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

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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:
WetBandits · 10/12/2024 19:50

Sausage, cheese and bean melt…🤤

Sleepysleepycoffeecoffee · 10/12/2024 19:49

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........

I live in the next town from Bruton and am very happy to have a chavvy Greggs on one of my regular routes. Bruton is getting too big for it’s boots and needs taking down a peg. There is NOTHING there except that bloody gallery. And now a Greggs 😊

MereDintofPandiculation · 10/12/2024 19:49

RosieLeaf · 10/12/2024 19:02

So are their tuna crunch baguettes. One of the very few places not to contaminate tuna with evil cucumber.

This woman is living in the dark. She’ll be enlightened soon by a steak bake.

Personally, I can’t see the desire to contaminate cucumber with evil tuna

Manypaws · 10/12/2024 19:47

She needs a good sausage roll

Topseyt123 · 10/12/2024 19:47

She needs to try their vegan sausage rolls.

LlynTegid · 10/12/2024 19:47

I don't agree with the comparison, but not wanting yet another chain store in a town I have some sympathy with.

Greggs would not be first on my list to be able to restrict though. McDonalds would top the list.

NasiDagang · 10/12/2024 19:46

Raindropskeepfallinonmyhead · 10/12/2024 19:41

I thought that!!
Was expecting Hampshire, Surrey or Cheshire !

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I live in Cheshire and it's definitely not posh! But we do have a Greggs and Costa 😀

mitogoshigg · 10/12/2024 19:45

@NotSorry

Same here, plus lidl and Waitrose share a car park - people do the bulk of their shopping in Lidl then nip into Waitrose for the stuff Lidl doesn't sell and to pick up their prescriptions and free coffee (to drink with their cheap Lidl pastries) i follow others moving their cars across (lazy I know!)

Printedword · 10/12/2024 19:45

willproblem · 10/12/2024 19:31

There's a town near me that has both Waitrose & Morrisons , FFS !!

We have an Asda and M and S in the same street - seems to work really well for both retailers

mitogoshigg · 10/12/2024 19:42

@Doggymummar

A local guy has been winding up the blue rinse busy bodies this week telling them that Homebase is becoming a lap dancing clubGrin.

Greggs is not bad at all, and Bruton is snobby beyond belief. I'm not far from there but give me a mixed community any day (and we have both Greggs and 2 artisan bakeries)

Raindropskeepfallinonmyhead · 10/12/2024 19:41

FKAT · 10/12/2024 19:07

Like fuck is anywhere in SOMERSET Britain's poshest town.

I thought that!!
Was expecting Hampshire, Surrey or Cheshire !

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PyongyangKipperbang · 10/12/2024 19:39

I just cant get over the total over reaction!

I agree with the PP who said that some these snobs would rather have a ghost town than anything they deem "common". Man cannot live by artisnal sourdough bread alone....sometimes we need yum yums too!

They would soon be moaning when their property prices plummet because no one wants to live there due to a lack shops and amenities.

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AuntyFunGal · 10/12/2024 19:34

👀

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Londonrach1 · 10/12/2024 19:34

As a child who grow up there it's not posh...where I live now is posher and more touristy and we got a Greggs.

AdventFridgeOfShame · 10/12/2024 19:33

willproblem · 10/12/2024 19:31

There's a town near me that has both Waitrose & Morrisons , FFS !!

Bruton does not do supermarkets.
Supermarkets are so non-U

NotSorry · 10/12/2024 19:33

We've got Waitrose, Poundland and Iceland! There was a lot of pearl-clutching in the town when the latter two were added. 😂

willproblem · 10/12/2024 19:31

There's a town near me that has both Waitrose & Morrisons , FFS !!

FancyNewt · 10/12/2024 19:30

So that's where Gregg Wallace got his name inspiration.

TheDowagerCountessofPembroke · 10/12/2024 19:29

I used to live there before it was posh. There were two pubs then. We got kicked out of one but used to go to regular lock ins at the other.

It’s proper posh there now.

AnyoneSomeone · 10/12/2024 19:28

One bite of a caramel donut and she will be converted.

Toopulululu · 10/12/2024 19:27

I clutched my pearls dramatically at this. WILL NO ONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN.

KezzaMucklowe · 10/12/2024 19:26

I bet she's a MNer.

Printedword · 10/12/2024 19:25

We live in a posh town - we have 3 Gales Bakery, 5 if you include their Waitrose presence. We also have 2 Greggs. One of the Greggs is next door to the Waitrose and in the same street as one of the Gales. I’m just glad we have lots of shops open. Why are some people such snobs

FennelFan · 10/12/2024 19:24

BrightYellowStar · 10/12/2024 19:04

Who wants the smell of sausage rolls wafting through the air when it could be the aroma of artisanal quinoa bread? Greggs might be poshing up!

Me! But I come from Glasgow where sausage rolls are one of your five a day.

Motnight · 10/12/2024 19:23

Allfur · 10/12/2024 19:02

There's me thinking it was wallace

Yep!

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