Foreigner's experience at Greggs | Love it or hate it?

As a foreigner living in the UK, let's visit Greggs!! Do I love it or hate it... only one way to find out. Make sure to leave your verdict on Greggs! I'll be visiting as many iconic British businesses, restaurants and chains as I can!
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Hey! I'm Alanna - a twenty-something documenting my life as a Canadian living in England.
I share the ups and downs of an expat living abroad and what it's really like living in the UK. It's not always easy, but there's been so many wonderful experiences, too. I post a KZbin video every Tuesday & Friday plus an additional video every Saturday on my Patreon account. I also livestream every Wednesday and Sunday at 5:30pm GMT/BST on Twitch.
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[@shonagriffiths8907]

You look so happy wrapped around your steak bake. You are now an honorary Brit.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

😂 Thank you!

[@TheDMFW62]

Greggs is nice and reliable. If you find yourself in a strange town you know what you're getting when you go to Greggs and honestly it's going to be more than half decent, even if not as exciting as you might get from a local baker. I'd go to a local bakery first but I'm not going to turn my nose up at Greggs. The vegetarian sausage rolls are also well worth trying even if you are a carnivore (as I am).

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

If I find myself hungry in a strange town Greggs is the last place I'd go, just ahead of McD's but most of the time I'd rather not bother with anything at all.

[@sabalos]

I'm in the north so it's almost required to like Greggs. We even have a Greggs drive-through up here. I don't like coffee, but I once had some Portuguese coffee-aficionado friends come to visit me, and they insisted on trying every coffee shop that they didn't have in Portugal, and Greggs actually got the nod as the best one.

[@jamc9498]

YEP

[@adrianmcgrath1984]

Impressed by your increased boldness in recording in public!!

[@shotguv]

You are actually the first American that tries Greggs to hit the nail on the head with this video - It's brilliant for what it is! Cheap, quick and actually good food! I mean, those steak bakes served on a plate would cost you about a fiver 😂 Good job and glad you enjoyed!

[@betsytodd3511]

As a formerly puzzled American l’m so glad to finally find out what a Greggs is. I’ve seen them loads of times on Google Street View and for some reason it never crossed my mind that it could be food. I thought it could be a stationery shop, convenience store, book shop…baked goods never crossed my mind. I checked their website and I wouldn’t mind trying a few things there if I ever visit the UK again.

[@brianwhittington5086]

As others have said, they're a nationwide bakery and sandwich outlet, the baked food equivalent to KFC, or McDonalds. The menu range is pretty much the same, wherever the store is located. At this time of year, they usually add some festive items to the menu.

[@katrinabryce]

@@brianwhittington5086 One difference between them and KFC or McDonalds is that it is mostly take-away rather than eat in. You will usually have about 4 tables to eat in, but most people don't use them.

[@brianwhittington5086]

@katrinabryce You have to pick your time, or be lucky to drop on an empty table.

[@barneylaurance1865]

@@katrinabryce Take-away, and the food they sell isn't necessarily hot, which saves on taxes. It *may* be hot, but that's just because it happens to be freshly baked, not because it's deliberately served hot. The "pasty tax" was a controversial government plan to change the law in 2012.

[@SaintPhoenixx]

@@redfishswimming I still struggle with that, whenever someone says "I had 5 guys last night", I think "Impressive but I didn't need to know that" and then realise they meant food.

[@Potatobrains_]

As the wise men of AC/DC once said: "It's a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll!" Wise, wise men.

[@enemde3025]

Best quote of the day mate.👍 Sex and drugs and sausage rolls.

[@paulguise698]

Hiya Mike, I've just finished Brian Johnsons book, it was a bloody good read

[@chrissie3742]

It really is, twenty minutes into town!

[@bigal3055]

And as Kiss once said, God gave sausage rolls to you.

[@bobbarford]

Or, as The Stones say "I know, they're only sausage rolls but I like em".

[@andrewjones4568]

The best thing about Greggs is the breakfast deal. You can’t go wrong with a bacon roll and a coffee for £2.50

[@chuck1804]

Well, I couldn't really call that a coffee....but that is a good price for a bacon roll.

[@Salfordian]

Egg & Bacon muffin and unlimited brews (Latte for me) for £3.25 at Wetherspoons...........

[@robertcreighton4635]

@@Salfordian weatherspoons breakfast deals are incredible.

