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Is Gregg's really specialized or is this a coincidence? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by idiomaddict@lemmy.world to c/askuk@feddit.uk

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I was recently in England and I was most excited about trying Gregg’s vegan sausage rolls (I’m not classy, but I was very happy with them). Each time I got one, they came in this bag.

Is it just that each size bag highlights one of the baked goods that fits inside it or do they have different bags for every type of item?

It’s not important, but I work at a german bakery chain (so similar work, but very different cultural milieu, if panel shows are to be believed- I get the vibe that Gregg’s is like a bakery crossed with a Waffle House, but I didn't actually witness any shenanigans), and I would be so fucking annoyed if I had to get a specific bag for each item.

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think the vegan one is green because vegan

I've never seen them grab anything other than a single size bag for everything and I've eaten a lot of Gregg's over the years

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Ohh, that makes a lot of sense. I feel pretty silly for not thinking of that now.

I think I assumed the vegetable bake was also vegan, because they didn’t have any anywhere I went, so I didn’t realize that it has a cheese sauce.

[–] sunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago

No. Every single product packaging has the vegan sausage roll highlighted as green.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 0 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm sorry, Greggs pastries, particularly the vegan and regular sausage rolls, are the saddest things I have ever seen in my life. Cold, so much pastry, so little filling, what the hell?! You be shot for trying to sell that nonsense in Australia ..

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you want to buy me a plane ticket to Australia, I’m sure I could learn to turn my nose up at cheap, filling, and quick vegan food too.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

I would argue that filling is not one of the attributes of Greggs offerings .. I'm so sorry about this situation, I'll lobby my local member of parliament to see if I can get our government to provide some sausage roll aid drops to what is clearly a humanitarian crisis in the UK

[–] buried_treasure@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You do realise that Greggs is the McDonalds of bakeries? Their goal is to sell mass-produced food at a very low price. It's tasty but if you're comparing it to any kind of small independent bakers it's not even in the same ballpark.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Even the most basic Mrs Macs or 4n20 servo sausage rolls that have been sitting in a pie warmer for 4 days are leagues above anything from Greggs. I found 1 passable sausage roll in the UK in 8 years and that wasn't for lack of trying.

[–] axx@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

You are correct. Greggs's main draw is "it's there".

They are everywhere, they are cheap, they are betting than eating cardboard and they appeal to that sense of Being British that works well on so many people of this small island. And so, they sell plenty of not great sausage rolls.

I remember after trying the vegan sausage roll when it came out thinking: it's not disgusting, but I can't tell where the pastry ends and where the sausage starts.

[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Australian tastes, raised on local country bakeries are incompatible with British pastries.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Britain certainly does have a taste issue, war ration really broke your country ..