I don't have any issues, we sometimes get meat from the Muslim butchers in town.
I wouldn't be seen dead in Nando or Subway mind!
Anyone who ever had to spend time in a slaughterhouse will understand that it doesn't make an awful lot of difference.

I don't think our local Subways are going Halal, at least I hope not anyway.  You are right when you it's barbaric!!  

Subway as a company haven't taken ham and bacon off the menu; 185 branches of Subway have gone halal only at the request of customers, so presumably in areas with a large muslim population. I'm sure there are loads of other branches of Subway that still serve whatever it is they usually smother in mayo and stick inna bun 

I prefer culti multuralism

Also:

 

A Subway spokeswoman told MailOnline all halal meat served in the participating branches is from animals who were stunned prior to slaughter.

 

So I'm not really sure how that's different to 'normal' slaughter

But I think if even one of the outlets sells halal then they should be boycotted. I don't agree with halal slaughtering and so I won't be using Subway again. Yes, we are in Britain where we are supposed to have freedom of choice, but it isn't my choice to have halal. I have read a few comments that are more or less saying "Well it's not on my doorstep...."

I'm reasonably sure that Subway, like a lot of sheight food places are a Franchise, so maybe it's down to local managers.
However, why not support your local independent sandwich shops? Local shops for local people.

......... And they normally do real bread, as opposed to the reconstituted sawdust style of Subway. (Horwich just by the Reebok)

And that is exactly what I have said elsewhere Joe. Support your local sandwich shops and bakeries instead of these massive American food chains.

And buying halal is your choice Joe,which I am all for. In my area now, if people want to eat at these places they have the choice of "Like it or lump it" 

We are very lucky to have one a ten minute bike ride away

Just curious if Subway do Kosher stuff in mainly Jewish community's and if they did would you boycott them too?  Point being if a subway is in an area that is a majority of one culture why not sell what would appeal to them or there's no point having a shop there if no one will buy their usual stuff...

 

I have never seen a subway in real life tho have seen adverts on the telly box. .strikes me buy some bread buns and build your own if you don't like their choices of what they want to put on their shelves.. 

Exactly I was so chuffed when I found a lovely little cafe in Cambridge recently as I was still missing my old lerkal in Greenwich

It's quite odd, I didn't want to go into detail, but our Jewish friends from down South are quite happy to eat Halal since we can't get Kosher.
One of my first jobs involved learning meat inspection. In effect examining various organs and stuff to check the stuff was for for human consumption. I spent a lot of time in slaughterhouses from the small local types to ones on an industrial scale.
Trust me! There is very little practical difference between methods of killing animals.
You would forgive me for interpreting this as another excuse to knock Muslims either directly, or indirectly.

None of this would need to happen if we all went veggie (like me) and gave up religion.

I'm bad.. I don't really care about have an issue with how my meat meets its end... but no bacon or ham would annoy me.   Luckily I don't go to subway... i'm a packed lunch person (or independent sarnie shop if I'm in a hurry... better still the hot food van...)

Couldn't they just offer halal versions alongside regular versions, in those 185 branches?

I think it's the same the other way around, muslims can eat kosher if halal isn't available. I guess the process must be similar

 

 In the Daily Fail, surely not?!

I was going to say that.  Would that not solve any problems?  Cater for both preferences.

 

Whether it's in the Daily Mail or the Guardian, that isn't the issue, nor is it about knocking muslims, it's about our freedom of choice being knocked yet again. I agree with Ells, there should be a halal choice, but there won't be because all the meat in the Subway shops that sell the halal is halal,and muslims will not have their meat anywhere near our meat.

 

INTRODUCING CERTIFIED HALAL MEATS

Due to the growing popularity of the SUBWAY® chain, with the diverse multicultural population across the UK and Ireland, we put a programme in place in 2007 to ensure that the population demographic is taken into account when new store openings are considered in order that we meet consumer demand in each location.

All our suppliers comply with EU animal welfare legislation as a minimum and we require suppliers of Halal products to adopt the stunning of animals prior to their slaughter. All Halal meats are certified by the appropriate Halal authorities.

All Halal SUBWAY® stores have numerous signs stating that they serve Halal food. These are situated on the menu panels, nutritional information and in the front window of the store. Details about the locations of Halal stores can be found on the store finder at www.subway.com

What is Halal?
In Arabic, the word Halal means "permitted" or "lawful" and defines anything that is allowed or lawful according to the Qur'an. It is often used in the context of food - especially meat - to indicate that the food has been prepared in accordance with Muslim principles and techniques.