[@originalname6921]

@@chuck1804 just get a normal coffee if you don't want the iced one. Greggs coffee is really good

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

@@chuck1804 - I think you may not realise that @Andrew Jones meant a hot, 'proper' coffee & bacon roll (must be with brown sauce!) and NOT that tinned cold (coffee flavoured milk - LOL!)....

[@iceb-akap77ice93]

Wow. When it goes to the bakes I go for Sausage and bean. And Sandwich I get a Mexican chicken baguette. Quality stuff. If I could afford to I would go every day 😂✌

[@martinlaffey328]

I'm biased because I'm a Geordie and Gregg's was born on Tyneside so I grew up with it and I love it.

[@kurtcraig3421]

WOW alanna not giving a f about people being around while vlogging. this is a milestone in our history. that guy coughing up lumps outside of a greggs. very apt.

[@jamesdocker4402]

As a greggs employee I can truthfully say they look after their employees and are one of the best places you could work.

[@stevenmclaren2730]

That's not true

[@eugeneshadwell6596]

I have a Greggs five minutes away from my flat. Last Saturday I had a steak bake, a sausage cheese and bean bake (you gotta try one of those!) and a triple chocolate doughnut for my lunch. Did I feel proud of myself? No. Did I regret a single bite? HELL, no! 😁 I wouldn't do it every day but when I do...life is good.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Sausage cheese and baked bean bake is beautiful 😊

[@andrewcharles5575]

The only way that's a balanced diet is if you've got one of those bakes in each hand!

[@norabradley9108]

@@andrewcharles5575 😂

[@jamc9498]

way t0 g0 eugine

[@jamc9498]

please g0 have 5 apple danish f0r me in Calif0rnia...jane

[@Forest_Fifer]

Greggs went through a phase of buying up other bakeries. I used to work in Glasgow and there seemed to be a Greggs every 100 yards, because of all the shops they'd just rebranded.

[@stevenmclaren2730]

Just a phase?

[@RalphBellairs]

Greggs is the McDonalds of bakeries...not particularly great, but you know exactly what you're going to get! Next time get a cheese & onion bake - that's my fave! 🙂

[@golach420]

The Micky D analogy is spot on. There are other way better fast food joints, but you know what you're getting with Micky D (Greggs).

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Ahh that's such a good analogy!

[@projectverna1937]

Nah, Pound Bakery is the McDonald's of bakeries: that one is even lower down 🤣

[@projectverna1937]

Nah, Pound Bakery is the McDonald's of bakeries: that one is even lower down 🤣

[@projectverna1937]

Nah, Pound Bakery is the McDonald's of bakeries: that one is even lower down 🤣

[@mickyfinn1948]

Greggs is a life saver to me. Many times I have been in London or Liverpool on a cold wet day and just searched out a Greggs for a hot sausage-roll and coffee, (hot coffee), and been revitalised! Lol Its quick and cheap too, so what's not to like? Love your reactions too! 🙏

[@M05000583]

I'm not sure you can beat the caramel custard doughnut from greggs if you ever do part 2 sweet things from greggs, this is one to try.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

I honestly never thought about the donuts but they seem to be pretty popular in the comments!

[@M05000583]

I mean there is 2 counter’s for a reason😂 you haven’t even experienced half the shop yet 👍

[@Talkathon408]

those things were around in the early 90s in Warrens in the West Country. I've tried the Greggs ones and they ain't great in comparison sadly. The one Warrens do these days look fancier but they're very similar to 90s ones and much better than Greggs. The Greggs one just have a very cheapy vibe but then Warrens is expensive these days. They weren't in the early 90s though.

[@indigoflow6525]

I went to Greggs this morning, a bacon roll, sausage roll and coffee. Yum yum in my tum

[@antygod]

I did my undergrad in Newcastle, the home of Greggs, so there is one every few hundred metres in the centre. Greggs pasties are better tepid or cold

[@tubeWyrme]

I like to order a sausage roll, with a sausage roll on the side, and I enjoy a sausage roll for a starter, before rounding off the meal with a lovely desert sausage roll

[@heskeyisgod8039]

Great video Alanna! We only had our first Greggs open a couple of years ago in Plymouth. I think they were always wary of the many cornish pasty shops we have lol.

[@marcosmagic1983]

Best thing about Greggs is your getting the same taste & product every time you order which can’t always be said for Café or the local Bakery, plus greggs is probably half the price at least.

