Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

To think this woman needs to get a grip? Greggs that THAT bad!

115 replies

PyongyangKipperbang · 10/12/2024 18:58

https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/britain-posh-town-bruton-somerset-reaction-greggs-3416287?srsltid=AfmBOoqvsC6pUvUkObOz4eMU874iXdjkMZEYKdqVWDljcoGEUDPbv0Ic

Apparently putting a Greggs in the "poshest" town in the coutry is akin to 'putting a sex shop in a senior school'! FFS........

'Like a sex shop in a school': How Britain's poshest town feels about Greggs

Among old cottages, a Tudor watchtower, a cheese shop, and two boarding schools, Greggs has arrived in the upmarket market town of Bruton, Somerset. Locals have mixed opinions

https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/britain-posh-town-bruton-somerset-reaction-greggs-3416287?srsltid=AfmBOoqvsC6pUvUkObOz4eMU874iXdjkMZEYKdqVWDljcoGEUDPbv0Ic

OP posts:
stargazerlil · 10/12/2024 22:04

Maybe the clientele at this location will cause a fuss about the quick dissolve sausage rolls and pasty’s and Greg’s will step up their pastry making and filling content
Feeble beige greasy offerings.

Tabitha005 · 10/12/2024 21:45

I think Greggs sell revolting shit but my biggest gripe about this particular purveyor of turgid, salt-laden crap are the wankers who buy it and then chuck their litter all over my local high street. Cunts!

mum2jakie · 10/12/2024 21:26

StaunchMomma · 10/12/2024 20:41

I mean, they're popular and their stuff tastes OK (if you like that sort of thing) but would you want one on your doorstep, ideally?

Gregg's are popping up a lot at service stations around here - it's a rural area only a couple of towns within 10 -20 miles.

One has 2 Gregg's, the other none.

Guess which has a Waitrose? 😂

Edited

I'd love one on my doorstep! No Greggs in our town. Definitely not too posh for one here. We had a Waitrose for a while - until it closed down and was turned into a Lidl!

Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 10/12/2024 21:22

Greg's is like a sex shop?
I've really not been making the best use of their sausage rolls then.

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 10/12/2024 21:19

I grew up in Bath and still miss Devon Savouries.

Pretty sure there were two.

Please tell me someone else remembers the joy?

YarkYark · 10/12/2024 21:11

As a one time Somerset girl something tells me the local yokels would love it, sadly it will ruin the blowins vision of the countryside.

"Poshest town in Britain"? Bruton? Do me a favour.

sanityisamyth · 10/12/2024 21:09

The strap line of the Girls' school was "where girls come first" for a while. Maybe it was already a sex shop?!

Fucketbucket · 10/12/2024 21:04

PyongyangKipperbang · 10/12/2024 19:59

OMG they should absolutely do this!

It would go down a storm, think of all the publicity!!

Show quote history

They do a fancier black store front in the posher more tourist areas.

SabrinaThwaite · 10/12/2024 20:55

The Greggs Foundation started breakfast clubs for primary school children 25 years ago.

Maybe Bruton (fur coat no knickers) might benefit?

Original poster
PyongyangKipperbang · 10/12/2024 20:55

coxesorangepippin · 10/12/2024 20:52

'Can I have an Anouchka Towner-Coston?'

'Sure, with beans or peas?'

^

Their next savoury slice

With beans?! Quinoa surely?!

OP posts:
coxesorangepippin · 10/12/2024 20:52

'Can I have an Anouchka Towner-Coston?'

'Sure, with beans or peas?'

^

Their next savoury slice

Original poster
PyongyangKipperbang · 10/12/2024 20:52

wouldnt bother me, we have a couple in town and the only issue is the queue snaking its way around the shopping centre as its so popular!

The issue is pure snobbery "not our sort of thing". Reminds me of the Clarksons Farm council snobbery because him being who he is, opening a shop/restuarant would attract "not our sort of people", despite the fact that it would be good for whole local farming community (iirc he wanted to form a sort of farm cooperative so all the food sourced was from his and other farms). I distinctly remember one woman saying "We dont want that sort of person around here".

OP posts:
coxesorangepippin · 10/12/2024 20:51

I actually can’t believe the council allowed it,” Anouchka Towner-Coston tells me. “

^

That's a made up name, surely

CranfordScones · 10/12/2024 20:50

The many choices we have is something we should all celebrate. You can have upmarket patisserie and Greggs - each helps you appreciate the other.

StaunchMomma · 10/12/2024 20:41

I mean, they're popular and their stuff tastes OK (if you like that sort of thing) but would you want one on your doorstep, ideally?

Gregg's are popping up a lot at service stations around here - it's a rural area only a couple of towns within 10 -20 miles.

One has 2 Gregg's, the other none.

Guess which has a Waitrose? 😂

Original poster
PyongyangKipperbang · 10/12/2024 20:40

ThisAquaCrow · 10/12/2024 20:33

Remember when Safeway stores were all shut and taken over by either Waitrose or Morrisons?
Ex hubby fancied himself as lord of the manor in our crappy little midlands town and was OUTRAGED when Morrisons moved in rather than Waitrose 😆

We got an Asda in our Safeway, much pearl clutching from the monied lot!

OP posts:
AnyoneSomeone · 10/12/2024 20:34

fivebyfivebuffy · 10/12/2024 20:28

We have a Greggs outlet
Not one complaint when that appeared

We have a Greggs outlet too. It's so cheap and often it's buy one pack and get one free.

ThisAquaCrow · 10/12/2024 20:33

Remember when Safeway stores were all shut and taken over by either Waitrose or Morrisons?
Ex hubby fancied himself as lord of the manor in our crappy little midlands town and was OUTRAGED when Morrisons moved in rather than Waitrose 😆

fivebyfivebuffy · 10/12/2024 20:28

We have a Greggs outlet
Not one complaint when that appeared

FagsMagsandBags · 10/12/2024 20:27

There's always a demand for Gregg's no matter what the likes of this silly woman think. Their food is both decent and decently priced. I wouldn't want to eat there all the time but I do enjoy the occasional vegan sausage roll - I'm not a vegan I just like them - and their sausage, beans and cheese melts. Oh my, they are very heaven when the mood takes me.

We have a Gregg's and a Gails (newly opened) in my town. I'm far more likely to pop into the former.

MounjaroForChristmas · 10/12/2024 20:26

Crazybaby123 · 10/12/2024 19:50

This is hilarious. Although, I do think the Greggs storefront is a bit cheap looking, they should do a fancy store front using duck egg blue and straw boater yellow especially for fancy towns. And call it Gregorys.

They actually do a pop-up Greggs champagne bar in Fenwick in Newcastle from time to time Grin

www.fenwick.co.uk/bistro-greggs-at-fenwick.html

TiredCatLady · 10/12/2024 20:25

Bruton, the poshest town in the country? HA HAAHAHHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!

ClementineChurchill · 10/12/2024 20:20

Also here for the tuna crunch. I had no idea there were so many of us. (I don’t have a problem with cucumber so I also like the Pret tuna baguette but Greggs is such better value).

HagsRule · 10/12/2024 20:20

Allfur · 10/12/2024 19:02

There's me thinking it was wallace

😂who WOULD be a sex pest in a school!

MullersCorner · 10/12/2024 20:18

She’ll change her tune once she gets a hot baguette and a caramel custard doughnut down her.

The last time I visited Bruton (my grandparents live there), I heard a resident pronounce the town’s name with a French accent and it turned my stomach.

Swipe left for the next trending thread