To think that Greggs is extremely reasonably priced

Exactly this. If I am in the mood for calorific trans fats than it needs to taste nice, and as advertised. I want sausage in my sausage rolls, meat in the pasties, peaches in the melbas, and not be wading through salty sauce, and cream etc.

I wasn’t have a go at you, if Greggs isn’t your thing that’s absolutely fine. I’ve long gone off McDonald’s, I’m not sure if it’s age or how they cook it but the childhood days where a Maccies was the ultimate treat is now just a complete disappointment. Sorry, my post was in jest of the UPF cultist, that’s why I didn’t quote your entire post!

The sausage, bean and cheese melt is divine. A shop local to me sells even more delicious (various) vegan pasties. But, horses for courses. And of course they are more expensive.
Greggs meal deals are very good too and I am always pleased to see one at a train station before a long journey. Looking at you Newcastle, especially, right by the ticket barriers.

🤣🤣 I just love that description!

Can’t comment on the veracity of that because the only thing I have tried was a sausage roll and that was a disappointment- managed to be both greasy and dry.

Their 6 pack mince pies are delicious.

I often get a vegan sausage roll from there with a tea and I was buying more of their single donuts than was good for me so stopped now. Their jam ones are yummy.

In Iceland (not sure if elsewhere) you can buy Greggs frozen steak bakes and vegan sausage rolls etc and cook them at home.

It isn't anything to do with that, it is about taste. Greggs tastes disgusting to me. I'd rather stuff my face with calories that actually taste nice to me, and taste as advertised! Oh, and a chicken lasts us a day! You have taken what I said completely out of context. How is me talking about eating toffee yum yums and doughnuts akin to a salad? I want what is advertised, not a chicken pasty with no chicken in it, etc🙄

the aggro on my local FB group when ours opened - residents divided between happiness at the news and outraged that this indicated we apparently lived in an area of deprivation....😂

OP if you think a normal greggs is cheap find an outlet!

I think they aren't allowed to warm stuff up for tax purposes, due to having eating areas now? They won't pay it. Somebody may come along to shed some light on this soon.

Their coffee is good but good luck at finding much else in there that isn't massively calorific and ultra-processed. Fine if you're eating it occasionally but a lot of people don't.

And I hate to think what the animal welfare standards are to be able to sell that cheaply.

Oh I don't know.
Given their fans here, they don't need to do PR!

But it's very odd considering the OP also has a post running asking if she can manage to spend £30 a MONTH on ALL food!

Yeah but the last few times mea I've been, everything's been really cold. I don't want a cold sausage roll or cheese and onion pasty. Petrol stations near me can do lovely warm pasties, so not sure why Gregg's can't!! But maybe I've just been unlucky?!

This just feels like a blatant PR stunt

If you are aiming to spend just over £10 a week on all your food, why are you buying ready-made stuff anyway?

Why not make your own sandwiches or some healthy home made soup?

You're eating crap, you know, buying from Greggs.

It's okay perhaps once in a blue moon but not for every day eating.

I can't bear to think about the welfare of the animals that are so cheaply valued that Greggs can sell their bodies at those prices.

Sorry, I know people don't want to hear that but I feel personally morally obliged to say it out loud.

As with everything in life you get the quality you pay for....

Tried Greggs for the first time ever, during a 'pitstop' whilst taking someone to Heathrow - a bacon baguette and a coffee. Never again, it was vile, lukewarm coffee and a dried up baguette. Utterly revolting!

Ditto my one and only experience with MacDonalds.

Lidl bakery is amazing! I once had a fancy £5 brownie from a market that wasn’t as nice as Lidl bakery brownies.

I love a Greggs cheese and onion slice or the chicken slice with the creamy sauce but one thing that really, really pisses me off is that they don't/won't keep them hot. They are pretty revolting cold. I always ask if they are still hot before I commit to buying one as I've learnt the hard way. If you want to eat it immediately rather than take it home and bung it back in the oven, then you need to check how long its been out of their oven before you pay for it.

Now, Lidl on the other hand has cheaper and higher quality bakery items. Their toffee yum yums, chocolate cronuts etc are amazing.

Lidl bakery is God Tier. I’m not sure what kind of penance you must give yourself for buying from there, perhaps a simple prayer of ‘forgive me for I have chosen bad nutrition on this day, and have given into the Satanic Temptation of trans-fats and UPF of the Germanic supermarket variety. To seek redemption, I shall spend a month in the wilderness, sourcing the illustrious One Week Chicken to complement a very filling salad…’.

Just had a latte, bacon roll and two hash browns from Greggs for £3.40. You can't beat those prices in a city centre. Loads of bacon on the roll too, usually three or four slices.

You can also get four bakes and four filled doughnuts of your choice for £10.55 or 4 sausage rolls and 4 filled doughnuts for £8.30 but not sure if that's just through Just Eat.

It's alright for convenience. The app is good. But I can't get excited about it.
I feel like it's just the same old beige stuff again and again.

Not a week goes by that I don't miss a macaroni pie from Greggs. I believe they were a Scotland exclusive (certainly when I enquired about them in a Greggs in Newcastle, the staff member looked at me like I'd farted) and they were discontinued years ago, but they live on in my heart (and arteries).

For anyone unaware, it's the same pastry casing as a scotch pie but it's filled with stodgy macaroni cheese. Bloody delicious with a bit of brown sauce.

They use cheap ingredients and it’s full of trans fats. That’s why it’s cheap. OK for occasionally, but not good for you on a regular basis.

On the surface maybe, then you try it and realise it is cheap and nasty. Barely any chicken in the pasties, chicken bakes full of salty sauce, sausage rolls no meat content, I don't know how they can call them sausage tbh. Their pizza slices are stodgy, and taste awful, had to bin it. I don't know if anyone remembers, but greggs used to do a pizza baguette, and it tasted lovely, before they replaced it for the cheap pizza slice.
The peach melbas used to be lovely, now there's barely any peaches in them. The Cooplands' version is far superior, and loaded with peaches.
Watch the greggs documentary🤢

Now, Lidl on the other hand has cheaper and higher quality bakery items. Their toffee yum yums, chocolate cronuts etc are amazing.

It's ok. I like my food to be delicious and I don't think it is. Nothing special. If we're at an airport or shopping centre and need something to eat, I can usually find much nicer options.

The pizza is just like the pizza we had at school. It was delicious.