Pride season this year and has launched a special limited-edition LGBTQ+ sandwich."
The supermarket said that to celebrate Pride they were donating £10,000 to akt the national LGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness charity.
While some people were pleased at the new snack, others felt it was making a mockery of LGBT people.
shame on the good folks over at @marksandspencer for turning our culture and identity into a sandwich. making an absolute mockery of lgbtq people #lgbtq #lgbt #queer #pride pic.twitter.com/PA7Q1nrXfG
— baby you're a rich man (@robynetzan) May 2, 2019
One Twitter user said: “I don’t like comparing my sexual preference to a sandwich.” While others didn't seem to mind.
“This is not just any sandwich ...” this is a @marksandspencer LGBT sandwich 🤣🤪. @mandslgbtq
— Jonathan (@Jonb1408) May 1, 2019
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 pic.twitter.com/8n0VEHzVj9