[@eze8970]

Thanks Alanna, it's the law that you have to eat something from Greggs at least once in your life! 🙏🙏

[@TinaR622]

Greggs is great value for a quick cuppa tea or coffee and their sweet treats are good too 👍👍😊

[@gibsonms]

*This scale is absolutely raving mental and wildly out of control. Just when “seven out of seven” on the first one hasn’t thrown you enough, BANG, in she comes with “four rectangles out of four”. And then she has the coffee.*

[@iainmalcolm9583]

Iceland (shop not country) do a range of frozen Greggs. My go to is the Cheese & Bacon Wrap. A slice of cheese, a rasher of bacon with a folded block of puff pastry. Pretty much covers all the essential food groups in a single serving.

[@johnross2924]

Their fruit pasty range is nice too

[@martineyles]

Completely forgot about the bacon and cheese wrap! Ps. nice disambiguation.

[@CowmanUK]

Never been to an Iceland but that sounds delicious. I think I'll check that out.

[@iainmalcolm9583]

@@CowmanUK Iceland started with just frozen food (hence the name). They have expanded into other grocery items and also trade as 'Food Warehouse'. I would liken them to ALDI or LIDL. Cheaper than the big supermarkets and some good quality items.

[@barneylaurance1865]

And it's now the only place you can get the vegan steak bakes.

[@BigDave1965]

Greggs is great especially the breakfast deal other than that Steak bakes. Greggs is now available on a lot of motorway service stations offering affordable food

[@daveelliott5855]

What you need to do is get yersel upto Newcastle upon Tyne and get some Greggs stottie cakes and fill um with Ham and pease pudding add a tad of salt, its geet canny like As for Greggs in general its very good and tasty for mass produced food ideal to fill a hole. Keep the good vlogs coming 🙏👍

[@Dan-zb7vn]

Greggs are a British icon,we couldn't live without them 🤔😋 cheers Alana great video!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks so much!

[@tonyorome]

Good to find somewhere that the big issues of the day are being debated. OK hat in the ring, steak and chicken bakes are far too salty but the cheese and onion is sheer joy in a paper bag. Our Greggs in central Manchester opens at 4am it's next to the train station so perfect for home going clubbers and there are always queues. They really know their target market

[@Sweaty_Ken]

This is one of the most authentic representations of British life I have ever seen on KZbin: Greggs baked goods consumed in a grim corner of some run-down provincial town , with extras from The Walking Dead wandering around aimlessly in the background, apparently still in their make up.... Brexit Britain people, where even an optimistic lifestyle vlogger can't filter out the reality.

[@bravemendiedhereuk3597]

Gregg's Festive Bake - Only available in December each year. Food of the gods!

[@Xian1642]

Greggs is a UK business success story. Their products are reliable and good value for money. An excellent quick lunch if you're on the minutes.

[@keithweelands5822]

Love my greggs corned beef bake and also love stoties (for the non geordies a stotie is a type of flay bread only available in the North east of England)

[@jonnya4209]

Thank god! As a home town export, these assessments of Greggs can be taken a bit personally.

[@garywallace8521]

At this time of year my favourite is Greggs Festive slice, give it a try!

[@jamc9498]

Merry Christmas and happy new year T0 ALL Y0U W0RKING AT GREGGS, AND TO THE 0wners!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!

[@rebrox6545]

I use that Greggs all the time, as I work in Rainham, I always get Belgium iced buns

[@BongEyedBastard]

Had a Greggs sausage roll dipped into Greggs tomato soup at dinner time. Marvellously tasty.

[@cactusflowerrr]

That sausage roll 🤤 I mean, not that I’ve ever had one, but it’s pastry and sausage. Sign me up!

[@howardkey1639]

Greggs are okay, a UK institution I guess, always good in an emergency when you need something quick to eat in when you are in a hurry. You can't beat a good old sausage roll followed by either an Iced bun or a Custard tart or two. Loved the video Alanna and the consumer research, I now have a craving for a sausage roll. 😀😀😀

[@shanehill3804]

I just came back from greggs and this shows up, eyyyy I'm not surprised lol ~addicted~

[@SteveMikre44]

Love the new series! Looking forward to the next installment...🇬🇧

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

More to come!

[@paulguise698]

Hiya Alanna, I don't mind Greggs Bakery, Greggs were founded in Newcastle Upon Tyne, not too sure when, it's not my favourite, we've got a Butchers in Whitehaven called Haighs, the sausage rolls are much larger but its costs a little more than what Greggs have got, the Cheese and Onion slice's turn to slop once you've had 2 bites out of it, that's for our north American cousins, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

[@gojohnniegogo]

It's definitely at least a rung up the ladder from Spoons! I don't mind a Greggs but I wouldn't say I love it.

