Greggs Double Standards Pricing

Money-Saving-King

Why do people complain about this. It's as if they think they can dictate to any company what it's prices should be.

OP, it is not up to you what Greggs charge and where so get off your high horse!

Reminds me of a customer I had once complaining one price in our shop was 6p more expensive than in another shop but a completely different company, I pointed out everything else we sell the same was cheaper. He bad temperedly babbled on that we should standardize prices so they were all the same, what so make the rest of our stuff more expensive. Obviously he was a complete idiot!

brendon

Money-Saving-King wrote: »

Why do people complain about this. It's as if they think they can dictate to any company what it's prices should be.

Well, consumers do -- in a way -- dictate the prices, by choosing whether or not to shop in that store. As it turns out, people in Benfleet are willing to pay more than in Basildon (probably because they have more money and have higher employment.)

Truepat

It also works the other way in that people living/working in London often get higher wages than people working elsewhere.

Money-Saving-King

brendon wrote: »

Well, consumers do -- in a way -- dictate the prices, by choosing whether or not to shop in that store.

But the price is always chosen by the business. If people keep coming in and paying then there's no need to change it.

The long and the short of it is Greggs can do whatever they want, it's perfectly legal and if the op doesn't like it they'll have to go elsewhere. You can't go about the place telling people how much to sell things for.

DKLS

hennee wrote: »

I have just found out that Greggs the bakers has different prices for goods in their shops.In Benfleet we pay more for some items than people in Basildon 5 miles away.I have been in touch with their customer services and I am currently kicking up a stink over their policy of doing this.Greggs was the company who took the government to task over the Pastie tax.Why are they charging different prices in their shops.Has anybody else realised this?Ask in your local Greggs if their prices are the cheapest.If not complain!

Hennee

You will have zero impact unless you work at Director level at Greggs and are tasked with setting the pricing policy.

peachyprice

They probably sell more [STRIKE]dummies[/STRIKE] sausage rolls in Bailson, so they can sell them cheaper.

philatio

It's down to franchising. The same reason that McDs prices can vary slightly from store to store.

Last year I had a voucher for some free Greggs doughnuts, but every branch I visited (this is the North.. we have about 10 Greggs' in one town) didn't stock these doughnuts.. rendering the voucher worthless.

When I emailed Greggs to complain I was told that all Greggs in my town were run by a franchise that decided not to stock that particular product.

Twisted_Cherry

Greggs pasties are 2 for £1 here... Not that I buy them, don't like them anymore. Prefer to buy from a private bakery... much better and supporting local businesses!

catwoman73

M&S charge more at the service stations (and airports?) than their 'normal' shops, but with everything else being so overpriced at these locations, for once they are the cheaper option (but usually much nicer than other service station offerings).

For all the reasons already mentioned, I don't have an issue with shops charging variable pricing, except perhaps when it is done because there are no other options nearby and people are 'forced' to use a particular shop. I think Tesco are guilty of this sometimes.

MamaMoo_2

I used to work at a motorway service station. The price of a Burger King was more than double that of a standard high street one, the coffees in the coffee shop were again, double the price of their high street equivalent, ditto the M&S, WHSmith etc.
You'll also often find that eateries in theme parks, zoos etc. are very expensive too (ever bought a bag of crisps at Disney?! Yeouch!)
It's all down to what someone will pay. If people will pay the higher price, why lower it?