To think that Greggs is extremely reasonably priced

Oh I see. Really didn't fancy a cold pastry so I was lucky 😊

They come out of the oven hot, then go onto an unheated display. The temperature you get them at depends on how long it is since they came out of the oven. Therefore they count as cold food.

Just been in Greggs for a festive bake. All of the pastries were hot so not sure if the pps claim that they serve them cold because of the hot food tax is true

My DF likes their sausage rolls. So against my better judgement I popped in this lunchtime. One person serving and they were doing two of the range of festive hot drinks. So coffee. And syrup, And a cream swirl, And sprinkles. And several people in the queue muttering FFS because they want a pasty and to get on with their day.

My DDs love a Gregg's voucher in their stockings.

A lot of snobbery about Greggs as there is about Wetherspoons. I like both places.

I love their chicken & stuffing rolls. Chocolate orange Danish too. Beats Cooplands any day.

Depends on your tastes. Pheasants or peasants?

Depends if you get enough sausage in the sausage cheese and bean melt...and whether it's an acceptable temperature and not cold!

@KimberleyClark no but as I've said there are plenty of people in the areas surrounding the cities, and you can get decent alternatives in the city. The only choice is never Greggs, surely. I didn't criticise anyone who ate them, I simply stated people had become very disconnected from their food and it was people happy to eat it who generally were very vocal on my way of life.

Shooting your own meat is hardly a viable alternative for people who live in the city is it.

@LostTheMarble but is it really on the far end of the scale? It is a viable alternative is all I was proposing - game is cheap and often free, plentiful, free range and good for you. I suppose it's in the other end of the scale from foreign, badly reared and badly slaughtered meat which makes it relevant. I was simply voicing my opinion and irritation that often it is people who will eat this without a seconds thought who judge me.
I really don't want to be pedantic, but I'm afraid I will be - initially it was you that quoted me saying about pussy cats!
I'm happy to leave this here - we won't agree, you have your view of me and I have mine of you. Let's agree to disagree as all we are doing is bickering!

Then how did you think it was relevant to the conversation? You can’t see how it’s very much on the far other end of the scale of food consumption? But you haven’t offended me at all, seems quite the opposite since you’re the one who initially quoted me about it.

I really wasn't decrying those who weren't shooting their own pheasant @LostTheMarble, what an odd take on it. There are plenty of alternatives to Greggs sausage rolls. I've clearly offended you without meaning too, so I'm sorry for that.

Even the Royal Family have cried poverty (ridiculously) at points in history so the comparison is still apt. It’s nothing to do with the assumption of money and entirely about the tone and examples used of alternative food sources. It’s a thread about enjoying a fast food that everyone knows is not healthy or the best produced. Coming on to a thread decrying those who are not shooting their own pheasant is completely out of touch, no matter how much backtracking you’re doing now.

I used to love an occasional greggs but the last two times I have had something "hot" they just tasted of pure salt. I'm sure they have changed the recipes which is a shame

Actually @LostTheMarble your comment about Anne or Camilla joining the conversation did show your prejudice. You assumed because I shoot that I'm rich.
You don't need a license or hanging room. I've posted on the thread an excellent page on Facebook where people give away, or charge very little, for game. I didn't suggest anyone needs to shoot or do things the way I do, I simply said it was shocking that people disconnect where their meat comes from to the product they buy these days. And it is invariably people who do this who criticise me and my way of life.
There is a middle ground of course. Greggs is the very lowest quality - even just buying British is upping the game and around here meat from a decent butcher is actually cheaper than supermarket.
Thanks @Sausagenbacon

I mean I'm under no illusion about the food I eat. I buy bog standard supermarket meat...I don't think about the welfare of meat I order/eat in cafes, restaurants or bakeries....I assume most meat is factory farmed unless I'm told otherwise. I'm sure locally killed game meat is far superior...but surprise surprise when I'm on my local high street and am feeling peckish, I can't just shoot a pigeon and call it lunch.

The lattes are so good.

Thanks Orlando, I'll check it out.
Fwiw, I like a Greggs bacon roll, but it is true that most consumers only eat meat that is so denatured that they can forget about the original animal. And they can ignore welfare issues.
The young man who sold me the game was working class, living on a council estate in the village.
Did anyone watch the tv programmes (in effect, hour-long adverts) with Grace Dent on Greggs.
The one thing that was never mentioned was the quality of the raw materials.

I’ve not shown any prejudice against you, your reply was completely out of touch for several reasons.

Sincerely, a poster who a single mum/carer on benefits who doesn’t have a gun license or a hanging room for pheasant (if we must lower the bar of social situations).

@Gorgonemilezola I'm afraid that's my view- sandwiches aren't too bad and sausage rolls just about ok but the slices are basically gravy slop in warm pastry - which is fine if you just want something hot and cheap- but nice? I would say not really

@LostTheMarble And really - for the very last time, I'm absolutely broke, I'm a student nurse living on a pittance and your prejudice is really showing through!

Taking the piss out of the only single poster on the thread who has actually questioned the meat they use and the welfare of the animals concerned says more about you than me.

😂 no @LostTheMarble I meant in the countryside adjacent to the cities! And no pussycat here 😂