Something to ponder.

[Beso]

Greggs give all thier unused food to the homeless at the end of the day.....if you didn't have an insentive NOT to enter the blue signed beast then you do now.


Makes sense don't it, they ain't the only company to do it...start an online campaign not to eat the gravy bakes.

[Shaun]

You're saying bin it rather than give it to the homeless?

[Beso]

You're saying bin it rather than give it to the homeless?

This is what happens people when you walk into a thread with a pre conceived perception of someone.....



No you mistaken . .I'm saying "don't go in and let the homeless have all the food"


**** sake, I've read that back twice and still ain't got how you got that from it shaun.:shrug:

[Shaun]

Perhaps your inability to type a sentence accurately confuses people.

[Matthew.]

The OP is quite hard to read tbf

Are you trying to say that we shouldn’t buy from Gregg’s so that they have more food to give to homeless people?

[Cherie]

I never go in to Greggs , so I am a big help

[Cherie]

I didn't have any problem comprehending Parm's point :shrug:

[Beso]

Perhaps your inability to type a sentence accurately confuses people.

You understood my reply fine..


Can we stay on topic of boycotting greggs please, pizzas excluded.

[SherzyK]

I didn’t understand it either, could you please elaborate on what you are trying to tell us?

[Beso]

I didn't have any problem comprehending Parm's point :shrug:

Cause you know I'm a nice guy, shaun thinks I'm a **** so mis read a clearly worded opinion.

[Elliot]

Greggs is vile anyway I had enough reason to never visit the ****hole lol

[SherzyK]

Cause you know I'm a nice guy, shaun thinks I'm a **** so mis read a clearly worded opinion.

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[Matthew.]

I like a steak bake

[Beso]

I didn’t understand it either, could you please elaborate on what you are trying to tell us?

It's evident what the point is if you have read far enough down the page to notice that shaun was confused...so behave tonight please.

[Beso]

I like a steak bake

You are reaching with the word steak.:nono:


Gravy with a lump, at a push.

[SherzyK]

It's evident what the point is if you have read far enough down the page to notice that shaun was confused...so behave tonight please.

Sorry I still don’t understand :shrug:

Could you please elaborate a little more because I think Greggs is just fine the way it is

[Cherie]

I like a steak bake

guess the homeless will have to do with one less once you have wolfed it down :laugh:

[Matthew.]

You are reaching with the word steak.:nono:


Gravy with a lump, at a push.

They are delicious :nono:

[Matthew.]

guess the homeless will have to do with one less once you have wolfed it down :laugh:

I’ll buy an extra one :angel:

[Cherie]

I’ll buy an extra one :angel:

that's two less for the homeless Matthew!' :fist:

[Beso]

They are delicious :nono:

Yes they are I agree, especially on a Thursday when pay day is tomorrow..but no way are they steak bakes..

And they are the only shop that sells cold stuff from the hot shelf, no.matter how much you plead they won't heat it up..jobsworths..


Absolutely no enjoyment walking in, nor walking out that shop so to me it makes sense to just let them rot until they have ran out of tinned bakes to feed the homeless...then we start on the next lot...



I do admit I had just had a cold pasty at this point.

[RileyH]

I didn't have any problem comprehending Parm's point :shrug:

same lmao

[RileyH]

cooplands >

[Beso]

cooplands >

That's just greggs with seeds...do they feed the homeless?

[Matthew.]

that's two less for the homeless Matthew!' :fist:

The extra one is for a homeless person :angel:

[RileyH]

That's just greggs with seeds...do they feed the homeless?

why don't you ask them

[Beso]

The extra one is for a homeless person :angel:

That was daft, you could have just not bought it and they would have got it without you having to part with a warm £1 80.

[Beso]

why don't you ask them

They would say no and tell me to **** off out the shop if I just wandered in and asked them that.

[Glenn.]

Since they discontinued Jonas sandwich he hasn’t been in there so onwards and upwards:shrug:

[Matthew.]

That was daft, you could have just not bought it and they would have got it without you having to part with a warm £1 80.

It’s the thought that counts!

[Crimson Dynamo]

Never give anything to beggars

[Beso]

It’s the thought that counts!

Mathew, you shouldn't say that, there are mothers on the forum. :nono:

[Beso]

Never give anything to beggars

Or lepers.:nono:

[Twosugars]

I heard that our local Co-op donates their food to a homeless charity.
More businesses should do it. Majority of the food is still good and clever cooks can still use it for days.

[Beso]

I heard that our local Co-op donates their food to a homeless charity.
More businesses should do it. Majority of the food is still good and clever cooks can still use it for days.

It's just a thought, but I'm assuming you are a clever cook?


Any tips for for an old alky?

[Twosugars]

It's just a thought, but I'm assuming you are a clever cook?


Any tips for for an old alky?

I wish

most things are good for a few days after the date
but don't risk it with fresh meat

[Beso]

I wish

most things are good for a few days after the date
but don't risk it with fresh meat

All I want for this stale old loaf is a bit of fresh meat, and you're no help...I give up..

:shrug:

[Vicky.]

Greggs give all thier unused food to the homeless at the end of the day.....

Thats definitely a good idea. I used to work in Peters years and years back, and stock that was left at the end of the day had to go in the bin, with an inventory list of whats gone in the bin AND they sent random inspectors round to check the bins to make sure we ween't giving the food to homeless people. Its just spite. pure spite.

