Court Rules Subway Sandwich Bread
Can’t Be Considered ‘Bread’
Daily Wire,
by
Joseph Curl
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
10/1/2020 10:51:28 AM
When is bread not bread? When it comes from Subway.That’s what Ireland’s Supreme Court has ruled, deeming the bread from the international sandwich chain has too much sugar in it and must therefore be considered a “confectionary.”The ruling was important because it means the chain’s sandwiches do not qualify as a staple food, for which there is no value-added tax (VAT). The court rejected arguments by a Subway franchisee that the VAT should not apply to its takeaway products, including teas, coffees, and heated filled sandwiches, The Irish Independent reported. That means the VAT of 13.5% applies if the sandwich on consumed on site.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Hermoine 10/1/2020 10:53:28 AM (No. 558464)
Oh my gosh, absolute madness.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Safari Man 10/1/2020 11:09:38 AM (No. 558490)
If you drive a car, I'll tax the street
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat
If you try some bread, I'll tax what you eat
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
HPmatt 10/1/2020 11:11:28 AM (No. 558493)
But no-flour soda bread is okay....
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
bad-hair 10/1/2020 11:24:28 AM (No. 558508)
But who says you have to make a sandwich out of bread ??
Some people just lack imagination.
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And Dems/libs/socialists/commies in our own country say we need to be more like Europe??? This is what you get, micro-managing nanny government.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
DVC 10/1/2020 11:37:23 AM (No. 558518)
Insanity. Heated is taxed, not heated is not taxed? They are crazy as hell, and they want to take all your money, but haven't quite worked up to it yet.
I like Subway sandwiches.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
msjena 10/1/2020 11:46:58 AM (No. 558526)
Subway should pull out of Ireland.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
ronbet 10/1/2020 11:50:37 AM (No. 558528)
Truly, liberals have driven the entire world mad! No longer any common sense, just political correctness about everything. Obviously, these nut-jobs have never been really hungry.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 10/1/2020 11:54:37 AM (No. 558533)
Value-added taxes are the scourge of EU nations. Ireland is a pretty place, but horrendously expensive, just like Scotland and England.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Highlander 10/1/2020 11:54:59 AM (No. 558534)
The saying, “They’ll tax the very air we breathe” is closer to the truth than an exaggeration.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
mc squared 10/1/2020 12:00:13 PM (No. 558541)
Foxes rule against chickens. Follow the money.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 10/1/2020 12:48:57 PM (No. 558598)
#12: Geez - get a life.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Rather Read 10/1/2020 1:50:14 PM (No. 558658)
I had a Subway chicken sandwich last night - it was good. Ireland used to be pretty sane.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
swarfer 10/1/2020 2:20:30 PM (No. 558688)
They're lucky they even classified Subway as food.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
MorningStar 10/1/2020 2:33:11 PM (No. 558695)
Has anyone on this site actually made/baked Irish Soda Bread?! I have done so for years, with an authentic recipe handed down by my dear paternal Irish-born grandmother. It is truly made with the prime ingredient of flour, plus baking soda, baking powder, sugar, salt, butter, buttermilk, raisins, and caraway seeds. It is truly delicious, especially heated and buttered with morning coffee or with late-afternoon tea. Many of my non-Irish friends just LOVE IT!!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
hershey 10/1/2020 3:30:30 PM (No. 558766)
Actually, since I don't live in Ireland, why should I give a dang what the doofuses over there think about bread? Or anything???
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
DVC 10/1/2020 5:44:06 PM (No. 558902)
#16, I have never even heard of it. I found one recipe on line, seems like similar ingredients to your list, but adds an egg. 4 cups flour, 4tsp sugar, 1 tsp each baking powder and soda (??), 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 cup melted marginrine, 1 cup buttermilk. Some added buttermilk and butter, listed separately. I haven't read it all through.
Odd that it has backing powder and soda, I am unfamiliar with using both, seems like either powder or soda plus cream of tartar to make powder, effectively.
I may try it.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 10/1/2020 6:19:48 PM (No. 558928)
I make Irish soda bread every year on St. Patrick's Day. It simply uses baking powder and baking soda to get the rise. Just not a 'yeast bread' but delicious. This to go along with my corned beef, cabbage, and lots of Irish whisky. The development of commercial baking powder and soda was a boon to busy Irish housewives since they didn't have to wait for the yeast to work.
And whoever above who said that England, Scotland, and Ireland were expensive is right on. Some of it's the VAT but a lot is due to other factors...bureaucracy and endless meddling rules from the EU. I have an Irish friend who says everything in Ireland is at least a third or more than in the US. When he was here a few months ago he bought a load of fishing lures to take back with him and said he would have had to pay double for the same thing in Ireland. Beautiful country though...planning a trip there next summer.
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It's fast food people. Do you really know what you are getting ?
Honestly, I have more important things to worry about like gawd forbid Plugs wins the election.
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