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Daveb
Earthsea
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 Posted - 10/10/2009 : 17:29:43
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Perhaps Greggs should deliver.
Pasties by post.
It could save the Royal Mail!
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We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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Control Panel
Discworld
1504 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2009 : 21:06:07
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Originally posted by Daveb
Perhaps Greggs should deliver.
Pasties by post.
It could save the Royal Mail!
Rowland Hill would be spinning in his grave at this - his legacy gummed up for ever by Greggs' products oozing through the system. The workers would be striking all over again, or at least demanding prohibitively expensive rubber gloves to handle the mail, and think of the hefty lawsuits from Amazon after so many pages of its goods were delivered with stains for which secondhand booksellers would have to develop a whole new language ("First Edition, with evidence of attempt to remove Greggs staining on title page").
We got through the Blitz, we can't now have England laid low by Greggs mail order. It almost makes germ warfare look a civilised pursuit. |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Posted - 13/10/2009 : 17:58:19
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| Presumably the Greggs in London Road is such a draw that pilgrims come from all over for its pasties. But with the North Street one opening, they will go there, and so sales in London Road will drop - and any hopes of the long-delayed regeneration of the London Road will fade even further on the horizon. What an own goal by Greggs. How did it get this one past the Council? |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Anubis
Calaspia
718 Posts |
Posted - 17/10/2009 : 14:28:44
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It was to the London Road Greggs that we went to purchase the pasties to be tested by the Anubis household. Mrs Anubis and I turned up at the shop at about 2.50pm yesterday (Friday) afternoon, enquired whether it was possible to buy them BEFORE they had been heated (It wasn't) and duly bought three pasties. Although priced at £1.25 each, I was charged £3.50 for the three -- whether this was a regular discount for buying more than one, or whether it was getting towards the end of the day and the store just wanted to get shot of them, was not apparent.
As planned, the pasties were re-heated at home, accompanied by a few baked beans for a 'snack meal'. I was interested to have opinions from Mrs Anubis and grandson (currently our 'lodger' for his final year at Sussex). [I am never a connoisseur of food or drink -- generally eat anything, and think it's great, and drink anything, especially alcohol, and think it's great!] Neither of these two is aware this test was being carried out for the benefit of the dedicated readers of Livewire! Both of them were very enthusiastic!
Mrs Anubis thought it was 'the best pasty she'd eaten for ages' and compared it very favourably with the ones we have often purchased at Waitrose or Tesco; she liked the way the contents (potatoes) were blended into the overall structure of the pasty) -- and grandson was even more enthusiastic. It was only when I then mentioned they'd been bought at Greggs, that he responded, very unexpectedly, "that explains it -- food at Greggs is always superb". Subconsciously, I must have assumed that as I'd never bought anything from a Greggs shop before, the same would apply to him. Once again, I realized the extent to which I was obviously very out of touch with today's younger generations!!
It was all a light-hearted exercise -- resulting entirely from my reading the odd postings about Greggs on Livewire -- but well worth doing. Being serious: LT's statements about Greggs appear to be pretty well justified -- it won't affect the daily lives of the Anubis clan, 'cos we have gone beyond the stage of life where we need [i]vittals[/i ]'on the hoof' when we are out and about in Brighton, or anywhere else ... but if occasionally we are, then we know where to go! |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
7262 Posts |
Posted - 17/10/2009 : 15:36:50
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"Being serious: LT's statements about Greggs appear to be pretty well justified "
Thank You
Great of you to do a fair review.
Life In The City. |
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Edwin the Scot
Barsoom
118 Posts |
Posted - 17/10/2009 : 16:21:26
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Perhaps Anubis might widen the sampling by comparing the Greggs pasty with those from other, independent places?
Perhaps Greggs were aware of the imminent test and so sent better quality ones to Brighton stores for a while.
But perhaps the Anubis test has to be balanced by the admission that this household does not set itself up as the true arbitter of matters gourmet?
Looking forward to a wider study of the Brighton pasty. |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
7262 Posts |
Posted - 17/10/2009 : 16:54:52
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"Perhaps Greggs were aware of the imminent test and so sent better quality ones to Brighton stores for a while."
That is Crazy, with respect Edwin.