Do all SUBWAY® stores serve Halal meats?
No. Only a limited number of SUBWAY® stores serve Certified Halal meats. For a list of participating stores please contact: halal@subway.co.uk or go to the store finder at www.subway.com

Who certifies the Halal meat?
The Islamic Foundation of Ireland certifies all meats in the Halal stores with the exception of the Chicken Temptation which is certified by the Islamic Committee of Thailand. For further information on the certification of these meats please find the contact details below. For more information about the I.F.I. please visit their website: www.islaminireland.com 
For more information about the Islamic Committee of Thailand please contact them via telephone 0-2949-4114 or via their website www.cpfworldwide.com email; consumercenter@cpf.co.th

How do I know if a SUBWAY® store serves Halal meats?
We would like to assure you that all the meats at the "Halal" Subway stores are certified Halal meats. Ham and Bacon products have been substituted by "Turkey Ham" and "Turkey Rashers". None of our Halal certified meats at Halal Subway stores contain pork and none of our standard meat products are being sold at Halal Subway stores. To ensure you know which stores serve Halal certified meats the participating stores display the Halal Logo on the shop front window, the menu panel and the sandwich counter. There is also a certificate of the Islamic Foundation of Ireland (I.F.I.) and the Islamic committee of Thailand on display.

Is it the same great taste?
The meats served at Halal SUBWAY® stores have been produced to meet SUBWAY® stores high standards in taste, look and quality. The objective was to ensure the taste of the Halal products matched the taste of the SUBWAY® stores "Gold Standard" meats.

If you have any further questions with regards to the products or procedures used at Halal SUBWAY® stores or if you wish to send us your comments / feedback please email: halal@subway.co.uk.

If you go to the Subway website you can do a search to see which stores (185 of them) have become Halal out of the 1700 stores in the UK. They will have by them.

http://www.subway.co.uk/busine...efinder/default.aspx

 

If there is a demand for Halal meat then provide it ,I don't understand this them and us stance .

I see Velvet has dressed today

Not the best .

Top supermarkets also sell Halal .

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...lly-slaughtered.html

I can also now reveal that the leading Cola drink is Kosher.

Supermarkets have sold halal and Kosher for ages There are separate sections for them, depending on the area. The Asda where I used to live also had a Polish section, and a broadly termed 'world food' section, which included various Indian, Carribean and Middle Eastern goodies

To tie in with the OP, Subway might have bigger problems

 

To be fair, I think that's only in North America, but it makes you wonder what else they're putting in

I love the World Food aisle in our local Tesco ... the produce is so much cheaper than similar stuff in the 'normal' ailes

There seemed to be an outcry because it was reported that subway was going to be using halal meat but  many supermarkets have already been doing this that's why I posted the info here in this thread .

 

To be honest I would be more worried b y the extremely large amounts of salt in their food.

 

 

But the Supermarkets do give us a choice as to whether we buy Halal or Kosher or whatever we want. That is the difference.I love some of the different European foods, I love some of the Indian and Jamaican foods, it doesn't mean we don't like different foods, it's not being given the choice of how it gets to the shelves that most people are objecting to.

As I suspected this has been in the public domain for a year of so. We were looking at Menus in the Trafford Centre and they were Halal even then. We survived.

Meanwhile it has been a fascinating day on the Facebook front line. It appears that it is well worth embracing the pan-European fascism of Le Penn et al, in order to stave off some sort of Muslim conspiracy.
You couldn't make it up.

My favourite sub is the Italian BMT.
I'm not sure what halal is, I always thought it was meat that's blessed before slaughtering. I have a friend who's Muslim, she's lovely, and respects all religions & cultures.

I wish everyone respected each other's choices and coexisted peacefully along side each other

 

Looks like they don't!

 

Supermarkets and restaurant chains are selling halal meat to millions of customers without telling them.

The switch to slaughtering animals in line with Islamic ritual saves money because the end product can be eaten by Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

More than 70 per cent of all New Zealand lamb in supermarkets is from halal abattoirs – a fact not stated on labelling. Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Waitrose and Marks & Spencer all confirmed yesterday they sell the imported meat.

Can I just say [walks into lion's den] a couple of years ago here in Birmingham there was uproar about Domino's pizzas making their product halal in Hall Green to accommodate who they said were their core customers.  The Daily Heil went apoplectic [just like in this case].

 

Anyhoo one year later, Domino's reverted back to their original menu because it turns out their core customers weren't Muslims after all, and trade was affected as people either didn't bother to order from there or boycotted.

 

I can see the same thing happening with Subway   Money talks not religion - as soon as they are hit in the pocket, 'trial areas' will revert to the norm and all will be as if it never happened