[@squigmcguigan8965]

I prefer independent baker. But i work all over the country & can rely Greggs for quick & convenient food. Their Tomato soup is the best anywhere! & I mean Anywhere!! Try a Sausage roll dipped it Greggs Tomato soup. Thats my fav.

[@katehooker_]

Greggs Cheese and Onion Bake is my hangover guilty pleasure, so strange in concept but so good in real life. I also really like the festive bake when it comes out this time of year! And ofc sausage roll is a great snack - I've also been partial to a pizza slice every now and again

[@eleanor663]

Corned beef pasty and vege sausage roll. Yum!

[@Paul-bc6de]

£1.20 for a sausage roll... they used to do 4 for that price!! never been the same since the name change from Thurstons. They did THEE best cornish pasty ever (cant call it that now of course)

[@TheCorek1949]

Trying to work out where Greggs was in Rainham, then I saw the Tesco store sign. Got it. So that's where it is. Wetherspoon is easier to find.

[@josephmwilliams6754]

If you"re on the go a coffee and a sausage roll is a great way to fill that hunger pang

[@dank9561]

Leeds city centre has about 7 Greggs outlets within a 10 minute walk of each other. 3 of them are literally around the corner from each other. Also happy 7 year British-versary.

[@Derek-mz2bl]

They also have a factory/regional distribution centre there too i go there often since i deliver the stuff from Newcastle (Head Office) often,,Leeds make all the creams and donughts :)

[@WMD4929]

It was the previous CEO that turned Greggs from a bakery which happened to do baked goods into a food-to-go business, to great success. I see comments about using a local bakery instead but I don't have one. It used to be the Greggs but, for bread, it couldn't really compete with the nearby supermarket (which also does sausage rolls, but they're shite).

[@paulblackhurst7583]

I live in the USA now and I miss Gregg's but a steak bake is square to go on cheese butty with brown sauce Best hangover cure lol Love the chanel Canuck

[@iainholmes2735]

For some reason I always go there when I'm with my sis in Scotland. She loves the breakfast type items. When you're really peckish there's nothing like a steak bake n coffee.

[@ivylovesrunning]

I love the vegan sausage. The vegan beef slice is nice, but salty. You'll need lots of water. I love the Chelsea bun.

[@briancohenthepfjmassive.4769]

5:02 man attacked by pigeon while walking past Greggs. And the bloke in the back with the capstone full strength coughing fits is to die for.

[@dave_h_8742]

Love it. Steak bake every time second is the sausage roll

[@Messyhit]

Greggs is not so bad and there’s always one handy no matter where you are in the UK, but this is the commercial side of bakery foods. This brand came from the little shops that every town and city had in the uk, we still have a lot of the wee private bakers in Scotland and I would visit them before Greggs if one’s handy. My goto is defo sausage rolls although they are not as good as they once were, great video thanks

[@johnwatson5235]

I knew you'd like Gregg's Alanna so do I. Up here in the North East its the only place you can get proper stottie,it's a large round flat bread great for filling with bacon sausage and egg. I don't know if they'll do them down there but if they do I'd give it a try. I'm off to Gregg's now you've got me starving! 😋

[@stellen11]

Love Greggs especially at Christmas. 16 sausage rolls bought every year!

[@brettthomas7927]

Ham and cheese toasties are sooooo good and the yum yum are really good

[@jruz1738]

Yeah it's usually the breakfast deal for me too, a cappuccino and bacon & sausage bap with brown sauce to start the day.

[@jamesknightreading]

My old girlfriend was applying for a job at Greggs some years ago. Her 3 year old saw the logo on screen, and said: 'Oh Mummy, it's sausage rolls.' :)

[@Rahvin01]

Sittingbourne, Kent is about to get a Greggs drive-thru. We’re moving up in the world…

[@terryglover3215]

Greggs have started to move into Cornwall, but local bakers are up in arms about them (surprise!).

[@parallaxview6770]

Corn beef pasty and the Mince pie are the goat . Also Russian cake when they used to do it . Grab a stottie if they do em down south

[@andycapp3499]

It nice to see you out and about, makes a change from the same little corner of the kitchen. ( wonder if it'll become as famous as the grey sofa 🧐). Never been to a Greg's so I can't comment on what it's like. Nice vid though.