[Livia]

I didn't have any problem comprehending Parm's point :shrug:

Me neither.

[Beso]

Thats definitely a good idea. I used to work in Peters years and years back, and stock that was left at the end of the day had to go in the bin, with an inventory list of whats gone in the bin AND they sent random inspectors round to check the bins to make sure we ween't giving the food to homeless people. Its just spite. pure spite.



That's nasty. Do they have a website.

[Vicky.]

That's nasty. Do they have a website.

They seem to have been bought out by someone else now. Karma, unless it was just the company rebranding and changing names or something :laugh:

All the Peters round here changed to 'Cooplands' anyway..

[Shaun]

Greggs give all thier unused food to the homeless at the end of the day.....if you didn't have an insentive NOT to enter the blue signed beast then you do now.


Makes sense don't it, they ain't the only company to do it...start an online campaign not to eat the gravy bakes.

Apologies for interpreting this double-negative as a campaign to boycott the company. And apologies for responding to someone swearing at me with hostility xx

[DouglasS]

To be honest I read it the same way Shaun and Sherzy did the first time. It was only after re-reading it I understood what you were saying.

By everyone not eating at Greggs would eventually result in the homeless getting nothing.

Also they wouldn’t keep baking food if no one was buying, and so buying the food results in them baking more, so seems a bit pointless

I love Greggs :love:

The chicken bake is amazing.

[Beso]

Apologies for interpreting this double-negative as a campaign to boycott the company. And apologies for responding to someone swearing at me with hostility xx

Maybe just not go in after the last bake comes out into the cold shelf?

[Marsh.]

Yeah boycotting will result in less food anyway or possible store closure. :nono:

[Beso]

Yeah boycotting will result in less food anyway or possible store closure. :nono:

Not if you boycott the last time the baked items come out the oven..it's probably prity easy to find out the timings and stand outside a greggs in an area of high levels of homelessness with a leaflet and words of advice and encouragement. Would greggs really shut because of the homeless?..no, get a grip.

They would probably end up paying to feed the homeless to stay open.

[Marsh.]

Would greggs really shut because of the homeless?..no, get a grip.

That's not what I said. I said if people are told not to go in because if they don't buy the food it goes to the homeless, they won't make any money and the store will close. :hmph:

[Beso]

That's not what I said. I said if people are told not to go in because if they don't buy the food it goes to the homeless, they won't make any money and the store will close. :hmph:

And I said greggs would end up paying to feed the homeless rather than have their shops close...so a gentle leaflet protest outside thier shops at half five on a friday night would be a beginning..it's win win.

[Marsh.]

And I said greggs would end up paying to feed the homeless rather than have their shops close...so a gentle leaflet protest outside thier shops at half five on a friday night would be a beginning..it's win win.

They'd keep an unprofitable shop open to feed the homeless.

POPPYCOCK! :idc:

[Beso]

They'd keep an unprofitable shop open to feed the homeless.

POPPYCOCK! :idc:

Not everyone is as heartless as you..

If greggs already feed the homeless and people strated protesting people not to buy the last bake of the day so all that food could go to feed the homeless then greggs pr would pick up on it and decide that rather than look bad and heartless by opposing the protest they would probably just bake some more stuff and deliver it to the homeless.

They care already, and losing the last bake of the day ain't going to bankrupt them all of a sudden, bloody shops every 50 metres in some places.

Why you have to sensationalise everything I will never know.:shrug:

[Marsh.]

Not everyone is as heartless as you..

Oh, getting personal again.

I'll leave you to it.

[AnnieK]

Not everyone is as heartless as you..

If greggs already feed the homeless and people strated protesting people not to buy the last bake of the day so all that food could go to feed the homeless then greggs pr would pick up on it and decide that rather than look bad and heartless by opposing the protest they would probably just bake some more stuff and deliver it to the homeless.

They care already, and losing the last bake of the day ain't going to bankrupt them all of a sudden, bloody shops every 50 metres in some places.

Why you have to sensationalise everything I will never know.:shrug:

If a shop suddenly loses profitability, they will not.keep it open. A leaflet protest around the shop will only deter people thinking they are doing good but in the long run will cause.problems.

People are better donating to homeless charities to help homeless people at ground level

[user104658]

Actually whether or not an unprofitable shop in a chain stays open is down to the company's business strategy. You can't keep an unprofitable small business open, but you CAN keep an unprofitable chain store open if your strategy is maximum brand recognition and saturation above individual shop profit (in simplest terms... An unprofitable shop in terms of sales can still be a net gain for a large company by maintaining brand loyalty and as "advertising").

Costa for example opens and maintains less profitable shops because they're trying to push the brand currently. Nero will only maintain profitable shops hence having far fewer. Starbucks have gone down the route of having profitable branded stores and then outsourcing their brand to small businesses for loyalty and recognition (e.g. A lot of student unions serve Starbucks but the outlet is owned by the union and staff are employed by the union not Starbucks, etc).

Ye olde bookies have been keeping hugely unprofitable shops open for decades for brand saturation but that's changing, hence thousands of shops closing over the next two years.

[Amy Jade]

I prefer the veggie sausage rolls from Sayers anyways