All Greggs stores have Quality Value Products,
They are an Outstanding English Company. |
Edited by - long time no see on 17/10/2009 16:55:36 |
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Daveb
Earthsea
2823 Posts |
Posted - 17/10/2009 : 16:56:49
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| The crusty did not croak but has at last found a worthy cause in life. www.pasty-tester.com |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1715 Posts |
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Anubis
Calaspia
718 Posts |
Posted - 17/10/2009 : 22:49:19
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quote:
Originally posted by Daveb
The crusty did not croak but has at last found a worthy cause in life. www.pasty-tester.com
Link won't open! |
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Daveb
Earthsea
2823 Posts |
Posted - 18/10/2009 : 07:40:46
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| Sorry was not mean't to be a link, more of a suggestion. |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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Control Panel
Discworld
1504 Posts |
Posted - 19/10/2009 : 09:50:08
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At Nigella Lawson's site there is an extraordinary thread about the awful food people enjoy.
Somebody in new Zealand misses the Greggs cheese-and-onion pasties whsoe grease turns the paper bag see-through.
LTNS could eat for a lifetime from this catalogue.
http://www.nigella.com/food-forum/thread.aspx?pid=4925&PgIndx=0 |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1715 Posts |
Posted - 20/10/2009 : 07:12:41
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| There was such an outcry among vegetable pasty enthusiasts when Greggs changed the ingredients it has now gone back to the original version. |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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No Expert
Calaspia
612 Posts |
Posted - 26/10/2009 : 13:49:47
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GREGGSFACT!
There are more Greggs bakeries in the UK than
McDonald's - 1,400 vs 1,200.
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Edwin the Scot
Barsoom
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Posted - 26/10/2009 : 14:10:50
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quote:
Originally posted by No Expert
GREGGSFACT!
There are more Greggs bakeries in the UK than
McDonald's - 1,400 vs 1,200.
You can always nip into McDonald's to use the lavatories but, try that in Greggs, and there would be a scene almost as ugly as the pasties. |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Posted - 28/10/2009 : 10:23:22
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| Lord Stern has said that for the sake of the planet people should avoid Greggs. |
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Anubis
Calaspia
718 Posts |
Posted - 31/10/2009 : 21:07:26
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Deciding to confirm the previous 'tasting' wasn't a fluke, Mrs Anubis and I called into the London Road branch today to buy another three pasties. It was 11.45 am -- I would have thought a sensible time ... but there were only TWO of the THREE we wanted -- and once again, were not wanting to hang about for twenty minutes.
It's a Saturday! Maybe we should have gone to North Street?! |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Posted - 01/11/2009 : 09:53:03
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One firm is advertising its place as a party venue at the the top of this topic.
Does this mean that they are trying to rival branches of Greggs as such a venue? When does Greggs hold its parties?
Perhaps Greggs cuts the pasties into small pieces and brings them round on a tray, and it looks greedy if you take two of them. |
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Control Panel
Discworld
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Posted - 01/11/2009 : 10:41:31
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LTNS did not say that the Sky broadcast about Greggs shows that its growth has slowed in recent months.
Sales growth, that is, not growth on the pastry - customers have got used to that, they even enjoy it: scraping it off is rather like playing with a scab.
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Posted - 02/11/2009 : 14:31:09
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Further evidence that LTNS is working for Greggs.
Its official notice on the wall about ingredients etc spells confectionery as confectionary.
If the firm can't get spelling right, how can it be trusted to get ingredients in the correct proportions. No wonder it is all so stodgy. |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
7262 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2009 : 17:01:18
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'Stodgy' you are getting Mixed up with Tesco Food.
89P Quality Tea with Real Milk
no other place matches Greggs Quality and Value. |
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Furzewick
Barsoom
United Kingdom
150 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2009 : 17:16:26
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Originally posted by long time no see
'Stodgy' you are getting Mixed up with Tesco Food.
89P Quality Tea with Real Milk
no other place matches Greggs Quality and Value.
Probably like this
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Edwin the Scot
Barsoom
118 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2009 : 18:19:47
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| How far would get if you went into Greggs and asked if they fry their own pumpkin seeds on the premises? |
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New Greggs London Road 89p Tea II