To think that Greggs is extremely reasonably priced

Oh I had a horrible Festive Bake last year. Full of stringy bits.
And they've changed the cheese pasty, they taste vaguely of banana now somehow.

Still stand by the sausage rolls and buns though.

The one near St pauls Cathedral in London has queues out the door most lunchtimes. I go there at least two or three times a month

They used to do hot chicken goujons that my Whippet loved! We'd share a packet occasionally.
Wonder if they still do them?

Is that a goujon I can sniff??

It's never going to be the best food ever, but it's very filling and perfectly decent when it ticks all of your boxes for a specific time and/or circumstances.

I agree that the prices are extremely reasonable for what you get. Especially when at a motorway service station: the cost looks almost suspiciously cheap when compared with all the other rip-off options!

I had a festive bake the other day and it was horrible. Wonder if they’ve changed the recipe. Full of grey sludge.

Their flat white coffee is lovely

They are really decent ingredients too.

I had a tour of one of their factories for work, and I really expected it to be horrible quality with dodgy ingredients and poor quality mechanically reclaimed meat, but they made sausage rolls the exact same way I would make them at home, with the exact same ingredients, just on a much bigger scale.

I would have turned my nose up at them before that tour, but I was converted and really enjoy the occasional one now.

How long have you been working for Gregg's OP?

I really like their baguettes (and the yum yums)
I do get the point about quality over quantity, buy if we need food and aren't somewhere with that choice or haven't the money for a great meal at that point, I'd rather go to Greggs where I can feed the 3 of us for about £13 than to Burger King where I know the bill will be over £30.

My only gripe is that the loos in Greggs are always filthy. A brand new one opened near us. I used to go in quite regularly last winter as it was near one of DS activities and it got too cold to wait in the car.
The first time I went in it was brand new, within about 6 weeks the toilets were vile.

I do love the sausage rolls and Belgian buns. And the Tottenham cake but I can't get it where I live now.
I don't go in very often because my self control disappears around pastry.

I used to eat a greggs every morning as a teen and I survived lol . I was a size 6 until I was about 18 as well but tbf did used to walk loads and play in 3 sports team.

strangely enough now as an adult I rarely go there. Haven’t been for about 2 or 3 years now. I don’t see it as good quality food
But I’m sure there’s worse.

I can imagine it’s convenient for people with large families and kids who need food on the go at a decent price and that’s understandable.

Cheap food, made to a basement price point. Available almost everywhere, with easy parking, for the convenience of the masses in a hurry. Nothing wrong with that if it's what you're after.

The food feels 'free' as it's bundled with a hot drink. If that stopped, the food wouldn't feel like a bargain at all.

@OnlyFoolsnMothers

The trick is to do neither - fewer quality meals out is the way to go. My dc are older now but as primary school kids they loved going to a proper restaurant with tablecloths in nice dresses once a month rather than regular junk and hot chocolates out

A nice greggs bacon roll is lovely. But it all depends. Sometimes I've bought them and the bacon is all dried up, because it's been sitting around too long. Not lovely.
I also like their porridge, and put a pot of their cut fruit into it. Very nice.

I think they have hit the golden spot of price v quality. It's not the greatest bacon roll or coffee but it's the greatest for £2.85 and it's fine. Same with their fudge doughnuts. I could buy 4 nice ones from greggs or 1 amazing one from a local Baker. I'd prefer the quantity.

It's functional food at a relatively affordable price but it's junk food and far cheaper (plus better for you) to make breakfast and lunch at home and take it with you.

We do succumb to Greggs travelling in particular, but it's not good food

It’s bloody brilliant- I take my children there for a juice and cake when out rather than a Gail’s or Pret, save myself about £15

But the steak/chicken has walked through the bakes on stilts. I swear I had a steak bake with one piece of meat in it.

Our local butchers sell steak pies for about the same price but they do contain actual pieces of meat.

Greggs is not tasty.

It's great for my autistic children because it's all the same no deviation a sausage roll from London looks the same in Scotland 😂

Ffs just when I'd finally got that tune out of my head 😅

I agree OP, I used to have a longish bus commute early in the morning and used to treat myself to a breakfast pot every morning. I don't think they do them now 😔 but it was sausage, bacon, egg, hash brown and beans in a pot for about £1.50, bargain!

The sandwiches are good too.