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Had to check this and it turns out that what you're saying is not quite correct:

The canteen stopped serving meat altogether which meant that the famous "VW-Currywurst" wouldn't be available anymore. That's what Schröder complained about, not the availability of vegan alternatives. He actually praised those in the same sentence.

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To be precise: One of three or four canteens on the main site was affected. So there still was alternative.

Assuming 90:10 meat eaters to vegetarians, and a reduction of 25% of the capacity, 15% of workers who are meat eaters will have to eat at the vegetarian canteen.

Yes, but meat eaters may choose to eat a vegetarian meal on any given day. 15% seems like a plausible figure - meat eaters choosing 1 day a week to eat a vegetarian meal.

It would still have been available in another canteen right next door though. Also, the canteen which did. the change was not exactly catering to the blue-collar workers he was referencing, IIRC it was an office building.

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