[@what_im_eatin_uk]

Love it. My goto order sausage bean and cheese melt and a empire biscuit

[@simon_may]

Saturday morning - breakfast bap - bacon-in-a-bun - plus hot drink - £2.50 before 11AM ! What's not to love !!

[@derekmiles7358]

Great video Alanna love greggs steak bake sausage roll jam doughnut bacon and cheese wrap yum yum yum ❤️

[@inkydoug]

That looks so good! I don't care if they're made by machine by millions, I want one.

[@michaelbyrne5507]

I'm a Geordie. Greggs is from Newcastle. My favourite is the stottie.

[@eamonquinn5188]

Hey gorgeous, of course Greggs are great. Where can you get a hot (ambient temoerature, for legal reasons, don't ask!) sausage roll for about apound,in almost any town! x

[@scottlaurenson3390]

Love your Open Honest view.., the latte is doable 😂, your a lot more British than you think new sub now enjoy 2023 ✌️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Alan_Mac]

Fun vid and love to see you out and about. Still think Greggs, at best, is sub-par. "It's not that great but I'll drink it" sums it up.

[@hightensionlabs]

Greggs sausage roll is the best and funny enough I go to the same one either that or Sittingbourne or Sheppey 😃👍❤️

[@ZombieATAT]

The steak bake in winter time. The tuna crunch in summer time.

[@neilrendell5630]

I love their spicy chicken nougats they do in batter

[@brianjohnston3707]

I've not had a greggs in years' cheese and onion pasty was my fav, in fact think ill go tomorrow 😁

[@BG-hy6pe]

sounds like this series is gonna be great! great start to it too

[@luvmusicutb]

They should give you a free Greggs Christmas jumper (coming to Primark) for advertising them

[@nigelcox7477]

LOVE Greggs 👍. It’s probably easier to ask what Greggs product we don’t like. None - we love them all.

[@AAA19999]

The rolls and sandwiches are best stuff there, the sweet stuff is good, the rest varies ... sausage roll amazing ...

[@kreemkrackered3755]

Sausage and bean melts are lush

[@vickytaylor9155]

The vegan sausage roll and the cheese and bacon wrap are the best.

[@williamlarge69]

2 steak bakes or 2 corned beef pasties( a north east thing which the southerners havent caught on to) a jam or suger strand doughnut and its was much better years ago when it was just a northeast bakery chain

[@ftumschk]

I don't hate Greggs, but I regret that a year or so after they moved into my small town, two excellent family-run bakeries went out of business. Their pies, pasties and sausage rolls were much better than Greggs and, despite being smaller companies, they had a wider range of cakes, pastries and bread. Greggs was slightly cheaper, but not dramatically, so I guess it was the Greggs brand-name that drew the customers, especially the younger generation, and the smaller shops couldn't compete in the end. Such a shame!

[@dereknewbury163]

Good to see getting to the heart of modern British culture

[@jamc9498]

even fr0m calif0rnia,, L0ve Newbury, been t0 greggs there

[@MerrickKing]

You should have tried the caramel custard doughnuts

[@projectverna1937]

Surprised not to see the festive bake 👁 Haven't had one of those in ages

[@DIDCOTTWIST]

I love the Vegetable bake so nice

[@timhicks7897]

Love Greggs. Sausage Rolls are the best. Try the Millionaire Shortbread.

[@vtbn53]

AFAIAA we don't have steak/chicken "bakes" here in Australia but I assume that they are similar tour meat pies. They certainly look good.

[@Derek-mz2bl]

I drive the class one trucks for greggs delivering too all the hubs and we get a card that gives us %50 off apart from the franchises like in the motorway services,plus we get freebies where ever we go happy days :)

[@markprior2278]

They have only recently opened a shop in my hometown but I'm still yet to try Greggs, but your making me very hungry.

[@keithyb32ify]

Love a steak bake, chicken slice or corned beef bake 😋

[@tonymarsh1369]

Never seen a Greggs as there isn't one here on the Isle of Wight, mind you we are so far behind the times we only got our first Burger King a couple of years ago.

[@MAdams853]

If you are travelling and don't know the local area, need a quick lunch, it is great to know that at Greggs you know where you stand. Obviously it was better before the sausage roll tax came in cause then you always got it hot.

[@roysanderson7870]

I knew you would like the steak bake, you are now in food heaven, but only have one now and again