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# Here's Why Britain Is Freaking Out About Sandwiches

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by 

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## Megan Gibson


Nov 10, 2014 3:43 PM UTC

by 

[Megan Gibson](https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/)


## Megan Gibson


Nov 10, 2014 3:43 PM UTC

On its Monday front page, right-of-center British newspaper _The Daily Mail_ splashed out with a particularly pressing question: “Is There No One Left In Britain Who Can Make A Sandwich?”

> [](https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/531568787469135872)

The headline and [subsequent story](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2827625/Factory-bosses-forced-recruit-Hungary-locals-not-apply.html) describes the challenges facing an Irish convenience food producer called Greencore Group, which supplies prepared sandwiches to the majority of Britain’s supermarkets. According to _The_ _Daily Mail_, Greencore Group’s new factory in England hasn’t been able to recruit enough born-and-bred Brits to its staff and so they’ll be looking to hire hundreds of workers from eastern Europe. As the _Mail_ has long been known to [take](http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FB1ET54CIEAAMm3K.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FBBCNews%2Fstatus%2F527228430400901120&h=773&w=599&tbnid=gwM9MHSjijBBoM%3A&zoom=1&docid=FXPQUe5vVq584M&ei=adBgVNSnM8XaOJiigfgM&tbm=isch&client=firefox-a&ved=0CCkQMygKMAo&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=657&page=1&start=0&ndsp=35) [issue](http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mailwatch.co.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fm15929903.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.libdemvoice.org%2Fnick-cleggs-illiberal-hattrick-now-immigration-joins-secret-courts-and-media-regulation-on-the-pyre-33815.html&h=350&w=272&tbnid=pvq9G-LzPsTG1M%3A&zoom=1&docid=qTExcPnTjY7tHM&itg=1&ei=adBgVNSnM8XaOJiigfgM&tbm=isch&client=firefox-a&ved=0CCYQMygHMAc&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=470&page=1&start=0&ndsp=35) [with](http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Ffullfact.org%2Fsites%2Ffullfact.org%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Flarge%2Fpublic%2Fdaily-mail-foreign-worker-statistics.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsunnysoodthinks.blogspot.com%2F2013%2F06%2Fthinking-hard-politics-and-politicians.html&h=350&w=275&tbnid=XsKOqAKETTGe3M%3A&zoom=1&docid=e7ku6hkBrRPgQM&itg=1&ei=adBgVNSnM8XaOJiigfgM&tbm=isch&client=firefox-a&ved=0CCAQMygBMAE&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=1487&page=1&start=0&ndsp=35) [immigration](http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rantonuk.org.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F12%2FDaily%5FMail%5F4%5F7%5F2013.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rantonuk.org.uk%2Fhow-much-longer-do-we-put-up-with-this-2%2F&h=230&w=176&tbnid=2-I77K81e0o1cM%3A&zoom=1&docid=9e8ILmpDOgusiM&itg=1&ei=adBgVNSnM8XaOJiigfgM&tbm=isch&client=firefox-a&ved=0CCQQMygFMAU&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=481&page=1&start=0&ndsp=35) policies in the U.K., the sputtering headline isn’t exactly a surprise.

The _Mail_‘s attempt to start a conversation about immigration instead turned into social media pile-on — with many taking to Twitter to jokily note the headline’s prescience, and sharing photos of their own botched attempts to make a decent sandwich:

> [](https://twitter.com/KarlaGeorge/status/531748093860257792)


> [](https://twitter.com/LeeCrawfurd/status/531602901282865152)

> [](https://twitter.com/jon%5Fabbott/status/531811017559638016)

> [](https://twitter.com/BDStanley/status/531578012622667776)


> [](https://twitter.com/Pandamoanimum/status/531584269333057537)

> [](https://twitter.com/banalyst/status/531587140996849664)

_Read next:_ [_See Kate Middleton’s Stunning Fashion Evolution_](http://time.com/53937/kate-middleton-fashion-photos/?xid=time%5Freadnext)

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