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"Pret A Manger has removed its &amp;#039;Virgin Mary&amp;#039; crisps from sale after complaints from religious groups. The sandwich shop chain introduced the new brand of spicy tomato crisps, playing on the name of the non-alcoholic version of a Bloody Mary cocktail. However, BBC News reported that the company received complaints that the name was offensive as it referred to Jesus&amp;#039;s mother. As a result, the company has pledged to withdraw the crisps and donate any unsold packets to homeless charities. A company spokesperson said: &amp;quot;It didn&amp;#039;t take many complaints. It&amp;#039;s the strength of feeling that&amp;#039;s behind them that&amp;#039;s important.  &amp;quot;For the sake of a particular flavour of crisps, we don&amp;#039;t want anyone offended.&amp;quot; Pret A Manger responded to complaints with a statement apologising for causing offence unintentionally. &amp;quot;Clive [Schlee, Pret&amp;#039;s CEO] has taken your advice and decided to remove all of the crisps from our shops,&amp;quot; the complaint response said. &amp;quot;We will be donating the unsold crisps to homeless charities that we support across the country. We do listen and we have tried to react quickly.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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