Greggs - is it just me?

[Yass6]

Or is it really over-rated? I’ve given up now, as every time I get a pastry it is lukewarm at best. The bacon rolls used to be nice but the bread is so floury now and I really don’t get the appeal over the sausage rolls.

I used to love their cheese and onion pasties but about 10? years ago they changed the recipe (maybe a different type of cheese?) - still good but nowhere near as good.

Greggs mince pies are outstanding!

I used to really like the vegetable bake (the one with peas, carrots, green beans and onions in white sauce) but haven’t been in a Greggs in about 25 years..do they still do them?

I’ve only recently discovered Greggs. I’ve always avoided it as filler food full of fat but I was visiting my DD at uni and experienced a bad low (I have type 1 diabetes) and popped in to get something sweet. I got a donut and was transported! I had no idea they had yummy food. I have tried something savoury since and it definitely hits a part of you that one wishes didn’t exist - that craving for greasy fat laden salty dirty food. Is is worse than it was? No idea. But I can see why it has its place as a British institution.

Haven't RTFT so apologies if everyone has jumped on this but they do sell bread.
Their white sliced loaf is amazing

The hot food tax has been in our manky country since 2012.

No, they'd have to charge VAT to the customer. VAT isn't a cost to Greggs, they just collect it from customers on behalf of HMRC.
It's not a tax dodge, it's keeping their prices down.

Yes and VAT is tax… that they have to pay by putting prices up like I said.

No, we pay the VAT. Greggs just collect it from us. It doesn't cost them anything or reduce their profits.

But it does mean they'd have to increase their prices and presumably they have reasons for not wanting to do that.

If kept hot VAT Is paid.
£1.30 would become with 20 per cent VAT £1.56.
Would you pay that?

It was years ago now, but I once went into a Greggs and asked for a ham and cheese melt. They tried to gaslight me into believing they never sold them, when I knew damn well it was my favourite pastry they did at the time (They certainly don't sell them anymore though)

No .it was his brother who was a child support officer with a council.i went to trial out of interest in newcastle.very odd person.used to "allow" children to sit on his lap when driving from Newcastle to Bilingham to go ice skating.!!!

Agree with you OP.
Cold, greasy, (mainly) unhealthy crap.

Wright's is better.

Sorry, all the ones I’ve ever been in don’t sell bread. Perhaps it’s only larger stores.

It might be regional - some very small stores near me (NE England) sell it.