No mayo, please

Why do shop bought sandwiches have mayo instead of butter or margarine?

Trying to find a shop bought sandwich without mayo these days is a nightmare, the non-mayo sandwich has become a bit of a rarity. In supermarkets there is just the odd one line, normally ham and if you are lucky a chicken sarnie option.

Who made mayo the new margarine/butter? I can remember a time when a mayo in a sandwich was as rare as a dodo and they are extinct. However, unlikely the dodo the mayo sandwich is every much here. In some boardroom, somewhere a decision was made to make my life hell and turn me into a hunter for my favourite lunchtime snack. It must be down to price with a 10ltr tub of mayo, £12.99, a lot cheaper than margarine and butter so you can see how the moneymen and buyers were thinking of the profit line.

I am pretty safe in my hometown but if I were to go abroad, say the next town or city I would be stumped and probably in a land of mayo sarnies.

If mayo was so popular, why do the non-mayo sandwiches sell out so quickly? Tesco for instants today all the non-mayo sold out but there were acres of the mayo ones left most of which can be picked up for less than half price before the shop closes later today.

As for outside the big stores in the likes of Greggs and other chain bakeries mayo is king. Everywhere you look you can see the stuff oozing out from all kinds of sandwiches and baguettes and god behold if you ask if they have any without you get the look that makes you feel like a mass murderer. If you ask if you can make up one they will happily say ok until you say no mayo and all of sudden the whole atmosphere changes. It now becomes a chore and nine times out of ten, there is no margarine.

Moreover, what has happened to corner shops? The ones around by me are all mayo, no choice. If I don’t have the makings for a sandwich at home, I am now stuck.

In Cardiff thank god for Brutons the bakers, a bastion for the non-mayo sandwich fan with a good choice offer and willing to make one if they sold out. In addition, Cardiff market is another place at welcomes the mayo haters with an abundance of sandwiches to choose from and fillings. There are small sandwich shops that make you up a sarnie and will offer you the option of either and any other spread they may have.